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5 Accounts Receivable Collection Mistakes You Should Avoid

Gaviti

This mindset often leads to underinvestment in collections efforts, and when budget cuts are necessary, accounting departments like collections are typically the first affected. However, maintaining a steady cash flow is essential for business survival, and efficient collections directly impact the bottom line.

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Receivables Turnover vs. Days Sales Outstanding (DSO): What’s the Difference?

Gaviti

If cash flow is the lifeblood of any business, then accounts receivable (A/R) turnover is the heart that keeps cash flowing. Optimizing your collections process is crucial for cashflow. The better you optimize collections procedures and tasks, the more efficient and effective your A/R becomes.

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7 Strategies to Reduce DSO and Enhance Cash Flow

Gaviti

When accounting departments want a quick evaluation of the health of a business, they often look at their DSO, or days sales outstanding. Traditionally, a low DSO indicates that your company has capital available and is in good financial standing. This includes both current, past and overdue invoices.

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Collections Forecasting – Key Things to Watch

Gaviti

It relies on clients’ payment histories to determine what your cash flow will look like in the future. Why Is Forecasting Accounts Receivable Collections Important? Cash flow is essential for business. If you’re not sure what your cash flow will look like in the future, you won’t be able to make effective business decisions.

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Esker recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® 2023 Magic Quadrant™ for Integrated Invoice-to-Cash applications

The Esker Blog

At Esker, we already felt honored to be named a Challenger in 2022’s first-ever Magic Quadrant for Integrated Invoice-to-Cash solutions. CFOs are interested in improving DSO and overall I2C process efficiency as well as obtaining accurate reporting and analytics. and/or its affiliates in the U.S.

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How To Calculate Accounts Receivable Collection Period

Gaviti

Once an invoice hits accounts receivable (A/R), it enters what’s called the average collection period. Other common names include “days sales in accounts receivable,” “average receivables collection period,” or “ days sales outstanding (DSO).” Your average collection period is an important key performance indicator (KPI).

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6 Ways to Improve A/R Collections Processes with Netsuite

Gaviti

They need a solution that focuses on just the accounts receivable process in order to optimize their cash flow and make sure cash doesn’t fall through the cracks. Although Netsuite collections features do help companies to manage overdue invoices, for most businesses, a number of challenges still remain.