Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 29, 2023

Effective collections are crucial to maintaining a healthy cash flow and the financial stability of your company. If your business is struggling with cash flow or AR balances are growing, it could be a sign that your collections policy requires updating. There are a myriad of issues that can affect collections.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For a small business owner or executive, navigating credit decisions can be challenging, especially when they clash with the goals of other stakeholders within the company. It's essential, however, for everybody to recognize that credit decisions also have broader implications across various aspects of company operations.

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Emagia

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Emagia is a leading provider of Autonomous Finance Solutions, designed to revolutionize and modernize the way enterprise finance teams operate, particularly in the Order-to-Cash (O2C) cycle. Enables proactive decision-making with AI-driven cash flow forecasting and actionable insights. Key Features and Benefits for CFOs 1.

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Credit Management Group UK

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

I ask these businesses each time, if your current collection procedure isn’t working, why are you still using it? You are at risk of late payment and even bad debt if you take on a customer with a poor credit rating, a risk that can be reduced if you credit check them prior to carrying out any work.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Extending credit is the financial backbone of Business-to-Business (B2B) commerce. Not being paid in full or in part causes a bad debt loss. Not being paid on time reduces profits commensurate with your cost of capital and cost of collections — the longer the time it takes to be paid, the higher those costs.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JUNE 25, 2024

In order to maintain optimal cash flow, your accounts receivable (AR) portfolio needs to remain in good shape. That can be a constant battle because all the mis-steps made during the order-to-cash (O2C) process will accumulate in your AR, and given time, clog it up.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 3, 2023

Over time, AR Ledgers unfortunately tend to collect “Clutter.” Clutter can also cause new orders to be placed on a credit hold when it otherwise would have been automatically released. Share How to Clean Up Your AR Ledger Launch a collection program to collect all past due invoices at least 15 days late.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This prediction, although bold, is corroborated by the broader economic data, including escalating corporate bankruptcies, tightening loan standards by banks, and the surge in delinquent debt balances and consumer debt. For more on credit evaluations, check out this post. Here’s more on setting credit limits.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 18, 2023

Just as payroll has been cost effectively handled by external processors for over 70 years, so can a variety of credit, collection and AR tasks and processes. Credit Risk Evaluations : If you purchase Credit Risk Insurance, the insurer will serve as your Credit Department. to minimize the chance of bad debt loss.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

That certainly holds true for business processes, including the management of your Accounts Receivable (AR) and the part it plays in the order-to-cash process. If your AR is deteriorating, you better diagnose the problem as quickly as possible so you don’t incur cash flow problems and bad debt losses.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 11, 2023

In fact, a hands off approach will only serve to compound the weaknesses in your order-to-cash (O2C) process. It can also be tempting for older businesses to forego the credit check when they are desperate to increase sales. Here’s more on Credit Checks. Accounts Receivables (AR) require active management.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Processing Delays There are several AR activities that often take longer than they should and therefore cause delays: processing credit applications, approving orders, generating invoices, and posting payments. Nothing is more frustrating to the sales team than an order from a new customer that sits waiting for approval.

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Emagia

JANUARY 30, 2023

Order-to-Cash (OTC or O2C) is arguably one of the business processes most CFOs have a keen eye on, as it affects the three strategic goals of an enterprise, viz., topline, bottom line, and cash flow. Customer Experience: Customer experience is enhanced through smooth and efficient management of orders, receivables, credit, etc.,

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To optimize the order-to-cash (O2C) process, it's crucial to understand the significant role Credit and Collections plays. This function must collaborate closely with sales, fulfillment, shipping/logistics, and accounting, all of which are integral to converting an order into cash.

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Credit Management Group UK

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We have 3 live online training events that will help improve your credit management function. Enquire Now Small Claims Court £99 per person Running W/c 20th March W/c 19th June W/c 18th September Start time will be 2pm Our small claims court course will cover the process and procedures of taking legal action to get outstanding debts paid.

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Emagia

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Understanding Accounts Receivable (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP) Accounts Receivable (AR) refers to the outstanding invoices a company has or the money clients owe the company for goods or services delivered on credit. Delayed collections can lead to cash shortages, affecting the company’s ability to meet its own obligations.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As a small business owner or executive, managing accounts receivable (AR) and navigating through various credit decisions is an integral part of the job. After all, credit and collections is essential to the performance of your order-to-cash (O2C) process and cash conversion cycle.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 9, 2024

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. There is nothing wrong with that.

