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6 Cash Flow Performance KPIs Every CFO Needs to Track

Gaviti

But continually high ADD scores across clients may indicate poor collection efficiency on your side. 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.

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Accounts Receivable Performance Metrics: 5 KPIs You Should Be Tracking

Gaviti

By extension, most A/R invoice-to-cash management platforms and teams base their key performance indicators (KPIs) on the measurement of Days Sales Outstanding, or DSO. It’s a comparison of how much you were owed at the beginning of the period versus how much you actually collected during that same period.

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7 Strategies to Reduce DSO and Enhance Cash Flow

Gaviti

When accounting departments want a quick evaluation of the health of a business, they often look at their DSO, or days sales outstanding. However, days sales outstanding are subject to a range of factors and targets should always be based on the wider context of the business and industry.

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Evidence It's Time to Adjust Your Collection Practices

Your Virtual Credit Manager

As you review your metrics, here are five signs that there may be a problem with your collection practices: DSO Is Rising: Days Sales Outstanding is the most common metric for measuring accounts receivable (AR) performance. When the number drops below 80 percent, you should consider making changes to boost collections.

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