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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. Traditionally, a low DSO indicates that your company has capital available and is in good financial standing. This includes both current, past and overdue invoices.

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How To Calculate Accounts Receivable Collection Period

Gaviti

Once an invoice hits accounts receivable (A/R), it enters what’s called the average collection period. Other common names include “days sales in accounts receivable,” “average receivables collection period,” or “ days sales outstanding (DSO).” Your average collection period is an important key performance indicator (KPI).

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Esker recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® 2023 Magic Quadrant™ for Integrated Invoice-to-Cash applications

The Esker Blog

At Esker, we already felt honored to be named a Challenger in 2022’s first-ever Magic Quadrant for Integrated Invoice-to-Cash solutions. CFOs are interested in improving DSO and overall I2C process efficiency as well as obtaining accurate reporting and analytics. and/or its affiliates in the U.S.

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6 Ways to Improve A/R Collections Processes with Netsuite

Gaviti

They need a solution that focuses on just the accounts receivable process in order to optimize their cash flow and make sure cash doesn’t fall through the cracks. Although Netsuite collections features do help companies to manage overdue invoices, for most businesses, a number of challenges still remain.

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A/R Management vs Debt Collection: What’s the Difference?

Gaviti

For some customers, however, you’ll need another strategy altogether for collecting unpaid and overdue invoices: debt collection. The Key Components of Effective A/R Management The main aspect of A/R management is the collections of receivables. Streamlined credit management. The ability to create and measure KPIs.

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Accounts Receivable Performance Metrics: 5 KPIs You Should Be Tracking

Gaviti

Most Accounts Receivable teams use DSO as the main KPI to measure their performance. 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. For example, since each company has different payment terms (e.g,

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6 Cash Flow Performance KPIs Every CFO Needs to Track

Gaviti

Average Days Delinquent (ADD) ADD is an essential cash flow metric. It offers data on the effectiveness of your collection efforts by measuring the average number of days it takes to collect overdue payments. But continually high ADD scores across clients may indicate poor collection efficiency on your side.