Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 29, 2023

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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DSO Credit and Collections Bad Debt Collection Effectiveness Index 130

Gaviti

JANUARY 2, 2024

Here’s the formula for Average Days Delinquent: ADD = Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) – Best Possible Days Sales Outstanding (BPDSO) Note the role of the DSO metric in this calculation. If you need help with this, check out how to calculate DSO. But note that CEI is more accurate when measuring collections in shorter periods.

Collection Effectiveness Index 52

Collection Effectiveness Index Average Days Delinquent DSO Days Sales Outstanding 52

Gaviti

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Most Accounts Receivable teams use DSO as the main KPI to measure their performance. By extension, most A/R invoice-to-cash management platforms and teams base their key performance indicators (KPIs) on the measurement of Days Sales Outstanding, or DSO. For example, since each company has different payment terms (e.g,

Collection Effectiveness Index 52

Collection Effectiveness Index Days Sales Outstanding DSO Credit and Collections 52