The Blixo Blog explores how to modernize the entire order‑to‑cash process with real AR automation and subscription management that make getting paid feel simple, human, and stress‑free. We cover everything from automating invoicing and recurring billing to managing subscriptions, streamlining collections, improving customer communication, and removing the manual work from cash application and reconciliation. You’ll learn how to eliminate clunky AR workflows, reduce payment delays, and replace outdated billing systems with something that actually works. Whether you run a service business, a SaaS company, or any B2B operation, the blog helps you build a cleaner, faster, more predictable accounts receivable workflow from invoice to cash.
Key Takeaways - NetSuite's Collections Module provides documented multi-level dunning automation with customizable escalation intervals. Public materials for Blixo confirm automated collections and dunning capabilities, though detailed dunning cadenc...
In short: SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Oracle ERP Cloud handle accounting, consolidation, and the general ledger. They do not publish product-level benchmarks on dunning speed, reconciliation cycle time, or touchless-posting rates. Most finance teams resol...
In short: - ERPs handle accounting and inventory, but invoice-to-cash needs delivery tracking, payment matching, and collections workflows they don't provide. - AR automation platforms sync with your ERP and own the customer-facing work—invoice deliv...
In short: No benchmark isolates AR platform type as the driver of close speed. Automation and integration reduce close time—but those gains depend on implementation quality and whether the tool fits your billing model. For subscription businesses wit...
In short: Most ERPs record transactions but don't manage collections workflows or reconcile messy payment scenarios in real time. That architectural gap creates status conflicts: an invoice shows closed in your collections platform while the ERP stil...
In short: AR automation handles structured work well: clean invoices, obvious matches, scheduled reminders. The part that moves DSO lives elsewhere — the short payment with no explanation, the wire covering twenty invoices with a vague reference, the...
In short: Payment and remittance data arrive through separate channels in the US. AR teams must manually connect bank deposits with explanations. Unmatched payments distort aging reports and inflate DSO, even when customers have paid. Standard ERP ma...
The Short Version Manual collection calls lock AR teams into reactive mode: you chase whoever made it to the top of today's call queue, not the accounts that matter most. Automation turns customer outreach from post-mortem dunning into continuous com...
TL;DR - Manual cash application stays accurate when data is clean. The problem is that B2B customers bury payment details in unstructured PDFs, emails, and thin ACH or wire references. - As ACH and wire volume grows, remittance data often gets thinne...