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Moving Beyond DSO

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Learn More About YVCM Consulting The Limitations of DSO Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) is widely used to assess the efficiency of a company's AR management. DSO formulas looks at sales volume during a period of time set against the ending AR balance to provide a measure of receivables turnover.

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Is Your Company Ready for a Downturn in the Economy?

Credit Research Foundation

According to CRF’s data, companies that invest in credit risk management training and resources experience lower bad debt write-offs and improvements in Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) during economic downturns. Failure to prepare could leave your company vulnerable to significant financial losses and cash flow disruptions.

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Are Your Collection Efforts Getting the Priority They Deserve?

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Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) was at 63 days on predominantly Net 30 day terms. Over the next eight months: DSO was reduced from 63 to 41 days $61 million in AR was converted to CA$H Bad debt expense was reduced by $2.2 Collection Prioritization Drives Performance Improvement A medical device manufacturer with $1.6

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11 Signs Your AR Portfolio May Be at Risk

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Rising Days Sales Outstanding DSO measures the average number of days it takes to collect payment after a sale. A rising DSO indicates that your collections are not matching the rate of new sales, and if that goes on for any length of time, your cash flow will not be able to support the volume of your current business operations.

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How Healthy Is Your Accounts Receivable?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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. The problem with DSO is that AR performance can be improving at the same time DSO is rising. There are several ways you can calculate DSO. The opposite is also true.

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Evidence It's Time to Adjust Your Collection Practices

Your Virtual Credit Manager

As you review your metrics, here are five signs that there may be a problem with your collection practices: DSO Is Rising: Days Sales Outstanding is the most common metric for measuring accounts receivable (AR) performance. If DSO is rising, you are falling behind. Collections is always playing a bit of catch up to sales.

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Misalignment Between Credit and Sales Spells Trouble

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Increased Bad Debt : Inadequate credit checks can result in over extending credit to high-risk customers, leading to slow payments and ultimately bad debt write-offs. Employ Shared Metrics and KPIs : Establishing common key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics across departments fosters aligned objectives.