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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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Cycle Time to Produce Period-End Management Reports
Period-end management reports are an important form of decision-making support that helps leaders gain insight on specific areas of the business. These reports typically…
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Number of Accounts in the Chart of Accounts
The chart of accounts (COA) is a key accounting tool used for transaction processing, accounting activities, reconciliations, and financial reporting. It lies at the heart of…
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Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking Database, this infographic discusses the cycle time to perform the annual close and shares advice to help…
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Consolidated financial statements enable organizations with a parent company and subordinate reporting units to report their finances as a single enterprise for creditors,…
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Robotic Process Automation & The Finance Function
RPA is a promising technology for finance functions. RPA is a form of server-based process automation that combines process steps with decision models or business rules with…
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Leading Practices for Financial and Managerial Reporting: Survey Summary Report
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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Presentation Slides|
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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Reports & White Papers|
Blueprint for Success: General Accounting and Closing the Books
Use this report as a starting point for benchmarking your processes and driving performance in general accounting. The report includes: a framework for general…