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Moving Beyond DSO

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The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager are ready to help you improve cash flow and reduce AR risks during these challenging times. Learn More About YVCM Consulting The Limitations of DSO Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) is widely used to assess the efficiency of a company's AR management.

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7 Strategies to Reduce DSO and Enhance Cash Flow

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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. It has $1 million in outstanding receivables but total sales of $1.5

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Difference Between Standard DSO vs Best Possible DSO

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Days sale outstanding is one of the most widely used criteria for judging the effectiveness of your accounts receivable strategy. Most business managers use the standard DSO when running the calculations, but it is also possible to calculate the best DSO. What Is ‘Standard’ DSO?

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“Must Have” Metrics for Receivables Management

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To continue reading and learn the daily, weekly and monthly AR metrics you should be tracking, you’ll need a paid subscriber to Your Virtual Credit Manager …our standard subscription is only $5 per month or $49 annually. Learn More About Credit Reports Please share this newsletter with your small business customers.

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Misalignment Between Credit and Sales Spells Trouble

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In order for that to happen, everybody needs to be aligned in regard to sales and credit in general and the objectives of the order-to-cash process (O2C) in particular. The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager can help you bring in the cash. Are there past due accounts you are trying to collect?

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Four Goals Guaranteed to Improve Cash Flow

Your Virtual Credit Manager

As part of that budget, you have likely made some accommodation for your accounts receivable (AR), probably in the form of a Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) objective based on past performance. Hopefully, that is why you are reading Your Virtual Credit Manager.

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Sustainable credit management: working together for the future

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Credit management, a term often associated with the finance department, turns out to be a dynamic process involving several departments within an organisation. Think sales, marketing, customer success and IT. Let’s face it, manual credit checks and invoice processing can be time-consuming and error-prone.