- The dashboard
My work: owed, overdue, 90+ days, days sales outstanding, collected this month, over limit, on hold, releases waiting, sales, the pipeline, tickets at risk (My work, the CRM dashboard).
- Collection performance
The Collections figures for the period: collection effectiveness, days sales outstanding and the best possible, days delinquent, past due, promises kept (Collection figures).
- Run automation
CRM settings > Run automation now runs the dispute, renewal and recovery timers and the ticket scan, which the nightly run does not do (The nightly run and the run-now buttons).
- Permissions
Give roles the CRM menus and permissions; give credit approvers the credit approval permission, and keep at least two approvers (Who can use which CRM screen).
- Settings
Collections automation, Stop credit-blocked sales on save (credit approvers only), release validity, response times, notifications, pipelines (CRM settings and what each one does).
Before you start
- Read My work for the company's receivables, credit, sales and service (My work, the CRM dashboard).
- Choose the period on Collections and read the collection figures (Collection figures).
- At least two people hold the credit approval permission (Who can use which CRM screen).
End of the day
- If you want the dispute, renewal and recovery timers and the ticket scan to run today, press Run automation now: the nightly run does not do them (The nightly run and the run-now buttons).
- Stop credit-blocked sales on save is still on, unless you chose to switch credit enforcement off for the whole company (CRM settings and what each one does).
- Staff who joined or changed role have the CRM menus and permissions they need (Who can use which CRM screen, The CRM menu or a CRM screen is missing).
Common questions
Who can switch off Stop credit-blocked sales on save?
A credit approver who can also change CRM settings (CRM settings and what each one does).
Do disputes, renewals and recoveries escalate overnight?
No. Their timers, and the ticket scan, run only when someone presses Run automation now, a queue's Run button on Follow-ups, or the ticket scan button on Service tickets (The nightly run and the run-now buttons).