APM*** June 2025 ACCA APM exam – Instant Poll and comments ***

Q1 evaluate performance report, Benchmarking, evaluating standards from Building block model Q2 BCG and advise on EVA Q3 BSC and management styles Think it was in that order, how did everyone find it?

The benchmarking part completely surprise me, it was the most challenging part for me. Also the standards on BBM, i was struggling to apply it to the measures given. Q2 and Q3 I found quite nice.

Q1. Balanced scorecard TQM IT system - 5s' Q2. Evaluate performance report using performance pyramid JIT Q3. KPIs for 3 of the CSFs What gets measured gets done

I got the same questions as CCPP. Found it quite difficult to apply TQM to the relevant company and never seen a question where performance report is evaluated according to the performance pyramid. Overall, found it to be a pretty tough exam...

I had the same paper - thought it was okay all things considered

me too, i found this so hard. I didnt even know there was different types of benchmarking. What did you put? the only thing i thought of was best in class

I put that we can benchmark based on products, location, size. But it was not correct, i checked after the exam ,there is internal, external benchmarking and few more. This was tough exam. My last one and the most diffficult

I put that we can benchmark based on products, location, size. But it was not correct, i checked after the exam ,there is internal, external benchmarking and few more. This was tough exam. My last one and the most diffficult

Q1 evaluate performance report, Benchmarking, evaluating standards from Building block model Performance reporting This had a very nice way of representation Identifying 4 objectives along with shareholder maximization - Evaluating this 4 areas with KPI (16 marks) Benchmarking - (12)Q1 evaluate performance report, Benchmarking, evaluating standards from Building block model Types of benchmarking - Internal, Competitive, process ( A detailed information with pros and cons) What type of benchmarking suitable for SoulSeat - Process (went with this) Evaluate the benchmarking process for SoulSeat Bbm (10marks) - Constructing the answer based on the dimension (financial, competitive, quality, flexibility, resource utilisation, innovation) Innovation was missing - other were deemed to be in answer, connecting this with standards and rewards were important part Q2 BCG and advise on EVA BcG - 7 marks Evaluation - 8 marks Eva - Why Eva was important - Connected the answer with ROI on directors comment Q3 BSC and management style Internal perspective Driver efficiency Delivery efficiency Delivered items per journey Evaluation (11marks) Managment style (9marks) Budget constraint Profit constraint Non Budget Constraint Which is suitable for Haston - Profit Conscious Write your comments on this

Very similar answers from me only differences : Q1 The performance report was lacking any detail of non financial KPI, also created one kpi for each objective and the corporate goal of maximising shareholder wealth. Benchmarking - recommended to compare with competitor as exhibit mentioned shareholders complaining about need to close gap with competitors. Plus the 2nd part of the question asked which competitive benchmarking partner they should use. F&M BB - my answer was weak - only 4 or 5 points Q2 EVA - i connected with the manager saying current year spending on assets would negatively impact his EVA, which i said was incorrect. Said it was a good idea to implement, but needed to make sure management fully understood otherwise they'd be demotivated. Q3 I had : number of miles driven per breakdown number of miles driven per litre of fuel used % capacity of trucks filled with packages management style I recommended a blend of profit conscious / non accounting Overall - if we suggested difference things along as it was justified we'd both get the marks.