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Balancing Credit Sales with Profits

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Credit Policy is an inextricable part of a company’s Sales Policy. If you choose to sell on open credit, the terms you offer are in effect part of the price. If you discuss credit terms with a competitor, you are in violation of anti-trust statutes forbidding price fixing. What’s Right for Your Firm?

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The Role of AI in Mitigating Credit Risk for Credit Managers and Reducing Default Rates

Emagia

Managing credit risk for B2B customers is critical for seamless order to cash (OTC) and working capital cycles. Businesses that follow traditional reactive strategies in OTC processes may find it difficult to collect at-risk future invoices, likely leading to large invoices going delinquent.

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The Role of AI in Mitigating Credit Risk for Credit Managers and Reducing Default Rates

Emagia

Managing credit risk for B2B customers is critical for seamless order to cash (OTC) and working capital cycles. Businesses that follow traditional reactive strategies in OTC processes may find it difficult to collect at-risk future invoices, likely leading to large invoices going delinquent.

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Evidence It's Time to Adjust Your Collection Practices

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Effective collections are crucial to maintaining a healthy cash flow and the financial stability of your company. If your business is struggling with cash flow or AR balances are growing, it could be a sign that your collections policy requires updating. There are a myriad of issues that can affect collections.

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Due Diligence Doesn't End with the Credit Application

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Approving a customer for credit terms is merely the first step in an open credit relationship. Economic circumstances may cause you to tighten your credit policies and customer credit limits. Situations change, both for you and for your customer. Even more likely are changes to a customer’s business.

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Are There Hidden Risks in Your AR Portfolio?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Approving a new customer for credit terms is merely the first step taken by a B2B vendor to begin an open credit relationship. Economic circumstances may prompt a vendor to either tighten or loosen its credit policies and customer credit limits. Situations change, both for the vendor and for its customers.

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Leveraging Credit Control

Know-It Global

Maintaining a healthy cashflow through credit control is crucial for the long-term success and sustainability of any enterprise, especially against the backdrop of soaring insolvencies and record instances of late payment. One effective strategy for achieving this goal is to implement a robust credit control system.