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Sales forecasting is a discipline that any strong finance team will want to master and is especially important in industries where the majority of an organization’s operating…
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Percentage Error for the Total Sales Forecast
Sales forecasting is a discipline that any strong finance team will want to master and is especially important in industries where the majority of an organization’s operating…
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Cycle Time to Prepare the Financial Forecast
Financial forecasting is a high priority for CFOs, and doing it more efficiently and accurately is an admirable goal. Whether an organization creates a comprehensive forecast…
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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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Establishing the Daily Cash Position
Each month, APQC features a showcased metric (cost, productivity, efficiency, cycle time, or supplemental) from our Open Standards Benchmarking® financial management research…
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Establishing the Daily Cash Position
Each month, APQC features a showcased metric (cost, productivity, efficiency, cycle time, or supplemental) from our Open Standards Benchmarking® financial management research…
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The ability to prepare or adjust short-term cash flow forecasts quickly allows organizations to make better and more informed decisions about their cash needs, investments,…
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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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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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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…
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Next-Level FP&A: Survey Overview and How HOLT CAT Mastered Beyond Budgeting
In this APQC webinar, APQC’s Rachele Collins and HOLT CAT’s Paul Hensley discuss the results of APQC’s recent study, “Next Level of FP&A”. Hensley also explains how HOLT CAT…
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Next-Level FP&A: Survey Overview and How HOLT CAT Mastered Beyond Budgeting
In this APQC webinar, APQC’s Rachele Collins and HOLT CAT’s Paul Hensley discuss the results of APQC’s recent study, “Next Level of FP&A”. Hensley also explains how HOLT CAT…