Glossary term
Collections workflow (service AR)
Also called: AR collections · invoice collections
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The fastest collections improvements are usually upstream: purchase orders, approver contacts, and billing entities captured before work closes.
Downstream, collections is a policy problem expressed as cadence: when to remind, who owns strategic accounts, and how disputes get tagged so finance does not fight the same battle twice.
Field service adds complexity because job completion and invoice correctness are intertwined—AR excellence is partly a dispatch and technician documentation problem.
Industry relevance
Especially relevant for commercial contractors with multi-tier approvals, progress billing, and long-tail SMB balances.
Industry tags: field service general
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FAQs
Are collections and dunning the same thing?
Dunning is one tactic (automated reminders). A collections workflow also includes data fixes, dispute taxonomy, escalation ownership, and customer communication standards.
