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Difference Between Standard DSO vs Best Possible DSO

Gaviti

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? This term describes the average number of days it takes a company to turn invoices into cash. It includes both the current receivables and overdue invoices.

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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

Your Virtual Credit Manager

The bottom line was a 13 percent reduction in Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) over a 6 month period in conjunction with invoice accuracy rising above 90 percent. it just might help them pay you sooner! Revenue or Profits?

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Avoid these Six Collection Myths

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Collectors spend most of their time asking for payments While it is true collectors are constantly requesting payment of past due balances, once that request is made they end up spending most of their time resolving disputes and invoice discrepancies.

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Effectively Collecting Receivables Is a Time Management Challenge

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Simply defined, collections is the process of contacting customers to secure payment for your invoices. For the most part collections deals with past due invoices — those not paid within established terms. Automation of the routine emails to the majority of your customers can be achieved easily in a number of ways.

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AR Data Management, AR Automation, & Accelerating Cash Flow

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Share How to Clean Up Your AR Ledger Launch a collection program to collect all past due invoices at least 15 days late. Match as many unapplied payments and unapplied credit memos to open invoices, deductions, and debit memos as possible. This included a 100 percent increase in past due collected.

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An Inconvenient Truth about the Cash Conversion Cycle

Your Virtual Credit Manager

The bottom line was a 13 percent reduction in DSO over a 6 month period in conjunction with invoice accuracy rising above 90 percent. The sales team learned very quickly that eliminating the friction from the billing and payment processes facilitated earlier customer payments, hence larger commissions.

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What is an Invoice? Best Practices, Tips, and Examples

Emagia

Timesheet Invoice Businesses use timesheet invoices to record the labor costs associated with specific clients in order to facilitate the billing process for those clients. Past-due Invoice Businesses use past-due invoices if customers do not pay their balance on time.