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As a corporate controller, you will want to analyze days payables outstanding (DPO). DPO is a measure of the average payment period for costs of goods sold, this is, the average number of days it takes a company to pay its invoices from trade creditors, such as suppliers. Therefore, analyzing DPO gives an important indication of the paying habits of the company, the average time it takes to make payments, and the company’s credit worthiness.

Analysis Categories and KPIs

To analyze required 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

  • Vendor

  • Country of Vendor

  • Aging

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

  • Net Due Days

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

  • Payables

The following measures are available to analyze your DPO:

  • Overdue DPO

  • Best Possible DPO

  • DPO

  • Expense

  • Overdue Payables

  • Open Payables

  • Payables

  • Cleared Payables