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What are Accounts Receivable (AR) Days? Formula, Calculation & Examples

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Accounts Receivable (AR) Days provides valuable insights into the efficiency of a company’s credit and collection processes and plays a significant role in assessing cash flow management. Is it better to have high or low AR (Accounts Receivable) Days? What does lower Accounts Receivable / AR Days mean?

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Red Flags a Private Firm Is in Distress

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Photo by Ben Cliff on Unsplash A key objective of Accounts Receivable (AR) management is minimizing past due AR to ensure cash in-flows and minimize bad debt losses.

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To Finish Strong Takes Planning

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Photo by 2H Media on Unsplash Are you managing your Accounts Receivables (AR) with the end of the year in mind? Your AR and Cash balance at December 31, 2022, is a very important number.

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Don't Let Quotation Errors Infect Your Accounts Receivable

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Photo by LinkedIn Sales Solutions on Unsplash When your Quotations do not address all of the key elements of a business “deal,” or when they do not agree with the details laid out in your customer’s Purchase Order (PO), Quotations can be at the root of many of your Accounts Receivable (AR) ills.

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Is Your Collection Agency a Good Fit?

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Market volatility and rising costs are instead disrupting working capital budgets, causing late payments that inflate accounts receivable (AR). There’s scant hope that interest rates will return to pre-Covid, easy-money levels anytime soon.

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Be Prepared to Shoot Down Your Customer's Payment Excuses

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Once an order has been approved and fulfilled, the primary objective in terms of Accounts Receivable (AR) management is getting paid. Some customers will always pay on time. Others will always pay beyond terms and the remainder will fall somewhere in between.

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The Dynamics Behind AR Automation

Your Virtual Credit Manager

My first exposure to the power of accounts receivable (AR) automation came in 1990 when I was credit manager at ERICO Fasteners, a mid-market, specialty metals manufacturer. The first month after we automated a few basic features to supplement our accounting package, we realized an increase in cash flow of 30 percent.