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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Interactive Internal Controls Tune-Up Diagnostic
Prepared using data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Internal Controls Performance survey, this interactive diagnostic in Excel can help you compare your process…
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Automating at least some of your internal controls is quickly becoming the bare minimum for effective corporate governance these days. But automated controls need to send the…
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Interactive Treasury Tune-Up Diagnostic
Prepared using data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Manage Treasury Operations survey, this interactive diagnostic in Excel can help you compare your process…
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AI in the Expense Reimbursement Process
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many operational processes by automating complex tasks, enhancing efficiency, and reducing human error. Through our Expense…
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Internal Controls Glossary of Terms
APQC created this glossary of terms to help those newer to internal controls and those benchmarking their internal controls processes by explaining key terms used throughout…
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Maximizing tax savings through accurate depreciation deductions is an easy way CFOs can ensure a finance organization is doing everything it can to manage costs and protect…
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Haphazard decisions about how promptly to pay bills can damage strategic relationships and cause organizations to miss out on business or investment opportunities. Finding…
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Interactive Fixed Assets Tune-Up Diagnostic
Prepared using data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Fixed Asset Accounting survey, this interactive diagnostic in Excel can help you compare your process performance…
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When leaders hear the phrase ‘process improvement,’ it makes sense that technologies like automation or generative AI might come to mind. However, management accounting…
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Now in the Resource Library: Financial Management
This report provides an overview of recently released financial management content in APQC's Resource Library, along with upcoming research and financial management resources…
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Particularly among small and medium-sized organizations, late customer payments are increasingly impeding cashflow management, negatively affecting strategic decision making,…
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Financial Evaluation of New Products
How long does it take your finance team to perform financial evaluations for new products? Prepared using data from APQC’s Planning and Management Accounting assessment, this…
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Capital projects often require significant investments of an organization’s finances, time, human capital, and other resources. When capital projects go off the rails and…
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Data visualization is a powerful enhancement to financial and managerial reporting. Done well, data visualization can make complex trends intelligible for non-finance…
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In this article, we review six productivity measures for finance that small organizations can use to measure and track the health of their finance function:total cost to…