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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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Financial Management Blueprints for Success
Blueprints for Success are comprehensive reports that are great starting points for following financial management innovators. These reports include: frameworks for financial…
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This collection contains APQC's Key Benchmarks at a Glance reports for several functions and processes. These documents feature key performance indicators (KPIs) and…
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General Accounting and Reporting Blueprint for Success
There’s a lot of talk these days about financial management (FM) transformation—and the people who manage accounting and reporting are in the thick of it. Several reasons…
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This collection features general accounting and reporting data and practices from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® survey for General Accounting and Reporting Cycle. It…
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Interactive General Accounting Tune-up Diagnostic
Examine the essential metrics to ensure that your practices will keep you ahead of the competition. APQC's Interactive General Accounting Tune-up Diagnostic highlights Open…
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Interactive Financial Reporting Tune-Up Diagnostic
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking General Accounting and Reporting survey, this interactive diagnostic in excel can help you compare your financial…
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General Accounting and Financial Reporting Glossary
APQC created this glossary of terms for those interested or involved in general accounting and financial reporting. Those engaged in benchmarking may also visit APQC’s more…
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Leading Practices for Financial and Managerial Reporting
APQC conducted a survey to help understand leading practices for effective and compelling financial and managerial reporting and how finance functions are leveraging data…
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Accounting Checklist for Closing Out the Month
To assist organizations when performing the month-end, or soft, closing, APQC has created a month-end closing checklist that contains common tasks performed to ensure the…
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General Accounting and Reporting Key Benchmarks
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® in general accounting and reporting, this collection features key performance indicators (KPIs) for general…
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Data Visualization Recommended Reading
APQC created this recommended reading list for those in the finance function seeking to create more compelling and impactful financial and managerial reporting leveraging…
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Leading Practices for Reporting, Performance Measurement, and Improvement
In this APQC webinar, Rachele Collins (principal research lead, APQC) and Forrest Breyfogle (CEO, Smarter Solutions Inc.) discuss highlights from APQC’s latest research on…
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Benchmarking and Improving your General Accounting Process
Managing the entire general accounting process can prove challenging without the proper tools and resources. In this webinar, APQC’s Steve Player (senior research fellow and…
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General Accounting and Reporting Cycle Performance Assessment
Completing the General Accounting and Reporting Open Standards Assessment can provide insight into your organization's staff productivity, process efficiency, and cycle time…
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General Accounting and Reporting Cycle Rapid Performance Assessment
Completing the General Accounting and Reporting Assessment can provide insight into your organization's staff productivity, process efficiency, and cycle time for your…