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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 8,200 research-based best practices, benchmarks and metrics, case studies, and other valuable APQC content.
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This collection contains APQC's Key Benchmarks at a Glance reports for several functions and processes. These documents feature key performance indicators (KPIs) and…
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Total Cost of Supply Chain Planning
Supply chain planning begins with a solid understanding of organizational and business strategy and then translating that strategy into the full spectrum of supply chain…
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Supply Chain Planning Tune-Up Diagnostic
Examine the four essential metrics included in this diagnostic to ensure that your supply chain planning practices will keep you running ahead of the competition. APQC's…
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Benchmarking Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time
Data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in supply chain planning shows how organizations perform on cash-to-cash cycle time. Cash-to-cash cycle time looks at the number…
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Improving Supply Chain Planning
As the discipline continues to grow in maturity and importance, supply chain planning becomes even more complex. There are exponentially increasing inputs to account for in…
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Supply Chain Planning Key Performance Indicators
This collection of articles provides insights into key performance indicators (KPIs) and other important performance measures in supply chain planning.
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Interactive Supply Chain Planning Tune-Up Diagnostic
Compare your performance on essential supply chain planning metrics against that of your peers in this interactive spreadsheet. This tool includes data from APQC's Open…
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Supply Chain Management Tune-up Diagnostics
This collection features diagnostics with key metrics in supply chain planning, manufacturing, logistics, and procurement. APQC's tune-ups feature recent Open Standards…
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Supply Chain Resilience: Cross-Industry Report
In early 2025, APQC conducted research in supply chain resilience to learn from supply chain professionals about the current state of adoption of supply chain resilience…
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To objectively assess, manage, and compare supply chain planning practices and results, organizations need a standard framework for classifying and defining processes.APQC’s…
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Understanding Supply Chain Processes
To objectively assess, manage, and compare supply chain management performance, organizations need a standard framework for classifying and defining processes. APQC’s Process…
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Number of Supply Chain Planning Employees
Costs alone do not explain the totality of performance in supply chain planning; supply chain planning requires efficiency. This article includes data from APQC's Open…
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Supply Chain Planning Talent Management
Supply chain planning has made strides in becoming a strategic business partner in many organizations. Recognizing that supply chain can significantly impact the bottom line,…
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Supply Chain Planning Talent Management: Engineer-to-Order Capability Model
Supply chain planning has made strides in becoming a strategic business partner in many organizations. Recognizing that supply chain can significantly impact the bottom line,…
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Supply Chain Planning Talent Management: Retail Capability Model
Supply chain planning has made strides in becoming a strategic business partner in many organizations. Recognizing that supply chain can significantly impact the bottom line,…