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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

Your Virtual Credit Manager

It is important to keep in mind that trade credit — selling on terms in a B2B environment — is greatly affected by the transactional process. it just might help them pay you sooner! When changing the commission structure represents a major change for the Salesforce, a graduated approach over one or two quarters is recommended.

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Position Your AR to Enhance Working Capital

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Who absorbs any potential bad debt loss — does the lender have recourse to return the AR if they cannot collect it versus a non-recourse arrangement? Clean up your AR Ledger In a perfect world, your AR Ledger would contain only whole, current invoices. No seriously past due invoices and no “Clutter.”

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It's Time to Give Your AR Ledger a Spring Cleaning

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Supporting profitable sales through the extension of credit Collecting as much of the AR generated as possible by or near the due date to ensure a substantial cash inflow Mitigating the risk of bad debt losses These tasks are best accomplished in a tidy environment. Be decisive and action-oriented.

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AR Data Management, AR Automation, & Accelerating Cash Flow

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Share How to Clean Up Your AR Ledger Launch a collection program to collect all past due invoices at least 15 days late. Clear from your AR ledger as many of the clutter transactions as possible. Match as many unapplied payments and unapplied credit memos to open invoices, deductions, and debit memos as possible.

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Is Your O2C Process Optimized for Superior AR Performance?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Orders should be assessed promptly to ensure they comply with credit approval parameters, such as sufficient credit limits and the absence of past due invoices beyond the grace period. Delaying collection activities can lead to reduced cash flow and bad debt losses.

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Are Cracks in Your Order-to-Cash Process Hurting Your Company?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

When collection efforts are not timely, prioritized, and comprehensive, customer payments lag and increase the probability bad debts will occur. the credit limit is sufficient and any past due invoices are within your grace period) must necessarily be executed in a timely manner.