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Position Your AR to Enhance Working Capital

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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. Here’s what you need to do to get full collateral value from your AR: 1.

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Be Prepared to Shoot Down Your Customer's Payment Excuses

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Once an order has been approved and fulfilled, the primary objective in terms of Accounts Receivable (AR) management is getting paid. Keep these three things in mind: Identify ALL the invoices that are outstanding and past due. Some customers will always pay on time.

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Revive Your Cash Flow!

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Quality control issues that slip through production and or arise during distribution are not usually discovered until after the invoice is billed — most likely by the collector. That’s why vigilance is an ongoing requirement for anybody charged with accounts receivable (AR) or cash flow management.

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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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!

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Effective Communications for Collecting Delinquent Receivables

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Also, e-mails can provide more complete account information and can often be generated automatically in high volumes, especially if you have collection software with an email component. Dunning emails are a proven way to increase efficiency and ensure full coverage of your accounts receivable (AR) portfolio coverage.

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It's Time to Give Your AR Ledger a Spring Cleaning

Your Virtual Credit Manager

With a growing number of experts predicting a recession to hit later this year, and inflation and interest rates remaining at elevated levels, squeezing every dollar out of your investment in Accounts Receivable (AR) is more important than ever. They instead are non-performing assets that take time and money to recover.

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Debt Collection Mistakes Can Prove Costly

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Time is as much an enemy as anything else when you are charged with collecting past due accounts receivable (AR), so it is crucial you don’t waste time by making mistakes, which will also serve to elongate the collection process.