We shared an alternate approach to DSO computation.
https://faoblog.com/processes-ar-collections-dso-2/
In accountancy, days sales outstanding (also called DSO or days receivables) is a calculation used by a company to estimate their average collection period. It is a financial ratio that illustrates how well a company’s accounts receivables are being managed. The days sales outstanding figure is an index of the relationship between outstanding receivables and credit account sales achieved over a given period.
Typically, days sales outstanding is calculated monthly. The days sales outstanding analysis provides general information about the number of days on average that customers take to pay invoices. Generally speaking, though, higher DSO ratio can indicate a customer base with credit problems and/or a company that is deficient in its collections activity. A low ratio may indicate the firm’s credit policy is too rigorous, which may be hampering sales.
Days sales outstanding is considered an important tool in measuring liquidity. Days sales outstanding tends to increase as a company becomes less risk averse. Higher days sales outstanding can also be an indication of inadequate analysis of applicants for open account credit terms. An increase in DSO can result in cash flow problems, and may result in a decision to increase the creditor company’s bad debt reserve.
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DSO in current scenario is very important calculation of business as any change hits your company’s working capital straight away. Hence monitoring DSO monthly is always a good way to have good ratios for the company.
This is an interesting post. It’s important to note that many organizations strive to shorten their DSO cycle for obvious reasons. Cash in the door sooner than later is very appealing to CFO’s and Treasurer’s as it empowers other investments, reinvestment, pay down on obligations, and a variety of other repurposing. What we see on the Payables side is that the AP organizations that leverage Automation gain tremendous leverage in negotiating Early Payment Discount or Dynamic Discounting agreements with their suppliers as a trade off for helping the supplier shorten their DSO cycle. You can read our thoughts on that here… http://insight.cloudxdpo.com/blog/?Tag=early+payment+discount