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How was your accountsreceivable (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.
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 creditapplication. You put your firm at risk by limiting credit assessments to only new customers, which is too often the case.
Furthermore, new businesses and small businesses tend to have high failure rates, and there is good reason to believe a wave of defaults is coming. If the European parent company defaulted, the North American subsidiary would be pulled into bankruptcy even though its operations were profitable.
Cash flow is the biggest cause of customers defaults, but often cash flow is a result of other financial problems or miscues. A customer can be paying you with no problems, but then their bank line of credit comes up for review and is drastically cut back by the bank. Click here for more information about creditapplications.
In fact, most SMBs should look into using Collection Agencies to not only maximize the recovery of AccountsReceivable (AR) at high risk of never being collected, but to collect all old receivables. Historically, the probability of default for a pool of receivables tends to increase as the receivables age.
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. it just might help them pay you sooner!
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 accountsreceivable (AR).
In every accountsreceivable (AR) portfolio there are customers that almost always pay on time, other customers that pay within a reasonable proximity of the due date, and those that pay consistently slow. Irregular payments are a clear warning sign that default may be around the corner.
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