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Total Number of ERPs or ERP Instances throughout the Entire Finance Shared Services Organization
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are an important part of the shared services environment that helps organizations to standardize their processes and data. After…
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Designing Effective Risk Management Training
Effective training is critical for building a mature risk management culture. Employees across an enterprise not only need to learn how risk intersects with their daily work,…
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Finance Shared Services Key Benchmarks: Financial Services/Banking Industry
Prepared using data from the APQC/ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Assessments, these financial services/banking industry benchmarks highlight key performance…
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Finance Shared Services Key Benchmarks: Automotive Industry
Prepared using data from the APQC/ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Assessments, these automotive industry benchmarks highlight key performance indicators (KPI…
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Finance Shared Services Key Benchmarks: Consumer Products/Packaged Goods
Prepared using data from the APQC/ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Assessments, these consumer products/packaged goods industry benchmarks highlight key…
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Finance Shared Services Key Benchmarks: Industrial Products Industry
Prepared using data from the APQC/ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Assessments, these industrial products industry benchmarks highlight key performance…
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Finance Shared Services Key Benchmarks: Pharmaceutical Industry
Prepared using data from the APQC/ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Assessments, these pharmaceutical industry benchmarks highlight key performance indicators …
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Finance Shared Services Key Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale Industry
Prepared using data from the APQC/ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Assessments, these retail and wholesale industry benchmarks highlight key performance…
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Finance Shared Services Key Benchmarks: Services Industry
Prepared using data from the APQC/ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Assessments, these services industry benchmarks highlight key performance indicators (KPI)…
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Finance Shared Services Key Benchmarks: Cross Industry
Prepared using data from the APQC/ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Assessments, these cross industry benchmarks highlight key performance indicators (KPI) for…
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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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Digitization is critical for building a future-ready finance function. In the context of a shared service center (SSC), digitization enables an organization to pay suppliers,…
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Shared service centers (SSCs) provide a centralized team that carries out high-volume, repeatable processes on behalf of business units or areas across an enterprise. But not…
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Outsourced Cost of the Finance Function
APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking segments the total cost of the finance function into five categories: systems cost, personnel cost, overhead cost, outsourced cost, and…
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Fixing Process & Knowledge Productivity Problems Survey Report: Financial Management
In mid-2021, APQC surveyed full-time knowledge workers across industries to understand: How they define and measure work productivity Factors that make them more and…