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Are Your Credit & Collection Policies Aligned with Company Goals?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

In most companies, sales are given a strong priority over the risk of slow payments and bad debts regardless of gross margins and the resources the credit and collection function can provide to mitigate risk. Photo by Piret Ilver on Unsplash ) Too often, credit and collections are an afterthought.

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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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Best Accounts Receivable (AR) Automation Software Vendor

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In today’s fast-paced business environment, efficient management of accounts receivable (AR) is crucial for maintaining healthy cash flow and ensuring the financial stability of an organization. To address these challenges, many companies are turning to accounts receivable automation software.

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Misalignment Between Credit and Sales Spells Trouble

Your Virtual Credit Manager

It's essential, however, for everybody to recognize that credit decisions also have broader implications across various aspects of company operations. In order for that to happen, everybody needs to be aligned in regard to sales and credit in general and the objectives of the order-to-cash process (O2C) in particular.

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Get Ready for a Wave of Commercial Bankruptcies

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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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Are You In Control of Your Receivables?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

(Photo by Jandira Sonnendeck on Unsplash ) In most cases, you therefore have to extend credit to your B2B customers, which entails the following risks: Not being paid anything Being paid an amount less than the full invoice value Not being paid on time, whether in full or in part These outcomes are known as credit risks.

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Are Early Payment Discounts a Good Idea in Today’s Economy?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

It will contribute to you realizing accelerated cash inflows, which will be critically important during a recession. It will reduce your Accounts Receivable (AR) balance and the associated elevated credit risk inherent in a larger AR. Most distressed companies continue paying, until they can’t.

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