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Are Your Profits Going Up in Smoke?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash Payment deductions, also known as chargebacks or short pays, happen when the customer pays less than the full invoice amount. Should you confirm that the customer is indeed correct, the deduction is removed from the Accounts Receivable (AR) ledger via a credit memo. Well, it’s not.

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How CFOs can Tie Digital Order-to-Cash Initiatives to Enterprise-wide Strategy

Emagia

Bad Debts: The credit check process leveraging digital channels, analytics, and ML will be of use in reducing the probability of receivables becoming bad debts. Cash Application: Payments collected must be applied against the proper invoice of the relevant customer.

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It's Time to Give Your AR Ledger a Spring Cleaning

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Supporting profitable sales through the extension of credit Collecting as much of the AR generated as possible by or near the due date to ensure a substantial cash inflow Mitigating the risk of bad debt losses These tasks are best accomplished in a tidy environment. Reconciling items over 6 months old can be very time consuming.

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What is AI-powered Accounts Receivable Automation Software: How Does it Work and Benefit Businesses?

Emagia

Cash Application This process in AR management, if done manually, can consume a lot of time of AR team and make collection follow up difficult, and create a not-so-happy experience for both the team and customers. The process can get more cumbersome if deductions are involved.

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Accounts Receivable Analysis: Meaning, Objectives, Importance

Gaviti

How much cash is the company gaining or losing? How much bad debt does the company have, and how has this changed over time? Consider these additional KPIs: Bad debt ratio: This measures the monetary value of receivables you believe you cannot collect. Cash application. Collections analytics.

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The Importance of the Accounts Receivable Aging Report

Gaviti

It also helps provide documentation in the event that your company has bad debt that it is able to take as a tax deduction. Cash application. Ensure precise cash allocation and real-time reconciliation with your primary bank and manage cash from multiple sources with multi-bank connectivity.

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Industry: Utilities

Serrala

Energy and utilities companies must innovate and look at how technology can increase the processing of financial data at a faster speed, whilst increasing cost efficiencies by improving timely bill payment, speedy cash application, and optimizing outbound payments.