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Moving Beyond DSO

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Learn More About YVCM Consulting The Limitations of DSO Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) is widely used to assess the efficiency of a company's AR management. DSO formulas looks at sales volume during a period of time set against the ending AR balance to provide a measure of receivables turnover.

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SAP S4HANA (1909) TM Parcel Shipment

SAP Credit Management

Users can then either select a direct shipment option for the parcel shipment or opt for an automatic option based on the DSO Rule configuration within Freight Unit Type configuration and plan and execute the transportation of shipments to the consignees. DSO DEF – > Determine the DSO option along with carrier assignment.

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Days sales outstanding: effectively managing DSO improves cash flow

TreviPay

An important player in effective cash flow management is days sales outstanding (DSO). DSO is the average number of days a company takes to collect a customer’s payment for a sale. Part of the cash conversion cycle, DSO is also sometimes referred to as “days receivables” or “cash collection period.”. 4 Ways to improve DSO.

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7 Strategies to Reduce DSO and Improve Cash Flow

The Esker Blog

Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) is a common measure for how long it takes a company to collect on an invoice. The goal is to reduce DSO to have the lowest DSO possible and quickly recover payment on accounts receivable (AR). DSO = ($125,000 / $950,000) × 365 days = 48. DSO increases are often driven by a few large customers.

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Is It Too Late to Achieve Your End-of-Year DSO Goals?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Chances are, there is a lot that needs to be done in terms of accounts receivable (AR) management between now and December 31st, especially if you are short of your Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) goals. The good news is that given 20 days, you can still have an impact and improve your DSO and other AR metrics, but there is no time to waste.

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BW TPM – Issues and Resolution

SAP Credit Management

But usually its because the sync method is not able to create the combinations of the Plan data in the BW DSO and so the query read fails as there is no data. The reason was that the DSO /JBPB/SAFV_M was not loaded. The system checks the mapping of Sales Organization and Fiscal Year Variant in this DSO.

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“Must Have” Metrics for Receivables Management

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Monthly: The Three Weekly Metrics listed above Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) – This metric expresses the level of AR as the number of days of sales that comprise your AR total. For example, if you sell on Net 30 day credit terms, and all your invoices were paid on the due date, your DSO would be 30 days.