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Data and Measures|
Customer Credit and Invoicing Key Benchmarks: Media and Entertainment 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|
Customer Credit and Invoicing Key Benchmarks: Cross-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|
Customer Credit and Invoicing Key Benchmarks: Food and Beverage 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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Challenging and chaotic business environments teach us important lessons if we are willing to learn them. There is one lesson that seems that all organizations need to keep…
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Total Uncollectable Balances as a Percentage of Revenue
It’s more important than ever to know how much bad debt (e.g., payments owed that will never be collected from customers) you hold, particularly in a chaotic business…
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Number of FTEs that Perform the Process "Process Accounts Receivable (AR)" per $1 Billion Revenue
Accounts receivable (AR) is one of the most critical and high-volume processes that organizations carry out. Delays in this process mean less working capital and liquidity,…
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Accounts receivable (AR) is one of the most critical and high-volume processes that organizations carry out. Delays in this process mean less working capital and liquidity,…
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The total cost to invoice customers is an important KPI that measures the efficiency of your sales and accounting teams and the health of the invoicing process itself. This…
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The total cost to invoice customers is an important KPI that measures the efficiency of your sales and accounting teams and the health of the invoicing process itself. After…
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Days Sales Outstanding
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) is a key measure of a finance team’s efficiency and is closely linked to days cash on hand and liquidity. Every organization is happy to have…
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Days Sales Outstanding
In moments of disruption like a global pandemic or an economic downturn, achieving better cash flow becomes a top concern for many organizations. In this article, APQC…
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Cycle Time in Days to Resolve an Invoice Error
Invoicing errors occur for many different reasons and can lead to payment delays from customers. If they happen repeatedly, invoicing errors will also lead to an erosion of…
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Articles|
Invoice Resolution Shouldn't Take a Week
Invoicing errors are a waste of time for all parties. If they happen repeatedly, they also erode trust among your customers. In this article, APQC reviews cross-industry…
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Knowing where an organization stands relative to others (or relative to itself in the past) allows an organization to dig more deeply into the strength of its performance and…
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Data and Measures|
Accounts Receivable and Collections Key Benchmarks: Consumer Products/Packaged Goods Industry
Gain insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization’s processes by benchmarking common business activities. The process group “Perform revenue accounting”…