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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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Top 10 Collection Reminders Writing Tips

Gaviti

That includes KPIs for both individual and team A/R performance, cash flow analytics and DSO (Days Sales Outstanding), collections efficiency, and aging analysis so that you can continuously optimize your collections strategy. Customers can also use it to view invoices, payment history, and credit applications and disputes.

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Top Accounts Receivable Strategies for 2025

Gaviti

In 2025, successful businesses will: Analyze payment trends to refine credit terms and collection strategies. Monitor key performance indicators ( KPIs ) like Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and collection effectiveness to track progress. Reassess what data you are using to measure success.

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Top 5 Conferences for A/R Professionals in the USA in 2025

Gaviti

Credit Management: Empowers informed decision-making regarding customer credit by leveraging the AI Assistant to gather and analyze creditworthiness data. The module includes online credit applications, credit request forms, and proactive identification of high-risk customers.

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How to Automate the Collection Process to Eliminate Manual Tasks

Gaviti

Although different A/R solutions deliver different metrics, cash balance and days sale outstanding only scratch the surface of measuring performance. Using the real-time data, you can more easily adjust credit limits effectively to proactively reduce risk of late payments, bad debt, and write-offs.

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The Best Accounts Receivable Reporting Software Solutions of 2025

Gaviti

For example, it analyzes credit applications, pinpoint missing or potentially incorrect data, and suggest more suitable credit limits. Match payments to invoices with near 100% accuracy with Cash Application when using Gavitis Self-Service Payer Portal, enabling payments reports that are updated in real-time.

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What is Accounts Receivable Process Cycle? A Comprehensive Guide

Emagia

Detailed Steps in the Accounts Receivable Process Cycle Step 1: Establishing Credit Policies Define the eligibility criteria, credit limits , and payment terms based on customer risk assessment. Step 2: Evaluating Customer Creditworthiness Conduct background checks and analyze financial statements before approving credit applications.