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The BEST of... Credit & Collection Manager's Letter
Credit Today recently acquired the original newsletter in the credit space - Credit & Collection Manager's Letter. Edited by founding editor Wayne Muller, the newsletter contains much classic wisdom for credit, collections, and accounts receivable professionals. This material is too good to not post for our members and beyond.
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Managing Your Time
Time is your scarcest resource. Don't schedule your time--budget it. Here are a few tips on successful time management: Use the "4-F" method for handling paperwork: File it. Find someone to de . . .
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Cash Discounts Are No Panacea
My company experienced a significant increase in days sales outstanding (DSO) during the first six months of last year. In addition, some of our more marginal credit risk customers were requesting la . . .
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Credit Management 101
What are the fundamentals of superior credit management? A veteran credit woman of our acquaintance lists these: Consistency. "Timely and accurate billing is the most obvious method," she says. "C . . .
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Cyber Credit
Skillful delegation has always been a key management tactic. Today the best delegatee is as often a computer as a subordinate. Are you and your professional staff delegating as much as you should to ( . . .
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Credit Inside a Merger
The credit management challenges associated with mergers, acquisitions, and buyouts among customers get most of the attention today. But the issues Credit faces when its own company merges with anothe . . .
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Following Up Internally
"It's our philosophy that if a customer owes us money, it's the credit department's responsibility to clear it up," says Credit Manager Sam LaMargo of Praxair/Gastech (Hillside, Illinois). "If we're n . . .
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Heading Off Bankruptcies - And Worse
"People have really become acclimated to home equity loans," notes another West Coast credit manager. "They can put all their debts together and deduct the interest from their taxes. Instead of having . . .
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Oral Guarantees - Enforceable or Not?
Roger Blink, owner and operator of Blink Productions, thought he had everything ready to go for his next epic film. Script, cast, and sets had been approved, rehearsed, and arranged. The project was o . . .
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Reaffimation
Charlie Brand, of Brand Farm Equipment, was delighted when he received Phil White's monthly payment on his tractor. Phil had just filed for bankruptcy, and Charlie had anticipated the usual struggle o . . .
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Duty to Read
Credit Manager Tom Wright was skeptical about Sam O'Brien, a new prospect being touted as a potential major customer by the sales rep. O'Brien Distributors, Inc., was clearly a fast growing operation . . .
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This month's topic: Processing of Credit Applications
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We're examining:
- What information is being captured on credit applications
- What additional information is being requested during the credit app process (such as personal guarantees, financial statements, resale certificates, etc.)
- What the primary challenges are relative to the processing of credit apps
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