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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Tools & Templates|
Supply Chain Control Tower Interface Specification and Guidelines
In order to capture, use, and share supply chain data across multiple sources and organizations, a control tower must integrate various systems and tools. This guide captures…
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Case Study|
Building a Collective Mindset: Operationalizing a Governance Structure for a Global Supply Chain Network
This case study outlines how to establish a central governance structure across a supply chain network of different companies and organizations working together. It is…
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This case study outlines how to establish trust and broker data-sharing agreements across a supply chain network of different companies and organizations working together. It…
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Tools & Templates|
Request for Proposal (RFP) Template for a Supply Chain Control Tower
This example Request for Proposal (RFP) wasissued in November 2017 to identify a technology solutions vendor for a control tower platform. A technology solution was needed to…
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Tools & Templates|
Example Terms of Use for a Global Supply Chain Network Platform
This is an example legal framework that can be used across a supply chain network of different companies and organizations working together. It outlines the legal terms under…
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Tools & Templates|
Example Data Use Rights Table for a Global Supply Chain Network Platform
This Data Use Rights Table is one of three components that make up the main legal framework of a multi-enterprise supply chain business network called the Global Family…
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This case study details the rigorous process undertaken to select a software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology solution vendor to provide a supply chain control tower platform…
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Data and Measures|
Supply Chain Planning Practices: Distribution/Transportation 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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Data and Measures|
Supply Chain Planning Practices: Healthcare 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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Reports & White Papers|
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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Data and Measures|
Procure-to-Pay: Structure and Automation Report: Distribution/Transportation 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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Data and Measures|
Procure-to-Pay: Structure and Automation Report: Healthcare 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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Data and Measures|
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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Data and Measures|
Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain: Distribution/Transportation 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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