Gaviti

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The world of Accounts Receivable (AR) is evolving rapidly. With increased interest rates and inflation, businesses are facing increasing pressure to collect cash faster. Use data-driven insights to improve customer segmentation and prioritize high-risk accounts. Reassess what data you are using to measure success.

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Emagia

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Managing accounts receivable (AR) is crucial for maintaining a healthy cash flow and ensuring the financial stability of a business. Effective tracking of AR involves implementing clear processes, utilizing appropriate tools, and regularly monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs). What is Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JUNE 25, 2024

In order to maintain optimal cash flow, your accounts receivable (AR) portfolio needs to remain in good shape. That can be a constant battle because all the mis-steps made during the order-to-cash (O2C) process will accumulate in your AR, and given time, clog it up.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 29, 2023

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 accounts receivable (AR) performance. If DSO is rising, you are falling behind.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MAY 14, 2024

Since payment of Accounts Receivables (AR) is the primary source of regular cash inflows for most companies, you need to also track your AR to not only maintain its health as well as to better manage it and ensure maximum cash inflow. It is a measure of AR turnover.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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 Accounts Receivable (AR) will not be big issue for you.

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Lockstep

JUNE 15, 2022

For B2B businesses, credit management is essential for accounts receivable (AR) management success. Proper, healthy credit management allows for steady cash flow, better collections management and a manageable days sales outstanding (DSO). . The credit plan will help your organization reduce bad debt and write-offs.

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Emagia

MARCH 3, 2025

The Accounts Receivable (AR) Process Cycle is a fundamental component of a company’s financial operations, encompassing the series of actions taken to manage and collect payments owed by customers for goods or services provided on credit. How does automation benefit the accounts receivable process?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Specifically, Credit and Collections is responsible for approving new customers for credit terms and managing orders at the beginning of the O2C cycle, while also monitoring risks within the Accounts Receivable (AR) portfolio and collecting overdue payments, both of which are post-sale activities.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 11, 2023

Accounts Receivables (AR) require active management. Any O2C friction that results will ultimately have a negative affect on AR performance. Photo by Elisa Ventur on Unsplash When a company’s AR under-performs, the consequences are substantial. There are multiple costs and vulnerabilities that emerge.

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The Esker Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

With the New Year right around the corner, it’s an opportune time for finance leaders to review, reassess and rethink their accounts receivable (AR) strategies. Talent attraction & retention Pace of digitalization & innovation Security risks & data breaches Increasing bad debt. Rethink processes.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Effective collections can also reduce bad debt losses by compensating for a liberal or weak Credit Control function. The eternal challenge for collectors is that that there are typically more customers to be contacted than time and resources allow. 15 days or 120 days?)

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Emagia

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Understanding the nuances of accounts receivable (AR) in accounting is crucial for maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring effective cash flow management. By leveraging Emagia’s platform, businesses can improve efficiency, reduce days sales outstanding (DSO), and enhance overall financial performance.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 2, 2024

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.

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Emagia

JANUARY 27, 2025

A crucial aspect of maintaining a healthy cash flow is effective accounts receivable (AR) management. When AR processes are slow or disorganized, businesses face delayed payments, increasing the risk of bad debts and cash flow disruptions. How can Emagia help optimize my accounts receivable process?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Should you confirm that the customer is indeed correct, the deduction is removed from the Accounts Receivable (AR) ledger via a credit memo. If not approved, there should be an attempt to collect the disputed amount to avoid diluting profits, and if not collected, the deduction should be cleared by a bad debt write-off.

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Emagia

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Automating accounts receivable (AR) is a strategic move for businesses aiming to enhance cash flow, reduce manual workloads, and improve overall financial efficiency. Importance of Automating Accounts Receivable In today’s fast-paced business environment, manual AR processes can lead to delays, errors, and inefficiencies.

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billtrust

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The primary goals of accounts receivable The best KPI for accounts receivable Ten AR optimization goals you should accomplish How to get paid faster with key collection strategies How accounts receivable automation can eliminate manual tasks. Bad debt expense.

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Gaviti

JULY 11, 2024

By centralizing data in one place, you’ll allow for A/R and finance teams as well as marketing, sales and procurement to see metrics such as days sales outstanding (DSO), unique KPIs and customer risk assessments. Make better credit decisions, lower DSO, and reconcile payments with near perfection. Schedule a demo to learn more.

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Gaviti

APRIL 18, 2024

As an assessment and diagnostic tool, it’s hard to overstate the importance of your company’s accounts receivable (AR) collections aging report. What Is an AR Aging Report? This ensures your invoicing processes are aligned with their accounts payable. Customer invoice distribution. Get a demo today.

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Gaviti

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As accounting processes continue to evolve, it’s becoming increasingly clear that harnessing the power of technology can help businesses streamline their operations and make more informed decisions. Below, we’re reviewing some of the top accounts receivable challenges in 2023 and offering quick ways to shore up your collections process.

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Emagia

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Accounts receivable (AR) is a critical component of a company’s financial health, representing the outstanding invoices or money owed by customers for goods or services delivered but not yet paid for. Efficient management of accounts receivable ensures steady cash flow and minimizes the risk of bad debts.

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Emagia

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As a CFO or an accounts receivable (AR) professional, your primary responsibility is to ensure that your business maintains healthy cash flow by efficiently managing accounts receivable processes. However, managing AR can often be a complex and challenging task.

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