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This infographic focuses on the percentage of approved capital projects considered within or on budget, as reported in APQC's Planning and Management Accounting Survey.
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Performing a Financial Evaluation of New Products
Prepared using data from APQC’s Planning and Management Accounting assessment, this infographic discusses the measure “cycle time in days to perform a financial evaluation of…
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Reports & White Papers|
Blueprint for Success: Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting (Second Edition)
The realm of planning and management accounting is a top priority. CFOs want to speed up workflows, control process costs, leverage talent, improve the precision of forecasts…
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Finance in Focus: Priorities for 2024
APQC conducted its annual Financial Management Priorities and Challenges survey in late 2023 to better understand the focus areas, initiatives, and challenges that will shape…
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Percentage Error for the Total Sales Forecast
Sales forecasting is a discipline that any strong finance team will want to master and is especially important in industries where the majority of an organization’s operating…
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Strategies to Avoid a Cash Flow Crunch
Through its annual Financial Management Priorities survey, APQC found that late payments from customers are one of the most common cash flow management challenges facing…
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Presentation Slides|
Financial Management Priorities and Challenges Presentation Slides
These presentation slides correspond to a March 2024 webinar where Kelley Pruetz, APQC's Principal Research Lead for Financial Management, presented insights and results from…
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Webinars & Videos|
Financial Management Priorities and Challenges
In this webinar where Kelley Pruetz, APQC's Principal Research Lead for Financial Management, presented insights and results from APQC’s financial management priorities…
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6 Productivity KPIs Finance Teams Need to Track
APQC surveyed more than 300 professionals to learn about the focus areas, initiatives, and challenges that will shape finance functions in 2024. APQC found that many…
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Finance Teams Focused on Risk Management in 2024
APQC surveyed more than 300 professionals to learn about the focus areas, initiatives, and challenges that will shape finance functions in 2024. We found that risk management…
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Process Improvement is the Top Priority for Finance in 2024
APQC surveyed more than 300 professionals to learn about the focus areas, initiatives, and challenges that will shape finance functions in 2024. We found that process…
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Top Focus Areas for Financial Management in 2024
APQC surveyed more than 300 professionals to learn about the focus areas, initiatives, and challenges that will shape finance functions in 2024. In this infographic, you will…
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APQC's Process Maturity Model
Process audits help organizations to evaluate the health of a specific process or process group. Most often, they are used to determine critical gaps in understanding,…
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Do’s and Don’ts of Rolling Forecasts
When transitioning from a traditional budget and forecast, organizations must exercise caution to avoid certain pitfalls. This infographic explores the top 10 mistakes…
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Get Started with Finance Data Visualization
Data visualization is a powerful tool every finance team should have in their toolbox. It’s often the best way to communicate complex trends and complicated data with non…