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As you review your metrics, here are five signs that there may be a problem with your collection practices: DSO Is Rising: Days Sales Outstanding is the most common metric for measuring accountsreceivable (AR) performance. If DSO is rising, you are falling behind.
As such, they are just one of the many tools, such as credit reports, supplier and bank references, and financial statement analysis, that can help assess a business's creditworthiness. Commercial credit scores are often not as well understood as consumer credit scores such as FICO.
If your sales are consummated via payment at the point of sale, which may involve “pay with order” or “pay on delivery” protocols involving a credit card or an online e-payment product, managing AccountsReceivable (AR) will not be big issue for you.
From a credit management perspective, these are largely reactive topics. In fact, once you decide to sell a customer on open credit, most of the accountsreceivable (AR) management tasks that follow have a reactive component. There is nothing wrong with that.
In terms of extending credit, tightening credit controls to minimize the risk of baddebt loss is a natural result of this mindset. In our experience, sales and credit risk are never evenly distributed across a company’s accountsreceivable (AR) portfolio, which raises opportunities.
As an assessment and diagnostic tool, it’s hard to overstate the importance of your company’s accountsreceivable (AR) collections aging report. What Is an ARAging Report? As an assessment and diagnostic tool, it’s hard to overstate the importance of your company’s accountsreceivable (A/R) aging report.
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