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|
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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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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Data and Measures|
Evolution of Benchmarking 2022: Manufacturing 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|
Understanding Sustainability Programs: Manufacturing 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|
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|
2021 PPM Priorities and Challenges: Manufacturing Sector
This manufacturing sector specific report explores trends in process and performance work and reveals the top five priorities and challenges in process management,…
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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…
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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|
Excellence in Knowledge Management at Tata Steel
Tata Steel is one of the world’s top steel producing companies. Unlike many steel operations, Tata Steel is fully integrated from mining to manufacturing and marketing of…
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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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Webinars & Videos|
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…