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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How to Apply Process Frameworks
This collection provides "how to" guidance and best practices for the top applications of process frameworks, including APQC's Process Classification Framework (PCF)®.
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A primary reason APQC’s Process Classification Framework (PCF)® is the most used process framework in the world is its adaptability. The framework’s common language for…
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Benchmarking Basics
This collection contains the main items you will need to start a benchmarking initiative, including templates, tools, a glossary, APQC's Process Classification Framework,…
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Benchmarking: Quick Reference Guide
This guide provides a brief overview of APQC’s benchmarking methodology, tools, resources, and templates.
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Benchmarking Fundamentals
Build a foundation for benchmarking by learning the definitions, methodologies, and practical steps discussed in this article. APQC knows what works in benchmarking and this…
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APQC's Benchmarking Methodology
APQC's four-phase benchmarking methodology can guide organizations through the benchmarking process and into sustained improvement. These steps, gleaned from two decades of…
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What is Benchmarking?
Following a rigorous process is essential to any successful benchmarking program. This article explains APQC's approach to benchmarking, detailing APQC's four-phased…
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APQC's Interactive Tune-Up Diagnostics
This collection features diagnostic tools with hand picked key metrics in financial management, human capital management, supply chain planning, and information technology …
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Process frameworks like APQC’s Process Classification Framework (PCF)® can be used for an array of applications, ranging from understanding an organization’s current state …
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Process maturity and process management maturity are sometimes used interchangeably; however, they are two very different things. This infographic briefly highlights the…
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APQC's Process Excellence Assets
This is a collection of APQC's process excellence assets, that work together to empower process professionals and their organizations.
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How to Use APQC's Process Audit Template
Process audits help organizations to evaluate the health of a specific process or process group. Organizations looking to evaluate the maturity of their entire process…
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APQC's Process Audit Template
Process audits help organizations to evaluate the health of a specific process or process group. Organizations looking to evaluate the maturity of their entire process…
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In 2018 and again in 2023, APQC carried out survey research to better understand the common challenges and priorities associated with operational KPIs for process and…
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2024 Operational KPI Priorities & Challenges
In December of 2023, APQC conducted a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities associated with operational KPIs for process and performance management (PPM)…