Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 16, 2024

Despite advances in workflow automation and payment technology, collecting commercial receivables is not getting any easier. Despite improvements in order-to-cash (O2C) processing, the explosion in digital payment mechanisms creates new complications. check, ACH, credit card, etc.), Share Read more

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For a small business owner or executive, navigating credit decisions can be challenging, especially when they clash with the goals of other stakeholders within the company. It's essential, however, for everybody to recognize that credit decisions also have broader implications across various aspects of company operations.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 29, 2023

Effective collections are crucial to maintaining a healthy cash flow and the financial stability of your company. If your business is struggling with cash flow or AR balances are growing, it could be a sign that your collections policy requires updating. If DSO is rising, you are falling behind.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 12, 2024

As a result, trade credit, where businesses extend financing to customers, is undergoing rapid advancements, but it also poses high risks, especially in assessing creditworthiness, dealing with economic fluctuations, and fraud. While these are excellent recommendations, they are a bit laden with consultant-speak.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

That certainly holds true for business processes, including the management of your Accounts Receivable (AR) and the part it plays in the order-to-cash process. If your AR is deteriorating, you better diagnose the problem as quickly as possible so you don’t incur cash flow problems and bad debt losses.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To optimize the order-to-cash (O2C) process, it's crucial to understand the significant role Credit and Collections plays. This function must collaborate closely with sales, fulfillment, shipping/logistics, and accounting, all of which are integral to converting an order into cash.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Clearly, the level of Business Credit Risk is going to remain elevated as we move through 2024, bringing with it the potential for corresponding increases in bad debt and delinquency. The good news is that there are a number of actions you can take to reduce your loss exposure and shore up your accounts receivable (AR).

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As a small business owner or executive, managing accounts receivable (AR) and navigating through various credit decisions is an integral part of the job. After all, credit and collections is essential to the performance of your order-to-cash (O2C) process and cash conversion cycle.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MAY 28, 2024

Imagine that the order-to-cash (O2C) process is a parade. Leading the charge is the sales and customer service teams that bring in the orders. Next comes billing, followed by collections cleaning up all the garbage left by everybody that has gone before. That’s where most of the hoopla occurs.

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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

JANUARY 9, 2024

Then last week we looked at credit hold best practices. 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 accounts receivable (AR) management tasks that follow have a reactive component.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 18, 2023

So, how can a small business acquire high level functional expertise with its “Jack of all trades” workforce, especially in regard to managing the Accounts Receivable (AR) asset? Credit Risk Evaluations : If you purchase Credit Risk Insurance, the insurer will serve as your Credit Department.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 11, 2023

Accounts Receivables (AR) require active management. In fact, a hands off approach will only serve to compound the weaknesses in your order-to-cash (O2C) process. Any O2C friction that results will ultimately have a negative affect on AR performance. Here’s more on Credit Checks.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Effectively managing accounts receivable (AR) is essential for a company's financial well-being. Poor receivables performance affects cash flow, and it is no secret that cash flow problems are the leading cause of business failures. Credit evaluations, however, often take time. Subscribe now 2.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If you are an executive at a small or mid-sized business, chances are you are in the process of putting together a budget for 2024, or have already done so. Maybe you have factored in an incremental improvement in DSO, but how much thought have you given to how you are going to meet that budgeted goal?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Extending credit is the financial backbone of Business-to-Business (B2B) commerce. If you require payment in advance or upon delivery of goods or services, you are unlikely to find many customers willing to trade on those terms causing your business to not generate enough revenue to survive.

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Gaviti

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

In this article, we attempt to explain the connection between the operating cycle and A/R, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing strategies to improve efficiency, you can achieve faster cash flow and enhanced financial performance. Lets dive into the key aspects of the operating cycle and how you can streamline it for faster cash flow.

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Emagia

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In today’s rapidly evolving financial landscape, businesses are continually seeking ways to enhance efficiency and optimize cash flow. One critical area ripe for innovation is accounts receivable (AR) management. The question, “Can accounts receivable be automated?”

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Emagia

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Beyond ChatGPT: Understanding the Trends of Evolving Generative AI For Finance Beyond ChatGPT: Unlocking the Power of GenAI in Billing Beyond ChatGPT: Unlocking the Power of GenAI in Receivables Collection Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is generating significant buzz in today’s business landscape.

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Gaviti

JULY 11, 2024

If you’ve decided your business is ready to move to automating its A/R, you’ll want to find the best A/R automation software, also called invoice to cash software, that suits your needs. Simplify workflows and improve A/R processes such as invoice distribution, tracking payments, credit management, bank reconciliation and dispute management.

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billtrust

JANUARY 11, 2023

Billtrust delivers solutions across the entire order-to-cash cycle. Billtrust Credit. We offer web-based application forms that speed customer onboarding and data-driven recommendations that help credit managers make faster, better decisions. Billtrust Order. Billtrust Cash Application. com marketplace.

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Emagia

AUGUST 19, 2024

Generative AI (GenAI), a more recent evolution in artificial intelligence, is poised to redefine the Finance and Accounting (F&A) landscape, particularly in areas like Order-to-Cash (OTC) and accounts receivable (AR) management.

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billtrust

DECEMBER 20, 2022

What a typical cash application process looks like. Once your invoice is received, it’s time to get paid quickly. Customers pay with paper checks or through electronic payment sources such as ACH, (virtual) credit cards, SEPA, accounts payables portals, etc. AR teams then receive the payment data from the banks.

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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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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 21, 2025

Large swaths of the order-to-cash (O2C) process involve credit and collection activities. Broadly defined, the credit’s contributions involve approving new customers for open terms and new orders at the front end of the O2C cycle. Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Photo by CDC on Unsplash Credit & Collection results suffer greatly from lack of attention and expertise. Perhaps more than any other SMB function, Accounts Receivable (AR) Management gets put on a back burner because it is nobody’s prime responsibility. Need help improving cash flow?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 11, 2025

Businesses have been digitizing ever since the introduction of accounting software in the 1960s. Since then, there has been continuous improvement towards the holy grail of straight-through-processing (STP) across the order-to-cash (O2C) process. credit cards, ACH transfers).

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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 14, 2025

Understanding Integrated Receivables Automation Solutions An Integrated Receivables Automation Solution is a technology-driven platform that consolidates various accounts receivable (AR) processes into a unified system. Inefficient Collections: Lack of systematic follow-ups may lead to increased overdue accounts.

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