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Process Classification Framework|
APQC Process Classification Framework (PCF) - Retail - Excel Version 7.2.1
Effective benchmarking requires common definitions and processes. Like a shared language, organizations need to make apples-to-apples comparisons to obtain accurate…
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Data and Measures|
Business Process Management Maturity Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale Industry
This report is prepared with data from APQC's Business Process Management Maturity Assessment Tool (BPM MAT). The BPM MAT allows Retail and Wholesale organizations to assess…
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Data and Measures|
Business Process Management Maturity Benchmarks: Aerospace Industry
This report was prepared with data from APQC's Business Process Management Maturity Assessment Tool (BPM MAT). The BPM MAT allows aerospace organizations to assess their…
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Data and Measures|
2023 Process and Performance Management Priorities and Challenges: Services Sector
APQC conducted a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of process and performance management (PPM) practitioners for 2023. This report looks at the top…
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Data and Measures|
Evolution of Benchmarking 2022: Retail Industry
Today, benchmarking remains one of the most popular management tools. But even great management tools like benchmarking cannot stand still and need to look towards the future…
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Data and Measures|
Key Benchmarks for Common Quality Measures: Aerospace Industry
Although an undeniably useful measure, the total cost of quality only focuses on one aspect of quality, costs: preventive, appraisal, internal failure, and external failures…
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Presentation Slides|
Pratt & Whitney Operations Process Classification Framework (PCF) Journey
Pratt & Whitney is an aerospace engine manufacturer with many diverse and complex operations processes. Senior leadership recognized that the organization had strong…
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No matter how smart and capable your employees are, they will struggle to work together effectively if they operate in silos. Process management helps organizations dismantle…
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Data and Measures|
Fixing Process & Knowledge Productivity Problems Survey Report: Retail and Wholesale
Wasted time, duplicated work, and inefficient processes chip away at an organization’s bottom line. Small inefficiencies add up—and they can hurt innovation and competitive…
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Business process management delivers real benefit to organizations. See several examples of definitive gains from best-practice organizations identified by APQC here.
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Articles|
Keep BPM Visible to Senior Leaders
Research consistently proves that increased leadership involvement results in greater change and buy-in for improvement initiatives. BPM needs executive-level sponsorship to…
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Articles|
Funding for Business Process Management
Learn how best-practice organizations allocate funds to business process management (BPM). Based on APQC research, this article explains how resources, funds, and reporting…
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Developing a knowledge or process management program is never easy, but a time-tested framework can help you reach your goals faster and avoid common mistakes. In this…
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Collins Aerospace, one of the world’s largest suppliers of aerospace and defense products, has leveraged process management for over 20 years. However, the organization…
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Although Collins Aerospace, has used process management for over 20 years, it needed to improve the adoption, ease of use, and scalability of its process management efforts…