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How Are Your Customers Doing?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

We don’t, however, want to minimize the importance of the credit side of the equation. As discussed in a recent post , gathering customer information doesn’t stop with the credit application. You put your firm at risk by limiting credit assessments to only new customers, which is too often the case.

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Top 10 Strategies for Reducing Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)

Your Virtual Credit Manager

How was your accounts receivable (AR) performance last year? This is a very important question because AR is typically one of the top two or three largest assets for a B2B vendor. The primary way most companies measure AR performance involves looking at the Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) metric.

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Due Diligence Doesn't End with the Credit Application

Your Virtual Credit Manager

On the assumption this will be done manually, this follows the same schedule as your periodic Account Reviews. Update credit applications: every 5 years, unless triggered sooner by a change in the business (e.g., request for substantially more credit, change in leadership, merger or acquisitions, etc.).

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Is Your Collection Agency a Good Fit?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Market volatility and rising costs are instead disrupting working capital budgets, causing late payments that inflate accounts receivable (AR). There’s scant hope that interest rates will return to pre-Covid, easy-money levels anytime soon.

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Top Accounts Receivable Strategies for 2025

Gaviti

The world of Accounts Receivable (AR) is evolving rapidly. With increased interest rates and inflation, businesses are facing increasing pressure to collect cash faster. Gavitis platform makes accounts receivable controllable, predictable and saleable.

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Don't Leave Converting Sales into Cash to Chance

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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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Avoid Falling Into These 7 AR Management Traps

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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.