Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 23, 2024

The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager are ready to help you improve cash flow and reduce AR risks during these challenging times. We are currently offering 33 percent off our standard small business consulting rates. The credit manager also got a promotion. What do you need help doing?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 30, 2024

Also, once granted, extended payment terms are very difficult to rescind. If other accounts learn of your granting extended payment terms to one customer, it is likely they will demand the same, further increasing your investment in Accounts Receivable (AR) and straining your cash flow.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 2, 2024

Contacting customers to pay past due amounts (collecting) is an essential element of accounts receivable (AR) management. For most firms, late customer payments are a frequent occurrence and collecting them can be a difficult task. As you can see, the positive benefits outweigh any repercussions.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 17, 2023

Photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash When small businesses add customers and increase sales, their company’s Accounts Receivable (AR) will grow. Readers of Your Virtual Credit Manager now have access to sharply discounted business credit reports from D&B, Experian, or Equifax through our partner Accredit.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 2, 2024

As such, they are just one of the many tools, such as credit reports, supplier and bank references, and financial statement analysis, that can help assess a business's creditworthiness. Commercial credit scores are often not as well understood as consumer credit scores such as FICO.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 9, 2024

Then last week we looked at credit hold best practices. From a credit management perspective, these are largely reactive topics. In fact, once you decide to sell a customer on open credit, most of the accounts receivable (AR) management tasks that follow have a reactive component.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The primary source of cash inflows for most firms are the receipts from payments of open customer invoices - i.e., your Accounts Receivable (AR). Other common inflows may involve rent you charge, royalties, and financing, all of which are easy to forecast. Chances are, they will be similar to the immediate past.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 15, 2023

Photo by Berkeley Communications on Unsplash In all probability, your accounts receivable (AR) portfolio conforms to the 80/20 rule. Pareto’s theorem stipulates that 80 percent of your receivables are concetrated in only 20 percent fo your accounts and vice versa.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Clearly, the level of Business Credit Risk is going to remain elevated as we move through 2024, bringing with it the potential for corresponding increases in bad debt and delinquency. The good news is that there are a number of actions you can take to reduce your loss exposure and shore up your accounts receivable (AR).

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 12, 2024

As a result, trade credit, where businesses extend financing to customers, is undergoing rapid advancements, but it also poses high risks, especially in assessing creditworthiness, dealing with economic fluctuations, and fraud. Are there past due accounts you are trying to collect?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This misguided search for a singular understanding applies to many things, including collecting Accounts Receivable (AR). Optimal Collection results are achieved by utilizing different collection techniques with different types of customers. We are currently offering 33% off our standard SMB consulting rates.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Effectively managing accounts receivable (AR) is essential for a company's financial well-being. Poor receivables performance affects cash flow, and it is no secret that cash flow problems are the leading cause of business failures. In small companies, this may occur due to a lack of credit analysis skills.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 16, 2024

Time is as much an enemy as anything else when you are charged with collecting past due accounts receivable (AR), so it is crucial you don’t waste time by making mistakes, which will also serve to elongate the collection process. We are currently offering 33 percent off our standard small business consulting rates.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If you are an executive at a small or mid-sized business, chances are you are in the process of putting together a budget for 2024, or have already done so. 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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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Accounts receivable (AR) represent the amounts owed your business by your customers for the purchase of goods or services delivered on credit. Because AR constitutes one of largest assets on your books, proactively managing accounts receivable is crucial for the financial health of your business.

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Lockstep

MAY 4, 2022

Is your AR aging creeping beyond resolution? Are you even able to review and report on your aging accounts receivable? The role of accounts receivables (AR) teams is increasingly important as the backbone of your organization’s financial health. Manage Your Team Resources.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 5, 2024

Are there past due accounts you are trying to collect? The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager can help you bring in the cash. We are currently offering 33 percent off our standard rates. For more about when to use a collection agency, check out this post: Calling in the AR Cavalry.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 19, 2024

Whether you have automated the collection process or not, mapping out collection strategies for the different types of customers in your accounts receivable (AR) portfolio is an accepted best practice. Are there past-due accounts you are trying to collect?

