APQC is a member-based research organization specializing in process and performance improvement. The Department of the Navy's membership with APQC (renewed through August 2016) includes access to an online research library, the Knowledge Base, which provides valuable information and assistance in four functional areas: Knowledge Management, Financial Management, Human Capital Management, and Supply Chain Management.
The Knowledge Base provides DON members with self-service access to benchmarks, best practices, case studies, improvement tools, and templates targeted to specific functional areas to assist with decision making and planning. With this membership, DON employees have full access to APQC's wide range of services. Anyone with a navy.mil or usmc.mil email account can obtain an APQC user account by visiting the APQC website at http://www.apqc.org/. Click on "Register online with APQC." Insert your navy.mil or usmc.mil email address in the "Company Email" box and click continue. Follow the prompts to create an account. You will receive an email confirming your registration and with account activation instructions.