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Why Companies Underestimate How Finance Teams Affect the Bottom Line

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Sending off invoices, collecting payments, paying vendors and meeting payroll are common examples. Choosing not to chase invoice payments could cause them not to be paid at all. Longer DSOs lead to a greater reliance on credit. With the recent hikes in interest rates, reducing credit reliance is even more important.

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Accounts Receivable Analysis: Meaning, Objectives, Importance

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Are you offering enough or too much credit to customers? Are you able to collect invoices on all of the revenue your business generates? How quickly are customers paying their invoices? Are we offering the right amount of credit to customers based on their creditworthiness? Are there invoice processing delays?