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The Future of Finance Talent Survey Report: Pharmaceutical Industry
Finance functions are evolving, looking to add higher-value services to their traditional focus on administration and compliance. With this shift, many are recognizing the…
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As an organization grows over years, processes diverge. At APQC's 2022 Process and Knowledge Management Conference, AstraZeneca’s Business Process Manager Christopher Moriak…
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Payroll Key Benchmarks: Pharmaceutical Industry
Gain insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization’s processes by benchmarking common business activities. The process group “Process payroll” includes…
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Accounts Payable Practices Report: Pharmaceutical 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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2022 Supply Chain Challenges and Priorities: Pharmaceutical Industry
APQC concluded its eighth annual Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research in early 2022. The purpose of this research was to learn about organizations’…
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Contact Center Key Benchmarks: Pharmaceutical Industry
Gain insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization’s contact center processes by benchmarking common business activities (Hierarchy ID: 6.2 in APQC’s…
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Reward and Retain Key Benchmarks: Pharmaceutical Industry
A collection of key human capital benchmarks prepared from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® in Reward and Retain Employees, these articles highlight reward and retain key…
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Supplier risk is one of the biggest risk vectors organizations face today. Suppliers can expose a company to risk not only by failing to deliver materials or products on time…
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AI in the Finance Function Survey Report: Pharmaceutical Industry
In 2020-21, APQC conducted a survey to explore the use of AI in the finance function. This report explores trends in AI and its applications in pharmaceutical finance…
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Order-to-Cash: Managing for Success in Disruptive Times in the Pharmaceutical Industry
APQC and DSCI conducted a survey in the fall of 2021 to learn how organizations are handling the order-to-cash (O2C) process in terms of governing, measuring, automating, and…
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Knowledge Management Trends Survey Report: Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industries
In late summer 2021, APQC surveyed more than 350 knowledge management experts and practitioners about their view of KM’s current state and what they think the future holds…
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Procure-to-Pay: Structure and Automation Report: Pharmaceutical Industry
In response to increasing global interest in end-to-end processes, APQC undertook this research in 2021 to get some insights into how organizations are managing their procure…
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Internal Controls Key Benchmarks: Pharmaceutical Industry
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in internal controls, this table highlights financial management internal controls key benchmarks for all…
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Fixing Process & Knowledge Productivity Problems Survey Report: Pharmaceutical
Wasted time, duplicated work, and inefficient processes chip away at an organization’s bottom line. Small inefficiencies add up—and they can hurt innovation and competitive…
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Current State of the HR Function: Pharmaceutical Industry
Based on the results of APQC's spring 2021 State of HR Survey, this report details how HR functions today are handling strategy, structure, process, staffing, technology, and…
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