The company in this example had decided to use two credit control outsourcing companies with each assigned 50% of the sales ledger. The intention was that competition between the service providers would give the best performance and service price. Lack of knowledge, costly mistakes Two credit control outsourcing service companies were already in place. Sterling was [...]
In the past 6 months over a quarter of UK companies have suffered financial loss due to the insolvency of a customer according to research by R3, the association of business recovery professionals. The figures are evidence of a domino effect, where one insolvency leads to others in suppliers. Implementing an effective credit policy with regular [...]
In an ideal world your credit control service should never be stuck completing admin duties. Any time away from the phone, chasing outstanding payments is time lost. Our goal is to reduce admin time as much as possible to ensure that our client gets the most out of our service and we can continue to collect [...]
We started working with Sterling Outsourcing in March 2016, due to the need to have a credit control function, but not having enough to justify employing someone to do the job. I cannot give anything but praise to the team, as, within 18 months, they have taken us to a position where about 90% of our [...]
Employ or Outsource your Credit Control position? Obviously I will say outsource, but with good reason. Working in an office filled with teams of credit controllers gives me plenty of great insight into how credit control truly makes a difference between make and break for many SME’s, and how time consuming the process is. Having an [...]