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Do’s and Don’ts of Rolling Forecasts
When transitioning from a traditional budget and forecast, organizations must exercise caution to avoid certain pitfalls. This infographic explores the top 10 mistakes…
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Beyond Budgeting and Rolling Forecasts
Rolling forecasts are tools for continuous planning. Organizations don't plan based on an annual set of events, they expect to deliver continuing profitable performance. The…
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Number of Budget Versions Produced Before Final Approval
Reviewing and editing draft after draft of your budget can be time consuming, frustrating, and may even risk disengagement from your stakeholders. This infographic…
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Total Cost of Budgeting and Forecasting
Plans, budgets, and forecasts can be some of the most valuable contributions that finance makes to the business. Ideally, they help organizations know what’s coming down the…
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Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting Glossary of Terms
APQC created this glossary of terms for those interested in corporate planning, budgeting, and forecasting by explaining key terms used throughout corporate finance.
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Reviewing and editing draft after draft of your budget can be time consuming, frustrating, and may even risk disengagement from your stakeholders. In this article, we’ll…
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Cycle Time to Complete the Annual Budget
For many organizations, budgeting season means headaches, delays, frustration, and grandstanding across multiple budgetary drafts. But the creation of your annual budget does…
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Cycle Time to Complete the Annual Budget
For many organizations, budgeting season means headaches, delays, frustration, and grandstanding across multiple budgetary drafts. But the creation of your annual budget does…
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Funding for Business Process Management
Learn how best-practice organizations allocate funds to business process management (BPM). Based on APQC research, this article explains how resources, funds, and reporting…
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FP&A Tools, Technologies, and Analytics
APQC and the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) recently undertook a research project to determine the current state of FP&A as an emergent discipline, to…
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Measuring FP&A Effectiveness
Ultimately, FP&A is tasked with serving as a partner to the business and helping business leaders make better decisions by leveraging an analysis of financial information. In…
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Scope and Practices of FP&A
APQC and the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) recently undertook a research project to determine the current state of FP&A as an emergent discipline, to…
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Moving Beyond Budgets: Holt Cat Case Study
HOLT CAT is the authorized Caterpillar heavy equipment and engine dealer for 118 counties in South, Central, North, and East Texas. This case study discusses the…
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Reporting Structure and Staffing for FP&A
How are today's FP&A teams organized in terms of reporting structure, service delivery model, staffing, and span of control? Based on a 2019 FP&A research study conducted by…
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FP&A Skills and Development
How do you best develop the FP&A skills of the future? Based on a 2019 FP&A research study conducted by APQC and AFP, this infographic examines a few key statistics to help…