It's clear that CFOs are under a lot of pressure. They certainly don’t want cumbersome manual accounts receivable processes to interfere with their responsibilities....
For any company that offers goods or services on credit, payment collection is crucial for maintaining financial health. Collecting these payments after sales is vital to a company’s success, as failure to collect puts the busines...
It’s often told in the folklore of Sales processes that you can’t achieve what you can’t measure! Well, I think this holds true for all things in life including AR processes where this is even more true since a sale made is only ...
In this age when India has become the hot bed of startups and with such a thriving eco-system to support the startups, it is still pertinent to remember that 80-90% of startups fail, as per a report by IBM. ...
B2B Collections: So, what's it all about? Let’s solve this conundrum today. The process of collecting unpaid invoices from businesses or firms that owe money to another business is known as business-to-business (B2B) collections....
CFOs, AR Managers, and AR Collection Teams – all have different roles to play in the entire AR management process and therefore need access to different things, different information and, of course, different set of analytics....
Accounts Receivable (AR) refers to the money owed to a business by its customers for goods or services delivered but not yet paid for. It represents a company's outstanding invoices and the amount of money that customers owe the c...
Most businesses track DSO as the major metric for AR management. DSO tracks the average time it takes for consumers to make all of their bill payments – early, on-time, and late. Average Days Delinquent (ADD), on the other hand, s...
A good collections strategy is crucial for B2B businesses to achieve better execution of Accounts Receivable (AR) management for several reasons....
The practice of assigning funds to different projects and initiatives within a company is known as budgeting. It is a crucial instrument for efficient organizational planning and control. The budget aids in making sure that resour...
Conventional deduction usually makes choices based on historical trends by analysing prior performance using specified criteria and organized data. Contrarily, artificial intelligence (AI) analytics makes use of machine learning a...
The Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and sales turnover are interrelated financial metrics that together provide insights into a company's efficiency in managing its accounts receivable and generating sales...
Many advanced accounts receivable (AR) automation tools have started offering features that allow you to create customized customer strategies based on invoice aging or total outstanding amounts and so on. These features typically...
Customer-Centric AR Strategies are set to become the norm of the day: In the B2B world, customer experience has been identified as the most critical factor for 89% of buyers. You would be surprised to know that AR functions have m...
A formal purchasing process is essential for all businesses, and even more for businesses that wish to scale up without any sudden roadblocks. It, not only, facilitates quicker and more effective purchasing, but also offers transp...
The best Accounts Receivables Strategy involves tracking of open receivables before they become delinquent and cause severe cash flow problems. So, if your organization is facing cash flow issues, you know your AR strategy is eith...
This would be the question on the minds of most of us because when hear the term ‘blockchain’, we almost immediately think of cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, Ethereum…). Well, there’s more to blockchain than just cryptocurrency. In fact,...
Efficiently and effectively managing the accounts receivable process is a tedious and a time-consuming job. For CFOs and their finance teams, optimizing accounts receivable is one of the three cornerstones of efficient working cap...
Managing accounts receivable is an integral part of running a business. However, it can be a tedious and time-consuming task. Reliance on manual Accounts receivable processes comes with its own issues and pitfalls, ultimately lead...
Accounts Receivable Management, in simple words, is the practice of obtaining monies from clients/ customers for products/ services within a given period of time. Organizations use AR Management to ensure that every step involved ...
The Accounts Receivable function, for any organization, is well placed to strengthen its cash flow, improve its working capital and even contribute significantly to customer satisfaction. However, efficiently managing their Accoun...
Effective accounts receivable management is critical to the success of any business, as it helps to improve cash flow, reduce bad debt, and increase customer satisfaction. As businesses grow, effective management of accounts recei...
Every CFO likes to keep his organization well capitalized. Hence Working Capital Optimization is a top of the agenda item for any CFO. A well-capitalized firm is the mark of a robust & efficient organization. While it sounds very ...