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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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Accounts Payable Key Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale Industry
Prepared using data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in accounts payable, this table highlights financial management key performance indicator (KPI) benchmarks for…
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Data science, digital, and IT specialty skills are in high demand and short supply. In this article, you will learn about the benefits and risks of filling technical skills…
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New Developments in Internal Controls Survey Report: Retail and Wholesale 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: 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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KM Program Structure & Staffing Examples: Excellence in Knowledge Management Recipients
To date, APQC has recognized more than 20 mature KM programs as part of its Excellence in Knowledge Management initiative. The recognition is based on analysis from APQC’s KM…
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Internal Controls Key Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale 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: Retail and Wholesale
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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Training and Development Key Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale 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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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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Talent Development Practices: Retail and Wholesale Industry Report
This report explores practices used by organizations that completed APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® Talent Development Survey in 2021. Topics include talent strategy, buy…
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Organizations are seeking new and better ways to drive innovation, and many are looking to knowledge management (KM) for support. This article outlines ways to connect KM and…
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The COVID-19 pandemic was marked by wide-ranging supply chain shortages for medical equipment, ranging from PPE and gloves to respirators and other critical products. It also…
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How IT Moves to the Cloud Practices Report: Retail and Wholesale 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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