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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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Data and Measures|
Customer Credit and Invoicing Key Benchmarks: Industrial Products Industry
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in customer invoicing and credit, this table highlights financial management customer invoicing and credit key…
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Data and Measures|
Customer Credit and Invoicing Key Benchmarks: Healthcare Industry
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in customer invoicing and credit, this table highlights financial management customer invoicing and credit key…
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Data and Measures|
Planning and Management Accounting Key Benchmarks: Healthcare Industry
Prepared using data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® in planning and management accounting, this table highlights planning and management accounting key performance…
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Data and Measures|
Planning and Management Accounting Key Benchmarks: Petroleum/ Chemical Industry
Prepared using data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® in planning and management accounting, this table highlights planning and management accounting key performance…
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Data and Measures|
Accounts Payable Practices Report: Petroleum/Chemical Industry
APQC conducts ongoing survey research on accounts payable and expense reimbursement performance to help organizations assess the structure, performance, and practice of their…
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Data and Measures|
Accounts Payable Practices Report: Healthcare Industry
APQC conducts ongoing survey research on accounts payable and expense reimbursement performance to help organizations assess the structure, performance, and practice of their…
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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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Articles|
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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Recently, APQC interviewed Carmen Lim, the order to cash global process adviser for Chevron Lubricants’ U.S. operations and product owner for Chevron Lubricants’ Agile team,…
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Case Study|
Transformation in Order-to-Cash at Ecolab Indonesia
Ecolab, a global provider of water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services, is in the process of centralizing and standardizing key processes in order to…
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Articles|
Understanding Customer Profitability
Understanding customer profitability can be a complicated undertaking for any organization—especially one that has multiple lines of business. This article gleans insights…
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Case Study|
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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This case study discusses how Solvay took a systematic approach to centralize all closing activities into shared services centers; the structure, roles, and governance for…
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Case Study|
Preparing for the Next Level of Financial Planning and Analysis: Building Materials Manufacturer Case Study
APQC recently interviewed the CFO of a privately-held building materials manufacturer about its practices and tools for financial planning and analysis (FP&A). This case…
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Case Study|
Preparing for the Next Level of Financial Planning and Analysis: Royal Dutch Shell Case Study
This case study gives a profile and overview of FP&A activities at Royal Dutch Shell. Drawing from an interview with David Gold, VP for planning, appraisal, and reporting for…