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Receivable Management
Payment for
Materials
Sale of
Product
Collect A/R
Days Inventory
Days
Receivables
Days Payables
Day 30
Day 45
Day 75
Days' Receivables
Accounts Receivable
365 Days
Annual Sales
Days' Payables
Accounts Payable
365 Days
Cost of Goods Sold
er
er
ed
ed
Order
Order
Received
Received
Sale
Sale
Cash
Cash
Received
Received
Accounts
Collection
Accounts
Collection
<<Inventory
Inventory>> << Receivable
Receivable >> << Float
Float >>
Accounts
Accounts
Disbursement
Disbursement
<< Payable
<< Float
Payable >>
Float
Invoice
Payment
Invoice
Payment
Received
Sent
Received
Sent
Time
Time
>>
Cash
Cash
Paid
Paid
- Variable
Costs
Installment Credit
Revolving Credit
Letters of Credit
Open Account
365
= .0204081 10.428571
1 - .02 45 - 10 .98 35
= .2128 = 21.28%
DSO
If the companys credit terms are net 60, the average past due is
computed as follows:
Average Past Due = DSO - Avg. Days of Credit Terms
= 74.11 Days - 60 Days = 14.11 Days
Aging Schedule
Is a list of the percentage and/or amounts of
outstanding A/R classified as current or past due.
Used primarily to identify past due accounts.
Can be prepared at the aggregate level or
customer-by-customer.
Subject to distortions due to sales variations.
Aging Schedule
Separates A/R into current and past due receivables
in 30-day increments (on a customer or aggregate
basis) and can determine the percent past due
Age of Accounts
A/R
% of A/R
$1,750,000
70%
31 60 days
$375,000
15%
61 90 days
$250,000
10%
91 + days
$125,000
5%
$2,500,000
100%
0 30 days
Total
Sales
Remaining A/R
from Month Sales
at End of March
Remaining A/R
as a % of
Month Sales
January
$250,000
$50,000
20%
February
$300,000
$165,000
55%
March
$400,000
$380,000
95%
April
$500,000
A/R Financing
Unsecured Bank Borrowing
Secured Bank Borrowing
Captive Finance Company
Third Party Financing Institutions
Credit Card
Factoring
Private Label Financing
credit limits
opportunity cost of funds invested in receivables
companys overall cost of capital
Cash Application
Cash application is the process of matching
and applying a customers payment against
accounts receivable.
Done via an Open Item or a Balance
Forward system.
Collection Procedures
Typical collection effort
Collection agency
Collection Procedures
Companies tend to be more aggressive the
larger the receivables balance
Companies understand the good-will tradeoff
when selecting collection methods