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Top 10 Strategies for Reducing Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)

Your Virtual Credit Manager

The primary way most companies measure AR performance involves looking at the Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) metric. Accelerating sales can increase DSO, but most often the cause is problems in the order-to-cash (O2C) pipeline affecting collections. Your Virtual Credit Manager is a reader-supported publication.

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Tackling Customers that Always Pay Late

Your Virtual Credit Manager

A customer that pays on time does not require any collection efforts. Those who sometimes pay on time only require a collection effort when they pay late; getting them to pay is usually not difficult. Since they are abusing your credit terms, why not require them to pay with a credit card when they place an order?

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How to Automate the Collection Process to Eliminate Manual Tasks

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The sooner your business collects on its invoices, the lower your financial risks and the better your financial position. That means your accounts receivable team will want to do everything in its power to increase cash flow and reduce your DSO.

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Misalignment Between Credit and Sales Spells Trouble

Your Virtual Credit Manager

For a small business owner or executive, navigating credit decisions can be challenging, especially when they clash with the goals of other stakeholders within the company. It's essential, however, for everybody to recognize that credit decisions also have broader implications across various aspects of company operations.

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Four Goals Guaranteed to Improve Cash Flow

Your Virtual Credit Manager

As part of that budget, you have likely made some accommodation for your accounts receivable (AR), probably in the form of a Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) objective based on past performance. Maybe you have factored in an incremental improvement in DSO, but how much thought have you given to how you are going to meet that budgeted goal?

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11 Signs Your AR Portfolio May Be at Risk

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Rising Days Sales Outstanding DSO measures the average number of days it takes to collect payment after a sale. A rising DSO indicates that your collections are not matching the rate of new sales, and if that goes on for any length of time, your cash flow will not be able to support the volume of your current business operations.

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Top 10 Challenges CFOs of Travel Management Companies Face in Accounts Receivables Management

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Accounts Receivables (AR) management in a large, multi-brand travel management company presents unique challenges due to the complexity, volume, and global nature of its operations. Chargebacks: Credit card chargebacks from consumers or business travelers require manual review and reconciliation.