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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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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…
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Process Improvement is the Top Priority for Finance in 2024
APQC surveyed more than 300 professionals to learn about the focus areas, initiatives, and challenges that will shape finance functions in 2024. We found that process…
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As organizations increasingly embrace a process-focused operating model, end-to-end global process owners (GPOs) have become a key role in the management and development of…
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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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Busy but not productive: it is the feeling that everyone dreads. At APQC's 2022 PPM and KM Conference, APQC’s Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland and Cindy Hubert led a general session on…
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Three-fourths of respondents to APQC’s annual Financial Management Priorities survey ranked process improvement as the top priority for their finance functions in 2022. In…
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Applying a Process Framework: Benchmarking
Benchmarking is an approach that organizations use to measure their internal processes and to identify, understand, and adapt practices used by best-in-class organizations…
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In July 2021, APQC hosted two roundtable conversations with process and performance management professionals to discuss common challenges and leading practices related to…
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Developing an enterprise-wide process model is a daunting task, particularly for large, complex organizations. This article offers four best practices to guide your efforts…
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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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Expanding How We Define Productivity
APQC’s founder, Jack Grayson, believed that true productivity encompasses both effectiveness and efficiency: “Efficiency measures if you are doing things right. Effectiveness…
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Six Core Capabilities for Resilence: Q&A
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders are increasingly focused on organizational resilience. Organizational resilience is the ability of an organization to anticipate…
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Robotic Process Automation & The Finance Function
RPA is a promising technology for finance functions. RPA is a form of server-based process automation that combines process steps with decision models or business rules with…
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Cloud Computing & The Finance Function
Cloud computing allows users to access and use shared data and computing services via the Internet or a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Using the cloud means storing and…
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Cognitive Computing & The Finance Function
Cognitive computing offers significant promise for finance functions seeking additional ways to deliver value and insights. Cognitive computing refers to self-learning…