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Credit Management Group UK

JULY 23, 2024

Having an effective credit management function is vital to any business in maintaining and improving cash flow, as well as reducing a business’ risk to bad debt. Sales and credit control in particular should work closely together as these are the two-main customer facing roles.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 7, 2023

On the plus side, promptly processing orders and avoiding unnecessary credit holds raises customer satisfaction. Problems in the order-to-cash process start when customer orders get passed along without a comprehensive order review. For a more extensive discussion of credit evaluations, go here.

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Emagia

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Introduction In today’s fast-paced business environment, efficient management of accounts receivable is crucial for maintaining healthy cash flow and ensuring the financial stability of an organization. Helps forecast cash flow and identify potential risks in collections. GDPR, SOX).

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Credit Management Group UK

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Having a dispute resolution system in place can mean the difference between getting paid on time and getting paid paid, which will ultimately have knock on effects to your cash flow, debtor days and could increase your risk to bad debt. Contact us today for more information.

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TreviPay

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This bold vision inspires us to create innovative solutions that free businesses from the traditional complexities of the Order-to-Cash (O2C) process. Its a process that demands significant time and resources, from evaluating a prospects creditworthiness to creating and sending invoices, managing collections and dealing with bad debt.

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TreviPay

OCTOBER 2, 2024

October 2, 2024 — TreviPay , the most-trusted B2B payments and invoicing network, today announced a new strategic partnership with Allianz Trade the global leader in trade credit insurance. By utilizing the benefits that trade credit insurance provides, the partnership will enable companies to secure transactions and grow with confidence.

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Emagia

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Top line, bottom line, and cash flow – the three critical components in business – are the barometers of the health of a business, that influence its sustenance and growth. Order To Cash (OTC) is one business process that impacts all these three elements. This calls for a robust credit management system in place.

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Emagia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Effective cash management is critical for organizations to meet financial obligations and invest in growth. A streamlined invoice-to-cash (I2C) process—an integral part of the broader order-to-cash (O2C) cycle—significantly impacts an organization’s ability to manage cash flow.

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Gaviti

JULY 11, 2024

If you’ve decided your business is ready to move to automating its A/R, you’ll want to find the best A/R automation software, also called invoice to cash software, that suits your needs. Simplify workflows and improve A/R processes such as invoice distribution, tracking payments, credit management, bank reconciliation and dispute management.

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Emagia

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Automation of accounts receivable is the process of automating various manual tasks involved AR process like invoicing, collecting, and tracking receivable to ensure timely collection. A study by Forbes, found that around 75% of companies reported having less than two months of operating cash at their disposal.

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TreviPay

APRIL 11, 2023

This caused them to adopt a defensive risk posture, reduce credit lines previously extended to business customers and reduce their customer base by 50%. TreviPay’s scalability and business process outsourcing enabled the client to optimize and reallocate their human capital from the order-to-cash process flow in a cost-effective manner.

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Serrala

MARCH 14, 2024

With our AI-powered cash application, AP automation, collections and disputes, and Bill Pay solutions, your company can achieve high AR automation, collections, and payment matching rates of up to 99%. All of which can be accessed in real-time for an up-to-date and accurate overview of your company’s cash position.

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Serrala

MARCH 14, 2024

Optimizing the Order-to-Cash cycle: Accounts receivable teams trust Serrala Our solutions help you to create smooth and reliable AR environment that makes it easy for you to account for all invoices and incoming payments across all formats.

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Serrala

MARCH 14, 2024

Optimizing the Order-to-Cash cycle: Accounts receivable teams trust Serrala Our solutions help you to create smooth and reliable AR environment that makes it easy for you to account for all invoices and incoming payments across all formats.

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Gaviti

MARCH 6, 2023

A cash application is a type of software that helps businesses manage money. It streamlines the order-to-cash cycle so that businesses can make operations more effective. Data analytics can also provide the information companies need to adjust their credit offerings.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Should you confirm that the customer is indeed correct, the deduction is removed from the Accounts Receivable (AR) ledger via a credit memo. If not approved, there should be an attempt to collect the disputed amount to avoid diluting profits, and if not collected, the deduction should be cleared by a bad debt write-off.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 21, 2025

Large swaths of the order-to-cash (O2C) process involve credit and collection activities. Broadly defined, the credit’s contributions involve approving new customers for open terms and new orders at the front end of the O2C cycle. Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Photo by CDC on Unsplash Credit & Collection results suffer greatly from lack of attention and expertise. The only time AR comes to the forefront is when there is economic turmoil and an increased risk of bad debt losses. Need help improving cash flow? Otherwise, controllers and CFOs are focused on other areas.

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Credit Management Group UK

MARCH 26, 2025

Improving Collection Performance We can improve your companys cash flow by training delegates on collection strategy and techniques on how to negotiate payment effectively. Book on today!

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