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We don’t, however, want to minimize the importance of the credit side of the equation. As discussed in a recent post , gathering customer information doesn’t stop with the creditapplication. You put your firm at risk by limiting credit assessments to only new customers, which is too often the case.
Processing Delays There are several AR activities that often take longer than they should and therefore cause delays: processing creditapplications, approving orders, generating invoices, and posting payments. To make matters worse, invoice errors also tend to generate payment deductions (partial payments).
To do this you may want to order an updated credit report as well as recontact any suppliers they provided as a credit reference on their creditapplication. Have the customer complete an updated creditapplication and request updated financial information so you can assess their current financial status.
This third party can be responsible for reports such as aging reports, scheduling payment reminders, tracking and collecting overdue invoices, and identifying high-risk customers to avoid extending more credit than they can realistically take on. These modules include: Credit Management and Monitoring. Cash Application.
Your credit history sums up all the information in your credit report. This information includes balances due, credit accounts, and payment history details. Your credit report also contains information on overdue debt, foreclosures, bankruptcies, judgments, and liens. There are exceptions to this rule, however.
Likewise, having Fortune 500 customers can be a boon, as long as they don’t stretch out their payments too far or whittle away your profits with aggressive payment deductions, especially when your margins are tight. One reliable predictor of bankruptcy is the Altman Z-Score.
Improve Credit Onboarding Automation and Controls: Provide a customizable creditapplication portal for new accounts that requires the documentation and an appropriate customer creditapplication to be completed fully and accurately prior to submission to the credit department. Twenty Action Priorities 1.
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