Order-to-cash, explained
Where revenue becomes cash
Practical, working-level thinking on collections, cash application, disputes and the metrics that show whether the whole order-to-cash cycle is working. For the people who run it, and the people who will.
A customer commits. Pricing, terms and credit exposure are set here, and they decide the DSO you will see months later.
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Learn it, measure it, look it up
Read
Short, structured write-ups and episode series on the parts of O2C that textbooks skip.
Browse writing →Calculators
DSO (standard and countback), CEI, best possible DSO and average days delinquent. Runs in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere.
Open calculators →Glossary
Plain-language definitions with the formulas and the traps, from DSO and CEI to STP rate and unapplied cash.
Look up a term →Videos
Short explainers that walk through the same ideas visually.
Watch →Latest reading
New on O2C Verse
- DSO vs CEI: what each one actually measures
Two numbers, two different questions. Why DSO can rise while collections improve, and why CEI can fall while DSO holds still.
Community
A place for O2C people to write and share
O2C Verse is growing into a community where practitioners and finance leaders share how order-to-cash really works, and help each other get it right.
If you have a write-up, a hard-won lesson or a question the site should answer, get in touch.