5 Ways To Improve Your B2B Relationships Business-to-business relationships often require good faith arrangements. Due to a lack of up-front funds, suppliers like you must extend trade credit to maintain B2B partnerships. However, when you enter into trade credit agreements, you place yourself in a vulnerable position. With too few regulations and security measures, these …
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March 30, 2022Cash Flow
Companies in the business-to-business space have historically been slower to embrace new technologies than companies in other sectors. Embracing new B2B technology can give you a competitive edge and improve almost every aspect of your business. Benefits of Using B2B Technology By implementing B2B technology into your business, you may see a number of advantages. …
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March 22, 2022Cash Flow
Trade credit is the lifeline of SMEs in Australia. In fact, businesses of all sizes rely on commercial credit. It ensures that they have the resources to meet clients’ needs, whether they have enough liquid assets or not. However, the businesses supplying this B2B credit take on high levels of risk. Over the years, financial …
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March 22, 2022Cash Flow
Xero has grown exponentially over the past few years. The New Zealand company has become a strong contender for Quickbooks and now boasts 3 million subscribers. One of the features that continually draws new users is the ease of setting payment terms in Xero. Whether your business requires payment in seven days or 30, the …
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February 4, 2022Cash Flow , Late Payments
Everything that happens leading up to signing a new wholesale customer is the hard part. You need to create a product, then produce it at a price that stacks up. You then need to create a brand, get the name out there, visit customers, negotiate pricing, volumes and get them to say yes. As I …
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The financial health of a business is arguably the biggest determining factor for longevity. This is why accounting plays such a crucial business role. However, no matter how skilled the accountants you have onboard may be, the more manual processes involved in accounting, the higher the risks of human error. In worst-case scenarios, it could …
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January 11, 2022Cash Flow , Late Payments
Some industries, such as retail and food service, operate primarily on a payment at the time of service basis. However, most business-to-business transactions are made on credit. This means goods or services are delivered before payment is received. Accounts receivable is how businesses track the money that is owed to them for goods or services …
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In 2021, DEAR Systems made significant updates to its platform. Their core product is better, faster and has built unique ways for products sellers to grow. An area where functionality has expanded has been payments, having launched DEAR payments in addition to partnering with 5 other payment services providers. These payment providers process credit card transactions …
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November 19, 2021Cash Flow , Late Payments
82% of businesses fail due to poor cash flow. Most of these businesses are wholesale/suppliers who offer their goods on trade credit. Why do they fail? Late payments. You probably already knew this. You’re in the game yourself and face these problems on a regular basis. Late payments are a large problem for small to …
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Cash flow is key to the success of every business. Poor inventory management can negatively affect your cash flow, the overall productivity of your business, and your bottom line. But if you’re a growing company, you may not realise just how much a solid inventory management system can improve your cash flow.  How cloud …
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