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Procurement Key Benchmarks
Featuring data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in Procurement, these articles highlight the median performance level on important procurement benchmarks for…
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Procurement Key Benchmarks: Services Industry
Featuring data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® (OSB) in Procurement, this article provides key performance indicator (KPI) benchmarks for organizations in the…
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Managing Content So It's Fresh and Findable
Content overload, chaotic repositories, and search frustration—combined with the promise of new technology to tackle these problems—are motivating many organizations to…
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Investing in effective enterprise content management processes is crucial for organizations. APQC's research on successful content management programs shows how to formulate…
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Reasons To Invest In Content Management
The importance of investing in enterprise content management processes and structures is becoming more apparent among organizations. Over time, the lack of effective…
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With any knowledge management (KM) tool or approach, the key to success is getting people to use it. Employees want KM to be intuitive, easy, and embedded into their regular…
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At Grant Thornton, content management activities were spread across the enterprise, which created work for high-level staff and made it difficult to enforce standards. The KM…
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Accounts Payable Key Benchmarks: Pharmaceutical Industry
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in accounts payable, this table highlights financial management key performance indicator (KPI) benchmarks for…
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Choosing the right quality methodologies is critical for organizations ability to mature their processes, think strategically, and grow their value. But how can organizations…
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Launching the Right Quality Initiatives
With so many quality methodologies—like Lean, DMAIC, and Six Sigma—at your fingertips, how do you choose the right one for your organization? Paul Orton discusses how…
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Launching the Right Quality Initiatives
With so many quality methodologies—like Lean, DMAIC, and Six Sigma—at your fingertips, how do you choose the right one for your organization? Paul Orton discusses how…
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Opportunities and Impact for Knowledge-Sharing Amid COVID-19
Advanced technologies, new ways of working, and shifts in workforce composition are rendering traditional views of knowledge management obsolete. Get the knowledge management…
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Transformation in Order-to-Cash at HPE
APQC recently spoke with Anshuman Kar, Vice President, Global Operations, about HPE’s transformation journey for the quote-to-cash value chain. This case study summarizes how…
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In March 2020, APQC hosted a webinar where KM leaders from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, REI Systems, and Amgen described ways to formally integrate…
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Embedding KM: The U.S. Army, REI Systems, and Amgen Discuss Ways to Build KM into Work
In March 2020, APQC hosted a webinar where KM leaders from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, REI Systems, and Amgen described ways to formally integrate…