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 8,000 research-based best practices, benchmarks and metrics, case studies, and other valuable APQC content.
Looking for something specific?
Ask us-
The ability to prepare or adjust short-term cash flow forecasts quickly allows organizations to make better and more informed decisions about their cash needs, investments,…
-
Articles|
Cycle Time for Short-Term Cash Forecasting
Benchmarking the time it takes for you to create a short-term forecast is a good way of evaluating your readiness for disruptive scenarios. In this article, APQC breaks down…
-
Infographics|
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…
-
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…
-
Articles|
Sales Forecasting in Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical companies have always faced unique challenges in forecasting due to high development costs, a complex regulatory environment, and shifting consumer trends…
-
Articles|
Scenario Planning in a Pandemic
In August of 2020, Brian Kalish (Principal, Kalish Consulting) hosted two virtual roundtable conversations, sponsored by eCapital Advisors, for FP&A professionals on the…
-
Articles|
Operational Forecasting
Organizations use operational forecasting to manage demand for products or services in the short term. Done well, operational forecasting helps ensure an organization has the…
-
Infographics|
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…
-
Collections|
Beyond Budgeting and Rolling Forecasts
Rolling forecasts are tools for continuous planning. Organizations don't plan based on an annual set of events, they expect to deliver continuing profitable performance. The…
-
Infographics|
FP&A Tools, Technologies, and Analytics
APQC and the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) recently undertook a research project to determine the current state of FP&A as an emergent discipline, to…
-
Infographics|
Measuring FP&A Effectiveness
Ultimately, FP&A is tasked with serving as a partner to the business and helping business leaders make better decisions by leveraging an analysis of financial information. In…
-
Infographics|
Scope and Practices of FP&A
APQC and the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) recently undertook a research project to determine the current state of FP&A as an emergent discipline, to…
-
Case Study|
Moving Beyond Budgets: Holt Cat Case Study
HOLT CAT is the authorized Caterpillar heavy equipment and engine dealer for 118 counties in South, Central, North, and East Texas. This case study discusses the…
-
Infographics|
Reporting Structure and Staffing for FP&A
How are today's FP&A teams organized in terms of reporting structure, service delivery model, staffing, and span of control? Based on a 2019 FP&A research study conducted by…
-
Infographics|
FP&A Skills and Development
How do you best develop the FP&A skills of the future? Based on a 2019 FP&A research study conducted by APQC and AFP, this infographic examines a few key statistics to help…
