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Procurement Key Benchmarks
Featuring data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in Procurement, these articles highlight the median performance level on important procurement benchmarks for…
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Procurement Key Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale Industry
Featuring data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® (OSB) in Procurement, this article provides key performance indicator (KPI) benchmarks for organizations in the retail…
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2025 Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges
This collection contains content created from APQC's 2025 annual research into priorities and challenges for Supply Chain Management.Click here for results from 2024's…
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Reward and Retain Employees Key Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale Industry
A collection of key human capital benchmarks prepared from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® in Reward and Retain Employees, this article highlights reward and retain…
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Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in Human Capital Management (HCM), this collection highlights key performance indicator (KPI) benchmarks for…
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Knowledge Management Program Key Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale Industry
Gain insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization’s processes in the retail and wholesale industry by benchmarking common business activities. The…
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2025 Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges: Retail and Wholesale Industry
APQC concluded its 11th annual Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research in early 2025. The purpose of this research was to learn about organizations’ supply…
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Business Process Management Maturity Benchmarks: Distribution/Transportation Industry
This report is prepared with data from APQC's Business Process Management Maturity Assessment Tool (BPM MAT), which allows distribution/transportation organizations to assess…
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Business Process Management Maturity Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale Industry
This report is prepared with data from APQC's Business Process Management Maturity Assessment Tool (BPM MAT), which allows retail and wholesale organizations to assess their…
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Manage Employee Information and Analytics Key Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale Industry
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® portal, this table highlights benchmarks for the process group “Manage employee information and analytics” (PCF…
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Identifying Gaps in the Employee Experience
Many organizations are struggling with how to retain employees as they watch their turnover rates go up and their retention rates go down. This has led organization leaders…
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Delegation of Authority Policy Practices: Retail and Wholesale Industry
APQC conducts survey research on delegation of authority policy to help organizations assess the structure, performance, and practice of their finance functions against peers…
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Finance Shared Services Key Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale Industry
Prepared using data from the APQC/ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Assessments, these benchmarks highlight key performance indicators (KPI) for the retail and…
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Redeploy and Retire Employees Key Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale Industry
Prepared using APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® portal, this article highlights important measures and median metric values for the Redeploy and retire employees process…
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Continuous Improvement in Supply Chain: 2024 Retail and Wholesale Industry
APQC conducts periodic quick polls in supply chain to learn about the latest trends in emerging technologies and key practices. In August 2024, APQC gathered insights from…
Measure Spotlight Results
(1 - 5 of 3856 Results)Cycle time in days from transmission of invoice to receipt of payment
Cycle time in days to resolve adjustments
Total number of invoices billed to customers (current and delinquent) per FTE that performs the process "manage and process collections"
Number of adjustments/deductions per FTE that performs the process "manage and process adjustments/deductions"
Number of FTEs that perform the processes "process accounts receivable (AR)", "manage and process collections", and "manage and process adjustments/deductions" per $1 billion revenue
