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Balancing Credit Sales with Profits

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Selling only to financially strong customers reduces the risk of bad debt loss, (and the cost of Credit and Collections activity required). Most companies, however, need incremental sales volume from higher-credit-risk customers to break even and achieve profitability. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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The Role of AI in Mitigating Credit Risk for Credit Managers and Reducing Default Rates

Emagia

Managing credit risk for B2B customers is critical for seamless order to cash (OTC) and working capital cycles. Businesses that follow traditional reactive strategies in OTC processes may find it difficult to collect at-risk future invoices, likely leading to large invoices going delinquent.

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The Role of AI in Mitigating Credit Risk for Credit Managers and Reducing Default Rates

Emagia

Managing credit risk for B2B customers is critical for seamless order to cash (OTC) and working capital cycles. Businesses that follow traditional reactive strategies in OTC processes may find it difficult to collect at-risk future invoices, likely leading to large invoices going delinquent.

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Due Diligence Doesn't End with the Credit Application

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Consequently, the credit manager was able to purchase credit insurance on his customer, and was therefore able to continue approving credit sales, within limits, to the chain store customer. There is a sequel to the case study referenced at the beginning of this article. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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Don't Leave Converting Sales into Cash to Chance

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Even worse, the company’s stock price was depressed because of the company’s high Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) , a common measure of AR management effectiveness. Unless you have a relatively small number of customers who are financially strong and pay on time, you will need to develop an AR Management capability.

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Leveraging Credit Control

Know-It Global

One effective strategy for achieving this goal is to implement a robust credit control system. By effectively managing your business’s credit and collection processes, you can optimise cashflow, minimise bad debt, and enhance overall financial health.