Best Practices For Credit Class:
Best Practices to Include in our Credit Class processes include:
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Knowledge of the Collection Process.
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Exceptions to the Collection Process.
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Customer Assignment
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Examine the causes of invoice payment delays and disputes,as they often have their root-causes imbedded in your own operations.
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Emails Vs Follow-up’s
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Review Email Template Set-up
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Review Customer Reports
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Standalone Vs NonStandalone
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Frequency of contact to customer
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Invoice Level Vs Customer Level
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Special terms for customers
Manual Credit Class (Example):
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Customer Contact Frequency: 7
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PastDueInvoice (First Reminder): Balance is GreaterThanOrEqualTo 0, Days Overdue is GreaterThanOrEqualTo30, Cust Total Age GreaterThanOrEqualTo 0.
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Standalone:
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Create Follow-up:
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Activity ID: Phone Call
Automatic Create Class (Example):
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BulkEmail: Introduction Email to SARA – Email Template
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Statement: Customer 30-Day Statement – TotalAge GreaterThan 0, Day of the Month 1
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NewWelcomeLetter: New Invoice Available Online – TotalAge GreaterThan 0, Standalone 1 Day, Email.
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PastDueAgingSteps:
Balance GreaterThan 0
Cust Total Age GreaterThan 0
Days OverDue Between a Range
Reason Code IsEmpty
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Collections: Collection Letter/Phone Call;
Balance GreaterThan 0
Days Overdue GreaterThanOrEqualTo 129
Reason Code IsEmpty
Cust Total Age GreaterThan 0