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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Knowledge Management Trends Survey Report: Petroleum/Chemical Industry
In late summer 2021, APQC surveyed more than 350 knowledge management experts and practitioners about their view of KM’s current state and what they think the future holds…
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New Developments in Internal Controls Survey Report: Petroleum/Chemical Industry
Internal controls are important mechanisms put in place by organizations to help safeguard assets, ensure reliable and accurate financial reporting, prevent against fraud,…
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Procure-to-Pay: Structure and Automation Report: Petroleum/Chemical Industry
In response to increasing global interest in end-to-end processes, APQC undertook this research in 2021 to get some insights into how organizations are managing their procure…
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Internal Controls Key Benchmarks: Petroleum/Chemical Industry
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in internal controls, this table highlights financial management internal controls key benchmarks for all…
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Internal Controls Key Benchmarks
Gain insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization’s processes by benchmarking common business activities. The process group “Manage Internal Controls”…
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Fixing Process & Knowledge Productivity Problems Survey Report: Petroleum/Chemical
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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Current State of the HR Function: Petroleum/Chemical Industry
Based on the results of APQC's spring 2021 State of HR Survey, this report details how HR functions today are handling strategy, structure, process, staffing, technology, and…
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Training and Development Key Benchmarks: Petroleum/Chemical Industry
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® in Develop, Train, and Counsel Employees, this article provides human capital management key performance…
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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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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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Talent Development Practice Reports
These reports provide industry-specific perspectives into talent development practices. Topics include talent strategy, buy/borrow/build approaches, and the use of technology…
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Developing an enterprise-wide process model is a daunting task, particularly for large, complex organizations. This article offers four best practices to guide your efforts…
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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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How IT Moves to the Cloud Practices Report: Petroleum/Chemical Industry
APQC conducts ongoing survey research on IT application development and maintenance to help organizations assess the structure, performance, and practice of their IT…
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Digital transformation has immense implications for driving productivity and innovation in the petrochemicals industry, particularly in areas such as R&D and manufacturing…
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