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How do you use aging trends to set collection targets and staffing?

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Trending bucket movements and roll-rates over time shows whether overdue balances are growing or shrinking, informing realistic collection targets, workload, and staffing. Rising later buckets may justify more collectors or process changes; improving trends validate current effort. Targets tie to DSO, CEI, and bad-debt goals.
Real-world example A three-month upward trend in the 60-90 bucket justifies adding a collector and tightening credit before losses grow.

Common follow-ups: What do worsening bucket trends imply? | How do targets link to DSO and CEI?

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