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Resolve to Be More Proactive in 2024

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Then last week we looked at credit hold best practices. From a credit management perspective, these are largely reactive topics. In fact, once you decide to sell a customer on open credit, most of the accounts receivable (AR) management tasks that follow have a reactive component.

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Gleaning Actionable Insights from Credit Scores

Your Virtual Credit Manager

To continue reading and learn the value of using commercial credit scores to rank the customers in your AR portfolio, as well as six ways to leverage customer rankings, you need to be a paid subscriber to Your Virtual Credit Manager.

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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. Email YVCM About Consulting Consider This.

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Evidence It's Time to Adjust Your Collection Practices

Your Virtual Credit Manager

The point is, if DSO is rising, you need to check to determine if collections are the problem. Receivables Are Getting Older: Your AR aging report categorizes outstanding invoices by their age. If a significant portion of your receivables are in the "overdue" categories (e.g.,

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Three More Ways to Reduce Your Outstanding Accounts Receivable

Lockstep

Is your AR aging creeping beyond resolution? Are you even able to review and report on your aging accounts receivable? The role of accounts receivables (AR) teams is increasingly important as the backbone of your organization’s financial health. Manage Your Team Resources.

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Managing Credit Risk to Maximize Revenue in Tough Times

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Special Offer: On June 26, 2023, at 1PM EDT, David Schmidt will be leading a live webinar covering “ Strategic Collections: Process Efficiency and Tactics to Drive Superior AR Performance.” Frequent communication is advised so these customers are clear about your expectations and the ramifications of failing to comply with them.

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7 Accounts Receivable Goals for Growth in 2023 & Beyond

The Esker Blog

We’ve found that by working to achieve these seven AR goals, your organization can better adapt collections strategies, collect cash faster, empower AR teams and achieve growth, no matter the business situation. Historically, the processes within collections, cash application and credit management are highly manual.