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|
Expense Reimbursement Practices Report: Distribution/Transportation Industry
APQC conducts ongoing survey research on expense reimbursement performance to help organizations assess the structure, performance, and practice of their finance functions…
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Data and Measures|
Customer Credit and Invoicing Key Benchmarks: Distribution/Transportation 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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Current State of Learning and Development Survey Report: Distribution/Transportation Industry
In the first half of 2023, APQC launched a research study to understand how organizations are approaching learning and development (L&D) today. L&D leaders from across the…
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Managing Change
Most improvements in organizations require some degree of change. Navigating new territory and supporting employees through the change takes planning and care. This…
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Data and Measures|
Accounts Payable Practices Report: Distribution/Transportation Industry
APQC conducts ongoing survey research on accounts payable and expense reimbursement performance to help organizations assess the structure, performance, and practice of their…
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ZUUM Transportation is a tech startup focused on optimizing logistics through greater collaboration and the reduction of waste and inefficiency in freight transportation…
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Treasury Operations: Distribution/Transportation Industry Practices Spotlight Report
Prepared using APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® data in Treasury Operations, this report highlights qualitative performance indicator (KPI) benchmarks and practices for…
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Reports & White Papers|
Using Knowledge-Sensitive Measures to Evaluate KM's Impact in STEM Disciplines
This white paper explains how STEM fields track knowledge acquisition and application and how knowledge management (KM) programs can align with this measurement approach to…
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Knowledge management (KM) has a natural affinity with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. However, STEM workers themselves may not know what KM is,…
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Data and Measures|
Leading Practices for Financial and Managerial Reporting: Distribution/Transportation Industry
APQC conducted a survey to help understand leading practices for effective and compelling financial and managerial reporting and how finance functions are leveraging data…
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Data and Measures|
Supply Chain Analytics in the Manufacturing Industry
This manufacturing industry report shows the results from APQC's 2019 research into analytics and how it is used in various parts of the supply chain, how the efforts are…
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In November of 2019, APQC interviewed Tony Vu, treasurer for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, about data visualization in financial reporting. Read this case study to learn…
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Presentation Slides|
Lean Approach to Process Improvement
As a highly effective approach to quality assurance, Lean Six Sigma (LSS) focuses on continuous improvement tools and techniques to eliminate waste, increase productivity,…
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Presentation Slides|
Building Momentum Together: Our Journey of Continuous Improvement
Several years ago, Boone County Schools applied process and performance management principles to its operations department to generate over a million dollars in savings. Now,…
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Presentation Slides|
Shifting Organizational Climate, Culture and Expectations
When Dr. Todd Cramer started as its superintendent, the Maumee City School district had many areas that needed improvement. During APQC’s 2019 Process and Performance…