
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 8,000 research-based best practices, benchmarks and metrics, case studies, and other valuable APQC content.
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Data and Measures|
Workforce Practices in Logistics: Industrial Products Industry, Logistics Practices Report
APQC conducts research on logistics to help organizations assess the performance of their own processes and functions compared to their peers. This survey-based research…
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Data and Measures|
Logistics Key Benchmarks: Industrial Products Industry
Featuring data reflecting only 2022 performance from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® (OSB) in Logistics, this article provides key performance indicators (KPI) benchmarks…
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Articles|
Accelerating KM: Swagelok and U.S. Pharmacopeia Share Advice to Fast-track KM Program Development
In March 2020, APQC hosted a webinar with KM leaders from Swagelok and U.S. Pharmacopeia to find out how they have accelerated KM adoption and maturity in their organizations…
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Webinars & Videos|
Accelerating KM: Swagelok and U.S. Pharmacopeia Share Advice to Fast-track KM Program Development
In March 2020, APQC hosted a webinar with KM leaders from Swagelok and U.S. Pharmacopeia to find out how they have accelerated KM adoption and maturity in their organizations…
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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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Training and Development—Program Essentials
Organizations have many different approaches to providing training and development, but not all approaches are created equal. This article describes nine essential practices…
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Data and Measures|
Promoting KM and Making It Stick in the Industrial Products Industry
In 2018, APQC surveyed 374 knowledge management leaders about the engagement challenges they face and how they handle communications, training, rewards, integration, and…
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Articles|
Innovations in Onboarding
Much like the employee performance management process, the new hire onboarding process is one that employers know they need to improve. At too many organizations, onboarding…
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Reports & White Papers|
Operational KPI Benchmarking: Survey Summary
In August of 2018, APQC conducted a survey on operational KPIs to collate data on how organizations are faring in terms of KPI management. APQC focused on multiple industries…
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Data and Measures|
Operational KPI Benchmarking: Manufacturing and Services Sector Comparative Analysis
In August of 2018, APQC conducted a survey on operational KPIs to collate data on how organizations are faring in terms of KPI management. APQC focused on multiple industries…
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Collections|
Knowledge Mapping in Action
Knowledge mapping is an important technique to help inventory an organization’s critical knowledge and pinpoint areas that may be at risk. In 2017 - 2018, APQC researched…
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Tools & Templates|
Knowledge Mapping Workflows
Although there are many standard templates and guidelines for knowledge mapping, each organization has its own twist on the process. This resource presents knowledge mapping…
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In this article, you will learn how best-practice organizations communicate the value of knowledge mapping to participants, leadership, and the enterprise as a whole.
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Articles|
Analyzing Knowledge Risks and Gaps
In this article, you will learn how best-practice organizations analyze knowledge mapping opportunities and knowledge maps to pinpoint urgent at-risk expertise and…
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To remain competitive, companies need to capture critical knowledge from experts and experienced employees and then transfer that knowledge to others. In this article, you’ll…