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As a corporate controller, you will want to analyze days sales outstanding (DSO). DSO is a measure of the average collection period, that is, the average number of days that a company takes to collect on its accounts receivable. Therefore, analyzing DSO helps to manage your company’s efficiency in collecting outstanding receivables and to define measures to increase the availability of cash.

Analysis Categories and KPIs

To analyze relevant measures from various views and in more detail the following categories are provided:

  • Time

    Analysis steps that depict a development over time

  • Company Code

  • Country of Company Code

  • Customer

  • Country of Customer

  • Customer Group

  • Sales Organization

  • Distribution Channel

  • Division

  • Sales District

  • Aging

    Analysis of a company's accounts receivable categorized by the length of time an invoice has been outstanding

  • Net Due Days

    Analysis steps that analyze receivables categorized by their net due days, that is, the number of days in which the invoice is expected to be paid

  • Days in Arrears

    Analysis steps that depict receivables categorized by their days in arrears, that is, the number of days that receivables are overdue. Days in arrears can also have a negative value. This indicates the number of days in which an invoice will be due.

  • Receivables

The following measures are available to analyze your DSO:

  • DSO

  • Overdue DSO

  • Best Possible DSO

  • Revenue

  • Receivables

  • Overdue Receivables

  • Open Receivables

  • Cleared Receivables