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Cycle Time for Short-Term Cash Forecasting
Benchmarking the time it takes for you to create a short-term forecast is a good way of evaluating your readiness for disruptive scenarios. In this article, APQC breaks down…
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The total cost to invoice customers is an important KPI that measures the efficiency of your sales and accounting teams and the health of the invoicing process itself. After…
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In recent years, supply chain organizations have faced a shifting landscape that includes demand uncertainty, increasingly complex data management needs, and evolving…
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Total Number of ERPs or ERP Instances throughout the Entire Finance Shared Services Organization
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are an important part of the shared services environment that helps organizations to standardize their processes and data. After…
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As the costs of labor continue to increase, organizations are counting on the people they bring on board to be well worth the investment. In this article, APQC reviews cross…
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Designing Effective Risk Management Training
Effective training is critical for building a mature risk management culture. Employees across an enterprise not only need to learn how risk intersects with their daily work,…
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Days Sales Outstanding
In moments of disruption like a global pandemic or an economic downturn, achieving better cash flow becomes a top concern for many organizations. In this article, APQC…
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Every process has inherent risks that can result in unintended consequences. Understanding the source of risks, as well as the reliability of a process, allows an…
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The 2020 pandemic created massive supply chain disruptions around the world, and the hard truth is that these disruptions remain a fact of life in 2022 and the foreseeable…
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How Many AP Employees are Needed?
Accounts Payable (AP) is a critical process for any organization, but it should not take an army of finance professionals to carry out AP. Leading organizations use…
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Payroll: Impact of Systems Cost
Chances are, many CFOs, controllers, and finance managers would say that their payroll processing, as a whole, is cost-effective, efficient, and timely. They’d probably also…
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One key measure of productivity for accounts payable (AP) staff is the number of invoice line items processed per AP full-time equivalent employee (FTE). This article reviews…
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Payroll: Time to Fix an Error
Chances are, many CFOs, controllers, and finance managers would say that their payroll processing, as a whole, is cost-effective, efficient, and timely. They’d probably also…
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Days Cash on Hand
Days cash on hand is a valuable liquidity metric that measures the number of days an organization can continue paying its operating expenses with the amount of cash currently…
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An optimized accounts payable (AP) process not only helps organizations take advantage of early pay discounts and favorable payment terms but is vital for cash flow…
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