Estimating your corporate Bad Debt Allowance (BDA) is a fundamental job of the Credit Manager. Doing it right will help your company prepare for the expense and possibly enable you to head off losses. This infographic offers five factors that can help you keep your company’s Bad Debt Allowance within a predicted threshold: To learn… Read more »
Leveraging Order-to-Cash For Shareholder Value
Improve Order-To-Cash to Increase Shareholder Value The Order-To-Cash (O2C) process is an area that that remains largely untapped by many businesses. However, smart and effective management of the O2C process could help to improve business performance and the bottom line. It is no surprise that more and more corporations are beginning to prioritize this strategy… Read more »
17 Practices that Improve Cash Flow
Accounts receivable collection at many companies is still done the way it was in the green eyeshade era, leaving a great deal that can be done to improve results. Like many repetitive processes, collections is a “production” operation, and can be “re-engineered” to improve cash flow, reduce DSO and slash the disputes that result from letting unpaid accounts go stale…. Read more »
Electronic Signatures in Credit Application Automation – A Best Practice
e-signatures Electronic Signatures Digital Signatures Companies today routinely use e-signatures to streamline and speed commercial transactions. However, we still sometimes get a question as to whether electronic signatures are binding in the United States and Globally. The following information is provided from U.S Government websites as well as our Smyyth companies corporate e-signature partner,… Read more »
Automated Credit Applications
Best Practices – Online Credit Applications Credit Application Software Credit Application Systems 80% faster credit approvals 90% less manual work 5% more sales from new accounts Online credit applications are relatively new and even the simplest offer a browser-based application filled out by the customer and then processed by the creditor (but usually completed off-line,… Read more »
Credit and Payment Scoring For B2B
There are many excellent reasons to incorporate automated credit scoring in your credit (and collection) operations, including faster and better quality decisions, enhanced customer service, more effective compliance and controls, and significantly reduced overhead. Employing credit scoring in a B2B environment is in itself a credit management “Best Practice”, especially if you have many customers…. Read more »
11 Trends in Credit Automation
Here are 11 trends you need to know about the future of credit decision automation; many of these are already available in a best-of-class risk management platform. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Robotic Process Automation to replace manual tasks and improve accuracy in B2B credit checking, the best systems can revolutionize the credit approval process for… Read more »
Best Practices for Credit and Collections
Best Practices to Include in our Credit and Collections processes include All employees need to understand the mission and objectives of the credit department, so they deliver a consistent message to the customers, and properly represent the “culture” of your organization. Just as with customer service, the mission of the credit department has to be… Read more »
Things to Consider When Hiring a Collection Agency
Every company needs a collection agency, since there will always be customers that default or who will not pay under the normal terms. Here are some ideas for your consideration when choosing an agency. If you are B2B you must select a “commercial” bad debt collection specialist, as they have experience dealing with corporate debt… Read more »
100% Auto Cash Application
Most companies – even the very largest – are still getting by with auto-cash that still requires off-line manual work for resolution of exceptions, duplicate entry of chargebacks, and inaccurate postings that create extra work. With the unmatched power of the Carixa Cash Application Engine, you can today achieve a 100% correct auto cash, and… Read more »
