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Collections Effectiveness Index(CEI) Calculator

Collection Effectiveness Index(CEI) is a popular metric across industries that gives the Order to Cash leaders a better understanding of how their A/R teams perform. Collection Effectiveness Index can be simply defined as “The percentage of account receivables that are collected in a given period of time.”

The CEI provides a clear understanding of the performance of the Credit and Collection teams. A higher CEI indicates that the organization incorporates a strong credit policy and effective collections process.

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CEI?

Innovate your payment policy, by offering:
  • Online Payments
  • Having incentives for early payments
  • Introducing progress payments

There should a structured workflow in case of outstanding invoices based on their:
  • Online Payments
  • Having incentives for early payments
  • Introducing progress payments

Effective ways for managing invoices:
  • Tracker to ensure on-time delivery of invoices
  • Proof-reading of invoices

When preparing for a Collections call, the following tips are critical:
  • Recall the previous customer interactions
  • reach out to the right person
  • research about customer background

The credit policies can be designed according to:
  • Customer behavior
  • Customer payment patterns

There Should a structured workflow in case of outstanding invoices based on their:
  • Aging buckets
  • Call summary
  • Customer payment behavior
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They achieved 90% Collections Effective Index by implementing HighRadius Collections software in 12 weeks.

Here are some of the ways they used AI and automation to improve their collection workflow and achieve a great CEI :

  • AI-Based Prioritized Worklists : Using AI-based worklist prioritization, their collectors were automatically recommended critical actions which they could take for their customers. These worklists are prioritized according to aging buckets, customer payment behavior and other metrics, allowing collectors to reach out to the right customers on time..
  • Automated Dunning : They used automated dunning to send templatized correspondence with the system automatically attaching the required documents to the email draft which saved their collection team valuable staff-hours. This ensured high-risk customers were reached out on-time, with the correct documents, informing them about their payment dates.
  • Integrated Payment Gateway Links : It allowed them to have gateway links embedded in their automated collection emails. This enabled their customers more flexibility to make payments with their preferred payment format.
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With the kind of growth we were experiencing, with the demand for better cash flow and zero budget for additional headcount, we understood that without automating it was very difficult to attain our goals

Elizabeth Chamorro
Elizabeth Chamorro
Credit Manager
Yaskawa America Inc

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If you want to know more about these features and get a clear roadmap towards improving your CEI and optimizing your Collections process get on a 15 minute call with our financial technology expert.