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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Data and Measures|
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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Data and Measures|
Digital and Its Role in Process: Services Industry Report
In February of 2024, APQC conducted a survey to understand how digital tools and technologies impact process and performance management (PPM) professionals and the…
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Data and Measures|
Customer Credit and Invoicing Key Benchmarks: Industrial Products Industry
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in customer invoicing and credit, this table highlights financial management customer invoicing and credit key…
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Collections|
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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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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Process Classification Framework|
APQC Process Classification Framework (PCF) – Life Sciences PCF - PDF 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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Process Classification Framework|
APQC Process Classification Framework (PCF) - Corrosion - PDF Version 1.1.1
APQC's Process Classification Framework® (PCF) is a taxonomy of business processes that allows organizations to objectively track and compare their performance internally and…
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Tools & Templates|
KM Program Structure & Staffing Examples: Excellence in Knowledge Management Recipients
To date, APQC has recognized more than 20 mature KM programs as part of its Excellence in Knowledge Management initiative. The recognition is based on analysis from APQC’s KM…
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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|
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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Collections|
Supply Chain Management Blueprints for Success Reports
This collection features content from the following APQC's Blueprint for Success reports in supply chain planning, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics.
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Infographics|
What Makes Tata Steel Excellent at KM?
Tata Steel earned APQC’s 2020 Excellence in Knowledge Management Award in honor of achieving Level 4 on APQC’s KM Capability Assessment at the enterprise level. This…
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On an APQC webinar, APQC Senior Advisor Darcy Lemons facilitated a panel on communities featuring leaders from KM programs recognized by APQC’s Excellence in Knowledge…
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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…