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Defense Finance and Accounting Service: Finance Talent Management in a Government Agency
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) with headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. DFAS is…
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Corning Incorporated, a multinational company headquartered in Corning, New York, is a leading innovator in materials science with a more than 170-year history. The…
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Transforming Quote-to-Cash at IBM
IBM optimized opportunity-to-order (O2O) and order-to-cash (O2C), but still struggled with data availability and cycle times due to the handoff between these processes. IBM…
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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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Enterprise Risk Assessment at IRS
In May 2021, Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Thomas Brandt served as the featured guest presenter on an APQC financial management webinar to discuss the organization’s enterprise…
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Digital transformation has immense implications for driving productivity and innovation in the petrochemicals industry, particularly in areas such as R&D and manufacturing…
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Enterprise Risk Management in Government
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is the process by which organizations identify and manage a broad portfolio of significant risks in an integrated way. ERM is foundational…
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Evolving Practices in Enterprise Risk Management at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level department of the United States Federal Government comprised of 10 diverse government agencies…
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury with a mission to “provide America’s taxpayers top-quality service by helping them understand…
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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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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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Data Visualization in Accounting
This article shares insights from Danielle Supkis Cheek, a lecturer at Rice University and director in the entrepreneurial advisory services group for the accounting…
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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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Preparing for the Next Level of Financial Planning and Analysis: Global Tech Company Case Study
In March of 2019, APQC interviewed the finance lead at a large global technology company that offers a wide range of products and services. According to the finance lead, the…