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Eight Signs a Customer Is Becoming a Problem Debtor

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Any subsequent collection expenses and bad debt write-offs are more easily recouped through additional sales than if your gross margins are low. Problematic customers, or debtors if you will, are much less profitable and more likely to cause a bad debt loss. The issue with problematic customers is profit dilution.

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Avoid these Six Collection Myths

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A large percentage of past due invoices are caused by up-stream problems in the order-to-cash process. You also need to be requesting payment from any customer that has placed a new order and is past due beyond a small grace period. For more on collection efficiency, check out this article.

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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

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By aligning sales with the goal of your order-to-cash process — to be paid in full — you eliminate many of the problems that would otherwise be handled by the collections staff. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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Misalignment Between Credit and Sales Spells Trouble

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In order for that to happen, everybody needs to be aligned in regard to sales and credit in general and the objectives of the order-to-cash process (O2C) in particular. The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager can help you bring in the cash. Are there past due accounts you are trying to collect?

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Are You In Control of Your Receivables?

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Not being paid in full or in part causes a bad debt loss. The first step is to estimate how much bad debt loss you can absorb as a percentage of sales in a year. Conversely, if the profit margin is low, bad debt losses will have a much greater impact, and credit controls will have to be tighter.

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How CFOs can Tie Digital Order-to-Cash Initiatives to Enterprise-wide Strategy

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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. Cash Application: Payments collected must be applied against the proper invoice of the relevant customer.

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Get Ready for a Wave of Commercial Bankruptcies

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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. Go to this link to read about order approval best practices. Obtain Quotes on Credit Insurance.