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2023 SCM Priorities and Challenges Survey Report: Retail and Wholesale Industry
APQC concluded its ninth annual Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research in early 2023. The purpose of this research was to learn about organizations’…
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Optimizing Customer Service: Retail Industry Survey Report
APQC conducted research, sponsored by Esker Inc., to understand how organizations can enable better customer service and alleviate critical challenges facing both customer…
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Optimizing Customer Service: Building Products/Construction Industry Survey Report
APQC conducted research, sponsored by Esker Inc., to understand how organizations can enable better customer service and alleviate critical challenges facing both customer…
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Supply Chain Planning Practices: Retail and Wholesale Industry
APQC conducts ongoing research on supply chain planning designed to help organizations assess the structure and performance of their own supply chain planning function…
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Supply Chain Planning Practices: Cross-Industry
APQC conducts ongoing research on supply chain planning designed to help organizations assess the structure and performance of their own supply chain planning function…
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Meeting today’s business goals while trying to achieve tomorrow’s sustainability goals is no easy task. However, some organizations have figured out a way to grow their…
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APQC’s Mercy Harper and Marisa Brown talk with Anna Yona, founder and CEO of Wildling Shoes, about how her company achieves transparency and sustainability through…
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Retail data is a crucial input for supply chain professionals as they work to deal with the challenges of today and plan for the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow…
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Procure-to-Pay: Structure and Automation Report: Retail and Wholesale 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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Procure-to-Pay: Structure and Automation Report: Services 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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Case Study|
Transforming Quote-to-Cash at IBM
IBM optimized opportunity-to-order (O2O) and order-to-cash (O2C), but still struggled with data availability and cycle times due to the handoff between these processes. IBM…
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Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain: Retail and Wholesale Industry Report
In 2020, APQC conducted a survey to examine the use of AI across the supply chain. This industry-specific report explores trends in AI and its adoption and impact on…
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Improving Inventory Management in Retail
Inventory management is always a delicate balance, and now, it’s more important than ever to get that balance right. In this article, you will learn about inventory…
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2021 Supply Chain Challenges and Priorities: Retail and Wholesale Industry
This industry specific report shares results from APQC's seventh annual supply chain priorities and challenges research. Gain insights from 455 organizations into top areas…
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2021 Supply Chain Challenges and Priorities: Services Industry
This industry specific report shares results from APQC's seventh annual supply chain priorities and challenges research. Gain insights from 455 organizations into top areas…
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