Accounts Receivable (AR) Deductions Default 
Your Virtual Credit Manager
JANUARY 14, 2025
The Customer Delinquency Challenge Successful accounts receivable (AR) management involves minimizing past due balances to ensure steady cash in-flows and limit bad debt losses. In contrast, customer bankruptcies or other defaults typically cause the loss of most, if not all, the AR owed.
Your Virtual Credit Manager
MARCH 4, 2025
Based on this industry outlook, there was staff performing collections and deduction resolution, but no credit function. New accounts were evaluated, but there were very few of those in any given year. To receive new posts and support my work, please subscribe for just $5 per month ($49 yearly).
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Your Virtual Credit Manager
JANUARY 17, 2023
Photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash When small businesses add customers and increase sales, their company’s Accounts Receivable (AR) will grow. it just might help them pay you sooner! Share A Case in Point A parts distributor was having difficulty with collections and high dispute volumes.
Your Virtual Credit Manager
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Specifically, Credit and Collections is responsible for approving new customers for credit terms and managing orders at the beginning of the O2C cycle, while also monitoring risks within the Accounts Receivable (AR) portfolio and collecting overdue payments, both of which are post-sale activities.
Your Virtual Credit Manager
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Accounts Receivable (AR) reflect a promise of payment at a future date. Though a paper asset, AR competes with Property, Plant and Equipment as well as Inventory for being the largest line item on a company’s balance sheet. This will be based on your recent AR Dilution history and historic industry dilution rates.
Your Virtual Credit Manager
AUGUST 29, 2023
As you review your metrics, here are five signs that there may be a problem with your collection practices: DSO Is Rising: Days Sales Outstanding is the most common metric for measuring accounts receivable (AR) performance. If DSO is rising, you are falling behind.
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? Even so, if you are heavily selling big box retailers, they may be able to help you, especially if you have a backlog.
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