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The Esker Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In Part 1 of the Rethinking Receivables blog series, we highlighted four strategies that all finance leaders should prioritize in 2023 in order to maintain a healthy cashflow and resilient business model. Why AR automation? or expand automation to other processes (AP, procurement, order management, etc.),

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Your Virtual Credit Manager (YVCM) previously published an article discussing the pros and cons of Prompt Payment Discounts. However, at this point in time there are other factors in play that favor the use of discounts to encourage earlier payment by your customers. This is a subject that has valid arguments for and against.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 17, 2023

To avoid unacceptably large credit losses, a system of credit controls and procedures must be implemented. The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager are ready to help you improve cash flow and reduce AR risks during these challenging times. The better your credit controls, the more risk you can assume.

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Lockstep

JUNE 15, 2022

For B2B businesses, credit management is essential for accounts receivable (AR) management success. Proper, healthy credit management allows for steady cash flow, better collections management and a manageable days sales outstanding (DSO). . External and Supporting Data .

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Your accounts receivable (AR) and cash balances as of December 31, 2023, are very important numbers. Suppliers, lenders, and credit rating agencies place substantial importance on these numbers when assessing your liquidity and overall financial strength. What do you need help doing?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JULY 11, 2023

Accounts Receivable (AR) is among the three largest assets on most companies’ books — inventory along with plant and equipment are the other two. AR is also the primary source of cash to fund daily operations. Is your Accounts Receivable performance meeting your expectations?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 6, 2022

If your sales are consummated via payment at the point of sale, which may involve “pay with order” or “pay on delivery” protocols involving a credit card or an online e-payment product, managing Accounts Receivable (AR) will not be big issue for you. Cash is king.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The result of timely and accurate Remittance Processing is an accurate Accounts Receivable (AR) Ledger, which provides the current status of every customer’s balance owed to you. Just click on this link to open an account and start getting the commercial credit Intel you need.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JULY 25, 2023

Turning your inventory over faster and your payables slower will add cash to your balance sheet, as will raising capital by selling shares in your company or getting a loan or line of credit. The other option you have involves improving the performance of your accounts receivable (AR). Email YVCM about Consulting 5.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Such a process also brings more certainty to the accounts receivable (AR) asset. The Your Virtual Credit Manager team can help you identify process improvements that will shorten your cash conversion cycle and improve collection efficiency.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MAY 9, 2023

These are the expected receipts for each period you forecast. The major source of cash inflows for most firms are the receipts from payments of open invoices - i.e., your Accounts Receivable (AR). We strongly urge the appropriate use of automation in Cash Forecasting. Do you need to increase your cash flow?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 24, 2023

Overstate your Accounts Receivable (AR) balance causing problems with auditors and reductions in its collateral value if pledged as security in a financing (borrowing) agreement. There are numerous Dispute and Deduction software solutions available that deliver huge productivity increases and speed up the resolution process.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 11, 2023

Accounts Receivables (AR) require active management. Any O2C friction that results will ultimately have a negative affect on AR performance. Photo by Elisa Ventur on Unsplash When a company’s AR under-performs, the consequences are substantial. Laissez-faire doesn’t cut it.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In fact, most SMBs should look into using Collection Agencies to not only maximize the recovery of Accounts Receivable (AR) at high risk of never being collected, but to collect all old receivables. Your credit application should include all this information.

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Lockstep

APRIL 13, 2022

Is your AR Aging creeping beyond resolution? Are you even able to review and report on your aging accounts receivable? The role of accounts receivables (AR) teams is increasingly important as the backbone of your organization’s financial health. Enter Award-Winning Lockstep .

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Collateral: Collateral can be used to secure any type of credit offering. Collateral can be a physical asset, such as real estate, equipment, and inventory, or it can be a financial asset, such as stocks, bonds, and accounts receivable (AR). Credit grantors will often consider other factors as well.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MAY 2, 2023

Epiq Bankruptcy: Bankruptcy Filings Increase Across All Chapters in March; Commercial Filings Up 79 Percent Year-over-year If you are extending credit to other businesses on open terms, reassessing your company credit policies as well as the latent risks that may affect accounts receivable (AR) performance and cash flow should be a top priority.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

They occur because a customer does not receive your product or service as ordered, or feels the invoice is incorrect. Should you confirm that the customer is indeed correct, the deduction is removed from the Accounts Receivable (AR) ledger via a credit memo.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 4, 2023

With a growing number of experts predicting a recession to hit later this year, and inflation and interest rates remaining at elevated levels, squeezing every dollar out of your investment in Accounts Receivable (AR) is more important than ever. Here again, work the accounts in descending order of annual revenue.

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