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Resolve to Be More Proactive in 2024

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Then last week we looked at credit hold best practices. From a credit management perspective, these are largely reactive topics. In fact, once you decide to sell a customer on open credit, most of the accounts receivable (AR) management tasks that follow have a reactive component. There is nothing wrong with that.

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Why is B2B Credit Automation Critical in The Digital Era?

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OTC, the main cash flow driver, has many subsets within it, and credit management is more important than it looks on the surface. The top line and bottom line will be positively impacted when a sales order is received and fulfilled, but your business is at risk till you collect cash against the invoice.

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AR Data Management, AR Automation, & Accelerating Cash Flow

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Over time, AR Ledgers unfortunately tend to collect “Clutter.” Clutter can also cause new orders to be placed on a credit hold when it otherwise would have been automatically released. Share How to Clean Up Your AR Ledger Launch a collection program to collect all past due invoices at least 15 days late.

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7 Strategies to Reduce DSO and Enhance Cash Flow

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Understanding Days Sales Outstanding Days Sales Outstanding, or DSO , is the average number of days it takes a company to collect revenue from an invoice. Accounting operations managers use DSO to calculate the general ability of a company to collect invoices on time for a specific period (e.g. Automate the collections process.

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