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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.”.

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Days Sales Outstanding (DSO): A Guide

TreviPay

Days sales outstanding (DSO) is another good example. What is days sales outstanding (DSO)? Days sales outstanding (DSO) (also known as days receivables or cash collection period ) is a measure used to help determine the state of businesses’ collection process. So, this company’s DSO is 50.5

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Dales Sales Outstanding (DSO): A Guide

TreviPay

Days sales outstanding (DSO) is another good example. What is days sales outstanding (DSO)? Days sales outstanding (DSO) (also known as days receivables or cash collection period ) is a measure used to help determine the state of businesses’ collection process. So, this company’s DSO is 50.5

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Four Tips to Reduce DSO and Increase Cash Flow

TreviPay

Working capital management aims to decrease the amount of time it takes to receive cash after a sale, or days sales outstanding (DSO). One of the most common causes of extended DSO is uncollected sales. In fact, according to a study of 27,000 companies around the world, DSO averages 64 days.

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How Healthy Is Your Accounts Receivable?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

That certainly holds true for business processes, including the management of your Accounts Receivable (AR) and the part it plays in the order-to-cash process. If your AR is deteriorating, you better diagnose the problem as quickly as possible so you don’t incur cash flow problems and bad debt losses.

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Evidence It's Time to Adjust Your Collection Practices

Your Virtual Credit Manager

These can include: Too little time spent collecting (due to other priorities or lack of staff) Lack of training and experience Order-to-cash (O2C) process breakdowns or weaknesses Credit policy too lenient Invoice accuracy issues Collection strategy not effective Economic headwinds And, the list goes on.

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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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