E.O.W (End of the week) Notable Tip: Client-centric Accounts Receivable

Happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a great week. Today’s E.O.W is about encouraging your accounting team to embody a more client-centric approach to accounts receivable by asking smart questions that glean insights into what clients value most and what their priorities are. To truly understand that customer everyone must be part of the customerContinue reading “E.O.W (End of the week) Notable Tip: Client-centric Accounts Receivable”

Days Sales Outstanding: Get Paid Faster tips

You’ve made a sale! That’s great but the customer hasn’t paid and the invoice is now 90 days past due. This scenario is common amongst many businesses. Many businesses resort to offering extended payment terms but this is a bad idea because it affects their cashflow. What you really want is client satisfaction because whenContinue reading “Days Sales Outstanding: Get Paid Faster tips”

Reduce A/P and A/R Errors with Standardized Work

Per my previous article, “Taking a Visual Management Approach to Accounts Payable”, I touched upon a Lean Six Sigma technique, called, Standardized Work. “Standardized work is often referred as standard operating procedures to refer to the activities that must happen in order to complete a process. Essentially, everyone doing the job does it exactly theContinue reading “Reduce A/P and A/R Errors with Standardized Work”

Client Retention as part of the Collections Process

 Departmental collaboration is greatly important in the Collections/Billing department. This team must have access to project /product status, project/product delivery and results; this will allow the Lead person handling the over-due account to develop an understanding of the situation, survey the client to ensure requirements were met and if they were not met deliver thisContinue reading “Client Retention as part of the Collections Process”