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How to Justify an HR Budget Increase
You’ve reviewed your organization’s top objectives, outlined an action plan for HR, and concluded that an HR spending increase is in order. With HR budget cuts commonplace,…
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HR Function Tune-up Diagnostic
This tune-up diagnostic is designed to help you make a quick assessment of your HR function performance in terms of cost, productivity, and efficiency. The assessment…
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Top Knowledge Management Priorities for 2024
Knowledge management (KM) investments are expected to remain steady in 2024 as organizations continue to invest in it. KM drives employee engagement, productivity, and…
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In order to achieve tangible benefits, businesses must implement knowledge management (KM) programs. The definition of "business value" may vary for each KM program,…
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HR Function Efficiency
Efficient HR functions deliver a positive employee experience and contribute to strategic business goals in ways that make the best use of HR staff time and the HR budget…
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HR Administration Efficiency
The efficiency with which HR administrative tasks are handled is a key component of overall HR function performance. It plays an integral role in the employee experience,…
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HR Cost per $1000 Revenue
Cost is one of the first metrics that executives look at when evaluating the performance of corporate functions like HR. This article describes one HR function cost measure…
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Organizations that can hire more quickly than their peers and competitors have a distinct advantage in the talent marketplace. Moving too quickly to hire, however, could end…
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Amid the hype of technologies like AI and a constantly changing business landscape, it’s easy for organizations to forget the importance of key skills like collaboration and…
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In its 2024 Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research, APQC asked supply chain professionals about their expectations and trends for the year ahead. With…
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With each new year comes a new (and/or continuing) set of supply chain successes and challenges. In early 2024, geopolitical developments and technological advances continue…
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Three Ways to Release Your Earnings Faster
In this article, APQC CFO Perry Wiggins discusses the cycle time in days between the completion of an organization’s consolidated financial statements and the release of the…
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Forecasting Fundamentals
Forecasting is a process that leverages trend analysis along with past and present data to make predictions about the potential future course of the business. A well-designed…
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Forecasting Fumbles
Financial forecasting plays a pivotal role in positioning a company for growth and sustainability. A rolling forecast is a financial planning and forecasting approach that…
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APQC’s Seven Tenets of Process ManagementSM are tools that can help organizations move from the “developed” stage and overcome the issues where so many organizations go wrong…
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