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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Inevitably they will need to initiate Collection activities to recover some of this money owed; in other words, contacting delinquent customers and requesting them to pay your firm for goods and/or services provided on credit terms that have become past due. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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Misalignment Between Credit and Sales Spells Trouble

Your Virtual Credit Manager

For a small business owner or executive, navigating credit decisions can be challenging, especially when they clash with the goals of other stakeholders within the company. It's essential, however, for everybody to recognize that credit decisions also have broader implications across various aspects of company operations.

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The Imperative for Modernizing Trade Credit

Your Virtual Credit Manager

As a result, trade credit, where businesses extend financing to customers, is undergoing rapid advancements, but it also poses high risks, especially in assessing creditworthiness, dealing with economic fluctuations, and fraud. Are there past due accounts you are trying to collect? it just might help them pay you sooner!

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Small Business Credit Management Consulting

Your Virtual Credit Manager

World class receivables management involves efficiently converting orders to cash while minimizing profit dilution. Many times companies find it challenging to do this, and when that happens, working capital and cash flow are impacted. Email YVCM about Consulting

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Optimizing Order-to-Cash Software for Improved Operational Performance

The Corcentric Blog

Oftentimes, investments in accounting applied technologies, such as accounts receivable cash application, fail to recognize the extensive value that these applications bring in terms of scalability, efficiency and accuracy. In addition to operational efficiencies, an optimized order-to-cash system also offers financial benefits.

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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.