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Supply Chain Management Key Benchmarks: Industrial Products Industry
Featuring APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® (OSB) data for supply chain planning, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics, this article provides key performance…
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Procurement Key Benchmarks: Industrial Products 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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Sourcing and Supplier Flexibility and Transparency: Industrial Products Industry
APQC collaborated with BCG to conduct research with 185 companies to evaluate the current state of a full range of operational and supply chain resilience capabilities needed…
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Procurement Technology and Automation: Industrial Products Industry, Procurement Practices Report
APQC conducts research on supply chain and procurement to help organizations assess the performance of their own processes and functions compared to their peers. This survey…
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Procurement Supplier Risk Management: Industrial Products Industry, Procurement Practices Report
APQC conducts research on supply chain and procurement to help organizations assess the performance of their own processes and functions compared to their peers. This survey…
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Procurement Purchasing Profile: Industrial Products Industry, Procurement Practices Report
APQC conducts research on supply chain and procurement to help organizations assess the performance of their own processes and functions compared to their peers. This survey…
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Procurement Strategy and Structure: Industrial Products Industry, Procurement Practices Report
APQC conducts research on supply chain and procurement to help organizations assess the performance of their own processes and functions compared to their peers. This survey…
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Partnering with Rutgers University at APQC
In 2021, APQC partnered with Rutgers University to engage undergraduate and graduate-level supply chain management students in real-world research. Through this experience,…
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From APQC’s Sourcing and Procurement Blueprint for Success, this article details the benefits of applying a fully standardized commodity coding system. These findings are…
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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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As part of APQC's research into skills needed for future success in procurement, APQC interviewed the director of procurement services at a large Canadian university. As an…