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Data and Measures|
Expense Reimbursement Practices Report: Pharmaceutical Industry
APQC conducts ongoing survey research on expense reimbursement performance to help organizations assess the structure, performance, and practice of their finance functions…
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Data and Measures|
Expense Reimbursement Key Benchmarks: Pharmaceutical Industry
Prepared using APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® in Accounts Payable and Expense Reimbursement, the table below highlights Key Performance Indicator (KPI) benchmarks for…
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Customer Credit and Invoicing Key Benchmarks: Pharmaceutical Industry
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in customer invoicing and credit, this table highlights financial management customer invoicing and credit key…
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Data and Measures|
Current State of Learning and Development Survey Report: Pharmaceutical Industry
In the first half of 2023, APQC launched a research study to understand how organizations are approaching learning and development (L&D) today. L&D leaders from across the…
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APQC's Process Classification Framework (PCF) - Cross-Industry and Industry-Specific Versions
This collection contains links to all the most recent versions of APQC's Process Classification Framework (PCF), including the cross-industry framework, all industry-specific…
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Managing Change
Most improvements in organizations require some degree of change. Navigating new territory and supporting employees through the change takes planning and care. This…
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Data and Measures|
Planning and Management Accounting Key Benchmarks: Pharmaceutical Industry
Prepared using data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® in planning and management accounting, this table highlights planning and management accounting key performance…
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Process Classification Framework|
APQC Process Classification Framework (PCF) - Pharmaceutical - Excel Version 5.0.1
Effective benchmarking requires common definitions and processes. Like a shared language, organizations need to make apples-to-apples comparisons to obtain accurate…
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Process Classification Framework|
APQC Process Classification Framework (PCF) - Pharmaceutical - PDF Version 5.0.1
Effective benchmarking requires common definitions and processes. Like a shared language, organizations need to make apples-to-apples comparisons to obtain accurate…
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Data and Measures|
Accounts Payable Practices Report: Pharmaceutical Industry
APQC conducts ongoing survey research on accounts payable and expense reimbursement performance to help organizations assess the structure, performance, and practice of their…
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Reports & White Papers|
10 Steps to Get a KM Program Off the Ground
Speed to results is critical for any fledgling knowledge management program. The faster KM can switch from planning to execution and start delivering value to the business,…
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Case Study|
Transformation in Order-to-Cash at HPE
APQC recently spoke with Anshuman Kar, Vice President, Global Operations, about HPE’s transformation journey for the quote-to-cash value chain. This case study summarizes how…
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Case Study|
Transformation in Order-to-Cash at Novartis AG
Novartis has recently been engaged in a large-scale effort to transform end-to-end processes across organizational barriers in order to improve the customer experience. APQC…
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Case Study|
Setting up An RPA Program at Mallinckrodt Pharma
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has been a game-changer for the finance function, helping to reduce cycle times, save costs, and clear space for value-added analysis and…
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Reports & White Papers|
Using Knowledge-Sensitive Measures to Evaluate KM's Impact in STEM Disciplines
This white paper explains how STEM fields track knowledge acquisition and application and how knowledge management (KM) programs can align with this measurement approach to…