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What Does Credit Management Training Have to Do with Your Bottom Line?

What Does Credit Management Training Have to Do with Your Bottom Line?

by Tom Claybaugh, President, MSCCM | Mar 29, 2017 | Commercial Credit Management

Many company owners take time to develop onboarding plans for their new hires. This onboarding generally includes an overview of the company and employees’ new roles as well as on-the-job training sessions to familiarize employees with their new positions. Too often,...
4 Ways to Improve Your Profits Through Strong Collection Practices

4 Ways to Improve Your Profits Through Strong Collection Practices

by Tom Claybaugh, President, MSCCM | Mar 1, 2017 | Collections

One major challenge in extending credit to customers is maximizing collection returns. Meanwhile, you need to have strong credit policies in place to minimize risk. Here are four ways business leaders can improve their profits: 1. Analyze collection trends. Collection...
How Can You Improve Your Underwriting Process?

How Can You Improve Your Underwriting Process?

by Tom Claybaugh, President, MSCCM | Feb 13, 2017 | Underwriting

You should never underestimate the power of a strong credit policy. Business operations depend on cash flow, which depends on customers’ reliability to pay invoices. You should base your credit policy on numerous factors, including how well it suits your business...
Fine-Tune Your Credit Risk Management Process

Fine-Tune Your Credit Risk Management Process

by Tom Claybaugh, President, MSCCM | Jan 31, 2017 | Risk Management

The start of a new year is always a good time to review your credit management and collections policies. Are your systems functioning properly? Are you managing risk in a way that makes sense for you and your business? If you answered “no” or aren’t...
Accelerate Your Application Processing

Accelerate Your Application Processing

by Tom Claybaugh, President, MSCCM | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog Posts

To keep your business running smoothly and effectively, you must be able to determine whether it’s worth extending credit to individuals or business leaders in a timely fashion. If your process is too fast, you run the risk of making mistakes; if it’s too slow, you...
Get It In Writing: Create a Credit Policy

Get It In Writing: Create a Credit Policy

by Tom Claybaugh, President, MSCCM | Dec 27, 2016 | Credit Account Management

As businesses grow and industries change, it often becomes necessary for you to extend credit to clients. This process allows you to do business with more customers since not all can pay at the exact sale or service time. Many business owners handle this process...
Business Owners Out-Manage Credit Compared to Their Consumer Counterparts

Business Owners Out-Manage Credit Compared to Their Consumer Counterparts

by Tom Claybaugh, President, MSCCM | Dec 14, 2016 | Blog Posts

Before venturing out to start small businesses, people often ask themselves, “How will this affect my personal financial situation?” Many are fearful new venues will have negative implications on their personal credit and debt ratios. In The Face of Small Business...
Don’t Fall Into the Cash Flow Gap

Don’t Fall Into the Cash Flow Gap

by Tom Claybaugh, President, MSCCM | Nov 2, 2016 | Cash Flow

Have you ever waited around on pins and needles for a customer to pay a bill? Do you often check your accounts receivable transactions to see where you stand? Most business managers go through this, and the longer they do, the more anxious they feel. These thoughts...
Estimate Uncollectible Accounts: Best Practices

Estimate Uncollectible Accounts: Best Practices

by Tom Claybaugh, President, MSCCM | Oct 26, 2016 | Risk Management

Despite your best efforts, an unavoidable part of doing business is the occasional uncollectible account. Although every business owner wants to avoid this and does her or his best to do so, uncollectible accounts are inevitable. These accounts are receivables or...
Get Your Business Collections on the Global Scale

Get Your Business Collections on the Global Scale

by Tom Claybaugh, President, MSCCM | Oct 5, 2016 | Collections

Living in a truly global economy has international commerce on the rise. While it’s great for business, a unique set of risks comes with this new marketplace. Extending credit to a company leader overseas takes extra care because of the added risk and logistics...
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