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APQC’s Sourcing and Procurement: 2024 Blueprint for Success is a guide for achieving best-practice performance. It details how procurement processes and activities relate to…
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Reports & White Papers|
Sourcing and Procurement: 2024 Blueprint for Success
APQC’s Sourcing and Procurement: 2024 Blueprint for Success is a guide for achieving best-practice performance. It details how procurement processes and activities relate to…
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Collections|
Understanding Procurement Benchmarks and Best Practices
This collection is your road map to success in managing procurement efficiency and effectiveness. The content within will teach you about key performance indicators (KPIs)…
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Procurement Key Benchmarks
Featuring data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in Procurement, these articles highlight the median performance level on important procurement benchmarks for…
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Data and Measures|
Procurement Key Benchmarks: Cross-Industry
Featuring data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® (OSB) in Procurement, this article provides key performance indicator (KPI) benchmarks for organizations across…
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This article includes data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in Procurement that shows the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) in the procurement group and…
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This article includes metric data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® in procurement showcasing how organizations perform regarding supplier lead times for purchased…
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Articles|
What Supports Accurate Spend Analysis
Supply chain organizations are always looking for greater visibility into spending. Spend analysis enables procurement professionals to identify the value of spending with…
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Infographics|
Spend Analysis Automation: Current State
Effective spend analysis relies on accurate data from numerous sources. Automation for spend analysis and data cleansing can not only yield more accurate results but also…
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Collections|
Next-Generation Supplier Relationship Management
Much work has been done building good supplier relationship management (SRM) programs. As more companies embrace and adopt SRM best practices, it’s time to look holistically…
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Articles|
The Human Side of the SRM Equation
Supplier relationship management (SRM) is particularly crucial in today’s world of supply chain upheaval. Development of SRM tools using AI and other advanced technologies is…
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Staff productivity is an important factor in determining the performance of sourcing and procurement. A key productivity performance indicator for the procurement function is…
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Efficiency measures are an important component of a balanced set of measures for procurement. This article presents data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® for…
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To objectively assess, manage, and compare procurement performance, organizations need a standard framework for classifying and defining processes. APQC’s Process…
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Historically, many organizations viewed procurement simply as a spend center. Today, leading organizations view sourcing and procurement as a strategic opportunity for…
