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Misalignment Between Credit and Sales Spells Trouble

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Learn More About YVCM Services The Consequences of Misalignment When the credit function is not aligned with other stakeholders in the O2C process, several issues can arise, impacting the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the process. Wen that happens accounts receivable (AR) performance also tends to suffer.

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Gleaning Actionable Insights from Credit Scores

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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. Tuning on Your High Beams.

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Bad Debt Is Lurking in Your Accounts Receivables, but Where Is It?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

This is a classic approach and when executed properly, it can enable a company to satisfactorily manage their credit risk. It should also facilitate maximizing revenue from customers with a higher degree of credit risk. This is often the case when there are economic upheavals or natural disasters.

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Lockstep announces AR automation partnership with SYSPRO

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Seattle, WA – – Lockstep , the award-winning accounting automation pioneer, today announced it has partnered with SYSPRO to grow the connected accounting network. Lockstep will provide SYSPRO’s North American customers access to award-winning accounts receivable (AR) automation software, Lockstep® Receivables.

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Are You In Control of Your Receivables?

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(Photo by Jandira Sonnendeck on Unsplash ) In most cases, you therefore have to extend credit to your B2B customers, which entails the following risks: Not being paid anything Being paid an amount less than the full invoice value Not being paid on time, whether in full or in part These outcomes are known as credit risks.

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Get Ready for a Wave of Commercial Bankruptcies

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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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Moving Beyond DSO

Your Virtual Credit Manager

(Photo by Carlos Muza on Unsplash ) A Framework for Choosing Suitable AR Metrics Businesses should carefully assess their specific needs, objectives, and operating context when selecting metrics for accounts receivable (AR) performance measurement. Calculate the total credit sales made during the same period.

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