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Data and Measures|
2024 Process & 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 2024.This report explores trends in…
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Getting the Most Out of Performance Measurement
Performance measurement can present tricky challenges for management, especially when dealing with cultural resistance. This collection of articles explains how to implement…
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Data and Measures|
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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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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Process Classification Framework|
APQC Process Classification Framework (PCF) - Airline - Excel Version 6.1.0
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|
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|
Contact Center Key Benchmarks: Media and Entertainment Industry
Gain insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization’s contact center processes by benchmarking common business activities (Hierarchy ID: 6.2 in APQC’s…
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This executive summary outlines five best practices to embed knowledge and KM activities in the natural flow of employees' work. The recommendations focus on targeting the…
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Articles|
Embed KM Support Roles in the Business
In this article, you’ll learn how best-practice organizations structure embedded KM roles and how they leverage them to provide high-touch support and on-the-ground feedback…
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Every KM program involves some activities that require employees to go above and beyond. The best way to motivate employees to take on these responsibilities and execute them…
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Since so many organizations structure work in the form of projects, integrating knowledge sharing and reuse into an organization’s standard project management methodology is…
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Most people understand that sharing tips with colleagues and looking up solutions from past projects is a good idea. But if the process of doing so takes too long or pulls…
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Knowledge management (KM) is never one-size-fits-all. A KM team must understand organizational needs and then pick KM tools and approaches that will best serve each group of…
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Reports & White Papers|
How to Build KM into Daily Work: Make KM Intuitive, Embedded, and Easy
This whitepaper outlines five best practices to embed knowledge and KM activities in the natural flow of employees' work. The recommendations focus on targeting the right…
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Presentation Slides|
Tips to Motivate Knowledge Sharing and Reuse
Every organization has its own combination of policies and incentives to convince employees to build knowledge sharing and reuse into the way they work. In this presentation,…