Resource Library
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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Collaboration Drives More Effective Cost Allocation
When leaders hear the phrase ‘process improvement,’ it makes sense that technologies like automation or generative AI might come to mind. However, management accounting…
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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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This infographic discusses the cycle time in days between the completion of an organization’s consolidated financial statements and the release of the organization’s earnings…
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A global process owner is responsible for managing a process across the enterprise. This infographic discuss why having a single-point owner for key processes ensures…