Resource Library
APQC’s Resource Library is your source for timely and topical information to help you meet your most complex business process and knowledge management challenges. Explore our ever-growing collection of more than 8,600 research-based best practices, benchmarks and metrics, case studies, and other valuable APQC content.
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Case Study|
Building a Collective Mindset: Operationalizing a Governance Structure for a Global Supply Chain Network
This case study outlines how to establish a central governance structure across a supply chain network of different companies and organizations working together. It is…
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Data and Measures|
Key Benchmarks for Common Quality Measures: Pharmaceutical 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|
Operational Excellence in an Era of Disruption - Responding to Uncertainty with Agility
Clinical development processes at AstraZeneca govern how they work to bring new medicines to patients as rapidly as possible. After dealing with thousands of long, complex,…
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As an organization grows over years, processes diverge. At APQC's 2022 Process and Knowledge Management Conference, AstraZeneca’s Business Process Manager Christopher Moriak…
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Data and Measures|
Understanding Sustainability Programs: Services Sector
Environment is touted as the next big disruptor organizations should prepare for. In October 2021, APQC conducted a survey to understand the scope of sustainability in…
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Data and Measures|
Fixing Process & Knowledge Productivity Problems Survey Report: Pharmaceutical
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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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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Webinars & Videos|
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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Presentation Slides|
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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Case Study|
Integrating Digital Transformation Into the Flow of Work: Corporación Multi Inversiones Case Study
This case study explores how Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI) positioned digital transformation as an enabler of ongoing projects and corporate restructuring. In this case…
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Data and Measures|
Digitalization In Manufacturing: Emerging Technology in Pharmaceutical
The future of work is increasing digital, and nowhere is that more evident than in manufacturing. APQC has gathered and analyzed information from 626 global organizations…
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Data and Measures|
Digitalization In Manufacturing: Opinions on Benefits of Increased Automation in Pharmaceutical
The future of work is increasing digital, and nowhere is that more evident than in manufacturing. APQC has gathered and analyzed information from 626 global organizations…
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Data and Measures|
Digitalization In Manufacturing: Pharmaceutical Industry Overview
The future of work is increasing digital, and nowhere is that more evident than in manufacturing. APQC has gathered and analyzed information from 626 global organizations…
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Reports & White Papers|
Trends in Data Analytics Survey Summary: Manufacturing Sector vs. Services Sector
In March 2019, APQC conducted a survey on the latest trends in data analytics to learn how enterprises are capturing business value from their analytics investments. This…
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Case Study|
Securing Alignment in Enterprise Resource Planning and IT Transformations: Cargill Case Study
Faced with an infrastructure of fragmented aging legacy systems, Cargill needed to find a way to effectively implement organizational-wide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)…