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Is your credit out of control?
Author(s) -
Staplehurst Trevor
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.18.1.35
Subject(s) - cheque , control (management) , function (biology) , business , finance , accounting , actuarial science , management , economics , computer science , world wide web , biology , evolutionary biology
CREDIT control is an essential function within any commercial enterprise. However, veterinary surgeons often seem to consider themselves exempt from this harsh reality of business life: the vet‐client relationship must not be sullied with such a tacky consideration as money! However, at the end of the month the senior partner wants a drawings cheque and the junior assistant wants a pay cheque. Even nonbotanists are aware that money does not grow on trees… In this article, and those on pages 36 and 38, three approaches to credit control are described.