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Outsourced Cost of the Finance Function
APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking segments the total cost of the finance function into five categories: systems cost, personnel cost, overhead cost, outsourced cost, and…
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Virtual Site Visit Guide: Template
To gain in-depth information, a benchmarking team may conduct a comprehensive virtual meeting, or series of meetings, with an organization that possesses best practices or…
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Benchmarking Site Visit Checklist
If your benchmarking team decides to conduct in-depth research at another organization, it can use this checklist to ensure that it properly prepares for the visit, has what…
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Benchmarking Partner Selection Tool
This matrix tool is often used by benchmarking teams to determine which organizations to partner with in a study. This article explains how to use the matrix to ensure that…
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When an organization decides that it needs to benchmark with other organizations, leaders of the benchmarking effort are usually excited to see what high-performing…
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In-Person Site Visit Guide: Template
To gain an in-depth understanding of how work is accomplished within a best-practice organization, a benchmarking team may decide to visit that organization in person…
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Knowledge Management Partnerships FAQ
This guide answers the questions APQC hears most related to developing and leveraging partnerships between knowledge management (KM) and other areas of the business.Related…
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Managing Mergers and Acquisitions
Most merger & acquisition (M&A) deals tend to fall apart in the integration phase. Whether it’s underestimating the costs of integrations, setting unrealistic timelines,…
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2021 saw $5.1 trillion in mergers and acquisitions (M&As), and that number was expected to rise in 2022. However, organizations continued to struggle with fully reaping the…
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Driving Value Realization Through Post-Acquisition Integration
Since early 2021 mergers & acquisition deals have been on the rise. 2021 saw $5.1 trillion in M&A transactions. Though the price of these deals is also on the rise, the…
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Driving Value Realization Through Post-Acquisition Integration
Since early 2021 mergers & acquisition deals have been on the rise. 2021 saw $5.1 trillion in M&A transactions. Though the price of these deals is also on the rise, the…
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Managing Mergers and Acquisitions: Distribution/Transportation Industry
Most mergers & acquisition (M&A) deals tend to fall apart in the integration phase. Whether it’s underestimating the costs of integrations, setting unrealistic timelines,…
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Managing Mergers and Acquisitions: Software/Technology Industry
Most mergers & acquisition (M&A) deals tend to fall apart in the integration phase. Whether it’s underestimating the costs of integrations, setting unrealistic timelines,…
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Managing Mergers and Acquisitions: Financial Services/Banking Industry
Most mergers & acquisition (M&A) deals tend to fall apart in the integration phase. Whether it’s underestimating the costs of integrations, setting unrealistic timelines,…
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Managing Mergers and Acquisitions: Healthcare Industry
Most mergers & acquisition (M&A) deals tend to fall apart in the integration phase. Whether it’s underestimating the costs of integrations, setting unrealistic timelines,…
Measure Spotlight Results
(1 - 5 of 18 Results)Total cost to perform the compliance and ethics services function as a percentage of selling, general, and administrative cost (SG&A)
Total number of compliance and ethics services FTEs per $1 billion revenue
Total cost to perform the compliance and ethics services function as a percentage of revenue
Percentage of legal services FTEs that perform the process group 'manage litigation and dispute resolution'
Percentage of legal services FTEs that perform the process group 'oversee corporate governance'
