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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

Your Virtual Credit Manager

The sales team learned very quickly that eliminating the friction from the billing and payment processes facilitated earlier customer payments, hence larger commissions. The bottom line was a 13 percent reduction in Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) over a 6 month period in conjunction with invoice accuracy rising above 90 percent.

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6 Cash Flow Performance KPIs Every CFO Needs to Track

Gaviti

Here’s the formula for Average Days Delinquent: ADD = Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) – Best Possible Days Sales Outstanding (BPDSO) Note the role of the DSO metric in this calculation. Book a demo today to see how you can get started improving your cash flow with Gaviti.

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Unlocking the Power of A/R Analytics and Dynamic Reporting

Gaviti

A/R analytics aggregate information from multiple sources and visualize key business indicators such as customer payment trends or days sales outstanding. Organizations focus heavily on the days sales outstanding, but additional options exist. Book a demo to get started.

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8 Proven Email Marketing Tips and Techniques for Boosting A/R Collections

Gaviti

Take a page from the marketing team’s book. By applying these same principles to your collections workflows, you can improve your cash flow and reduce your Days Sales Outstanding (DSO). Marketing teams use a variety of methodologies and techniques to improve the performance of their email tracks and sequences.

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Is Your AR Performance Measuring Up?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Accounts Receivable (AR) is among the three largest assets on most companies’ books — inventory along with plant and equipment are the other two. This article focuses on one widely used metric, Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and the best ways to understand it.

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How To Calculate Accounts Receivable Collection Period

Gaviti

Other common names include “days sales in accounts receivable,” “average receivables collection period,” or “ days sales outstanding (DSO).” Contact us and book a demo today. Once an invoice hits accounts receivable (A/R), it enters what’s called the average collection period.

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Ferris Bueller & The Compound Effect: What They Have in Common & Why Your Business Should Care

The Esker Blog

Last year at this time, I picked up the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. I was looking for a good, inspirational book that could help me grow and I read a ton of great reviews on the book. According to the book, improving by 1% each day doesn’t simply result in a 365% (or 3.7x) improvement over the course of a year.