Delaying payment to vendors can improve cash flow

George Cloutier, CEO of American Management Services, uses a case study of a small factory to illustrate why improving collections contributes to a healthier cash flow. In this case, the small company was paying vendors as soon as the bills came in but invoices for bills customers owed languished unpaid for months.

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This story published in NFIB SmartBrief on 10/28/2009





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