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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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Now in the Resource Library: Financial Management
This report provides an overview of recently released financial management content in APQC's Resource Library, along with upcoming research and financial management resources…
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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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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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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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Total Cost to Manage Financial Policies and Procedures
Every organization should undertake a regular audit of its financial policies and procedures. Finance teams that can run these reviews in an efficient way can get back to the…
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Total Cost of Budgeting and Forecasting
This infographic focuses on the median total cost of budgeting and forecasting, across industries, as reported in APQC's Planning and Management Accounting survey.
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Number of Budget Versions Produced Before Final Approval
Reviewing and editing draft after draft of your budget can be time consuming, frustrating, and may even risk disengagement from your stakeholders. This infographic…
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Eliminating Adjustments Bottlenecks
Adjustments come about for perfectly understandable reasons. In some cases, customers might find that there was a mistake in their billing or that an order is delivered with…
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Interactive Capital Planning/Projects Tune-up Diagnostic
Prepared using data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Planning and Management Accounting survey, this interactive diagnostic in Excel can help you compare your process…
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Interactive Accounts Receivable Tune-Up Diagnostic
Examine the essential metrics to ensure that your practices will keep you ahead of the competition. APQC's accounts receivable tune-up diagnostic highlights recent Open…
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Interactive Collections Tune-Up Diagnostic
Examine the essential metrics to ensure that your practices will keep you ahead of the competition. APQC's Collections Tune-Up Diagnostic highlights recent Open Standards…
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Interactive Finance Organization Tune-Up Diagnostic
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking Finance Organization survey, this interactive diagnostic in Excel can help you compare your finance function's…
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Interactive Payroll Tune-up Diagnostic Tool
Examine the essential metrics to ensure that your practices will keep you ahead of the competition. APQC's Interactive Payroll Tune-up Diagnostic highlights recent Open…
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Interactive Accounts Payable Tune-Up Diagnostic
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking Accounts Payable and Expense Reimbursement survey, this interactive diagnostic in Excel can help you compare your…