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10<br />
Clients discuss <strong>Intrum</strong> <strong>Justitia</strong><br />
Each year we have 730,000 incoming<br />
and 330,000 outgoing direct<br />
contacts with debtors<br />
Each business receivable averages<br />
2,300 and each consumer<br />
receivable EUR 460<br />
EUR 2,300<br />
51 percent of debtors<br />
are younger than 35<br />
14 nationalities are represented<br />
among our staff of 375<br />
Figures from <strong>Intrum</strong> <strong>Justitia</strong> Netherlands<br />
“Without strict receivables<br />
management we couldn’t have<br />
stayed in the market.”<br />
DailyCom is one of the fastest-growing newcomers to the<br />
Dutch telecom market. Its business concept is to offer<br />
lower prices than the competition, which in turn requires<br />
far-reaching cost controls. For this reason, DailyCom<br />
outsources as many processes as possible to partners.<br />
Since 2004 it has outsourced receivables management to<br />
<strong>Intrum</strong> <strong>Justitia</strong>.<br />
“As a low-price alternative in the telecom market, we<br />
have to act as a sales company,” says Raymond Schrama,<br />
President of DailyCom. “Other telecom providers devote<br />
95 percent of their energy to their organizations and<br />
managing personnel and business processes. Only fi ve<br />
percent is left over for marketing. We do the opposite.<br />
We outsource everything we can to partners.<br />
“In our industry, you can’t stay in business without strict<br />
credit management,” he continues. “Client fraud is one of<br />
the biggest risks. We couldn’t imagine entrusting our credit<br />
management to anyone other than a highly professional<br />
partner, and <strong>Intrum</strong> <strong>Justitia</strong> made our plans a reality.”<br />
Raymond Schrama,<br />
President<br />
“In In some countries, a due date<br />
istreatedasthetimetostart<br />
is treated as the time to start<br />
negotiatingpayment.That’swhen<br />
negotiating payment. That’s when<br />
it’s good to have a professional<br />
partner.”<br />
Yara Industrial is a major player in the Norwegian gas<br />
and chemicals market as well as a client of <strong>Intrum</strong> <strong>Justitia</strong><br />
since 1992. Maintaining tight control over tied-up capital<br />
is essential in the industry, and Yara Industrial carefully<br />
monitors how well <strong>Intrum</strong> <strong>Justitia</strong> succeeds in collecting<br />
its receivables.<br />
“A short time between the due date and collection<br />
actions is critical,” says Senior Credit Offi cer Bjørn Ø<br />
Andersen. “If we don’t have our documents in order, it’s<br />
hard for <strong>Intrum</strong> <strong>Justitia</strong> to do a good job. We in turn require<br />
that <strong>Intrum</strong> <strong>Justitia</strong> collect on a certain percentage of our<br />
claims each month.”<br />
Over the course of a year, Yara Industrial has approximately<br />
NOK 100 M in outstanding receivables, of which 15<br />
percent are overdue. This equates to some 3,500 collection<br />
cases a year.<br />
“<strong>Intrum</strong> <strong>Justitia</strong> is a well-known name in collections that<br />
carries weight, which is important to us,” says Bjørn Ø<br />
Andersen.<br />
BjørnØAndersen,<br />
Bjørn Ø Andersen,<br />
Senior Credit Offi cer<br />
Each year we have240,000 240,000 incoming<br />
and and180,000 180,000 outgoing direct<br />
contacts with debtors<br />
We draw up 55,000 new<br />
installment plans<br />
18 percent of debtors are<br />
younger than30 30<br />
17 nationalities are represented<br />
among our staff of of180<br />
Figures from <strong>Intrum</strong> <strong>Justitia</strong> Switzerland