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Gleaning Actionable Insights from Credit Scores

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Companies tend to offer more favorable terms to customers with higher credit scores, such as higher credit limits or longer payment terms while imposing stricter terms on higher-risk customers with lower scores. Monitoring Credit Risk : Companies may use credit scores to monitor the credit risk of their existing customers.

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The Importance of the Accounts Receivable Aging Report

Gaviti

What Is an AR Aging Report? As an assessment and diagnostic tool, it’s hard to overstate the importance of your company’s accounts receivable (A/R) aging report. AR aging reports provide concrete information that can be used to take action. An aging report also analyzes how your customers’ companies work.

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Don't Leave Converting Sales into Cash to Chance

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Under-performing AR has the potential to create a cash flow crisis that can shut down your business in very short order. Without effective AR management, your cash flow is subject to entropy as the AR ages, as well as to the shocks caused by customer defaults. This software firm did not actively manage its AR.

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Managing Credit Risk to Maximize Revenue in Tough Times

Your Virtual Credit Manager

As economic headwinds build, business leaders tend to batten down the hatches by cutting cost and minimizing risk. In terms of extending credit, tightening credit controls to minimize the risk of bad debt loss is a natural result of this mindset. Here’s more insights on customer profitability.