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Balancing Credit Sales with Profits

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(Photo by Aziz Acharki on Unsplash ) Because Credit Policy is a part of Sales Policy, how you manage credit impacts company profits. How then does your Credit Policy affect your overall profitability? It affects the level of bad debt loss (uncollected Accounts Receivables) you suffer.

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Moving Beyond DSO

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The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager are ready to help you improve cash flow and reduce AR risks during these challenging times. Doesn't Account for Bad Debts : DSO doesn't differentiate between collectible and noncollectable receivables. In fact, writing off bad debts will lower your DSO.

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Due Diligence Doesn't End with the Credit Application

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The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager are ready to help you improve cash flow and reduce AR risks during these challenging times. 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.

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Evidence It's Time to Adjust Your Collection Practices

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Use the following formula to determine your CEI: (Beginning receivables + Monthly credit sales - Ending total receivables) ÷ (Beginning receivables + Monthly credit sales - Ending current receivables). Then multiply the answer by 100 to get a percentage. Is there a streamlined process for resolving disputes?

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How Much Credit Should You Extend?

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Most commercial enterprises are simply not willing to continue trading without credit terms, making it difficult for any trade credit grantor to generate enough revenue to survive on cash sales. Photo by Headway on Unsplash ) While credit sales allow you to increase revenue, they also come with a downside.

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Don't Leave Converting Sales into Cash to Chance

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This software firm did not actively manage its AR. The company ended up writing off millions of dollars in bad debt. 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. Cash is king.

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“Must Have” Metrics for Receivables Management

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