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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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Strategies for Navigating Elevated Interest Rates

Your Virtual Credit Manager

There has always been a strong correlation between the cost of funds and accounts receivable (AR) management. Any delays in receiving payments from customers can, therefore, have a more pronounced effect on a company's bottom line profits. A similar approach should be taken for customers making small purchases.

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Is Your AR Management up to the Task?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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. Laissez-faire doesn’t cut it.

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Increase the Liquidity of Your Receivables Portfolio

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Turning your inventory over faster and your payables slower will add cash to your balance sheet, as will raising capital by selling shares in your company or getting a loan or line of credit. The other option you have involves improving the performance of your accounts receivable (AR).

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Managing Credit Risk to Maximize Revenue in Tough Times

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Every company we have worked with as consultants has had customer segments that could have realized additional sales with only a minimal increase in credit risk. In our experience, sales and credit risk are never evenly distributed across a company’s accounts receivable (AR) portfolio, which raises opportunities.

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The B2B Payments Landscape Today

TreviPay

Chief financial officers (CFOs) and treasurers are also under pressure to refine and improve cash flow management practices, reduce unpaid invoice write-offs, and streamline workflows. Conventional AR processes and paper-based workflows do not suit remote work. Other factors have come into play as well, including the following: 1.

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Is There a Minimum Credit Score for Business Loan Eligibility?

Fundera

But, as a rule, the lower your credit score, the higher your interest rates will be. . Credit Score for Short-Term Loan Eligibility: 600+… or Not Required at All. Invoice financing , aka accounts receivable (AR) financing, is another type of collateralized loan.