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• APQC Releases Enhanced Supply Chain Section of its Process Classification Framework; Free-of-Charge, Tool Helps Supply Chain Executives Solve the Supply Chain Metrics Language Barrier

  - 2007-09-26

  HOUSTON -- Several dozen supply chain practitioners, from across the globe have developed definitions for a number of supply chain metrics based on real-world experience. The project was sponsored by APQC, an internationally recognized resource for process and performance improvement that will now enable supply chain executives to improve manufacturing...

  Tags: APQC, barrier, supply chain, tool

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  - 2007-03-01

  By Staff The Supply Chain Council SCC is partnering with Houston, Texas-based APQC, a global best practices and benchmarking organization, for a new online benchmarking service to SCC members. IBM is underwriting the program. The online ...

  Tags: APQC, benchmarking, best practice, supply chain

• The Supply-Chain Council, APQC and IBM Collaborate on Open Standards for SCOR® Model Benchmarking

  - 2006-12-14

  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Supply-Chain Council SCC, an international, not-for-profit trade association of companies from multiple industries and responsible for all development, maintenance, enhancement and distribution of the Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR[R]) Model, announced a new member benefit today through an alliance with APQC, a leading global resource for best...

  Tags: APQC, benchmarking, IBM Corp., open standard, supply chain

• AberdeenGroup and APQC Launch 'by the numbers—Procurement'; New Publication Features Industry Benchmarks, Supply Chain Research, and Case Studies

  - 2005-11-17

  BOSTON -- AberdeenGroup, the leading provider of fact-based research and advisory services for global technology and value chain executives, and APQC, the leading nonprofit provider of financial and value chain benchmarking and research, announce the launch of "by the numbers--Procurement," a new title in a series of publications co-developed by...

  Tags: APQC, benchmarking, value chain, procurement, supply chain

• Measuring the Performance of the Logistics Function

  BNET

  APQC has developed 43 standard measures that organizations can use to benchmark their performance in logistics. The major processes logistics departments perform are measured to determine: FTE costs, pick-up to ship cycle time, overhead costs, and other relevant productivity measures. Organizations...

  Tags: Performance, APQC, Logistics, Supply Chain, Business Operations

• 5 Tips for Turning Warehouse Inventory Faster

  BNET

  It may sound a little space-age or high-tech, but inventory velocity is a pretty simple concept—to turn the warehouse inventory faster than before. What gets a little more complicated is exactly how to do that. Thankfully there's a wide range of steps organizations can take to improve inventory velocity. From...

  Tags: Supply Chain, APQC, Inventory, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software