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For owners watching the collections number

Receivables ageing software that tells you who to call this morning.

Aura Business buckets every unpaid invoice by how long it has been outstanding, ranks customers by what is at risk rather than what is loudest, keeps a running customer ledger, and applies the credit limit and credit days you agreed.

Ageing buckets across the whole bookCustomer ledger with every invoice and receiptCredit limits and credit days applied
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Aura Business owner dashboard showing receivables ageing buckets and the largest overdue customer balances
In one sentence

What an ageing view is for

Receivables ageing sorts every unpaid invoice by how long it has been outstanding and groups it into buckets, so a balance that is a week old is never confused with one that is five months old. The total owed is a number your accountant already has. The ageing is what tells you which part of it is still normal trade credit and which part is a problem.

Aura Business holds this in the Finance and Accounting suite, fed directly by the invoices raised in the billing suite and the receipts entered against them. Because invoices, receipts, customer credit terms and the WhatsApp reminder run through the same system, the ageing view is also a working list: you can open the customer, see every open invoice, and act on it.

Why collections slip

Everyone knows the total outstanding. Almost nobody knows the shape of it.

A distributor with healthy sales and bad collections is a distributor that runs out of cash while looking profitable.

One number, no structure

The outstanding figure is known to the rupee and nobody can say how much of it is over ninety days.

Chasing by noise

The customer who calls gets attention, while the quiet one with the oldest balance is never rung.

Receipts not applied

Payments arrive as bulk transfers and are never matched to specific invoices, so the ledger drifts.

Credit limits nobody checks

A customer already past their agreed limit is despatched to again because the limit lives in someone's head.

Follow-up leaves no trace

Three people chase the same customer and none of them knows what the last one was told.

Disputes surface at ninety days

An invoice was never going to be paid because of a short delivery, and nobody found out for a quarter.

How collections run

From invoice raised to money in the bank.

01

Invoice raised

The GST tax invoice enters the customer ledger with its date and due date.

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02

Credit terms applied

The customer's credit days set when the invoice becomes overdue, not a general rule.

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03

Ageing calculated

The open balance falls into a bucket and moves along as it ages.

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Chase list built

The desk works down by age and value, not by who telephoned.

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05

Reminder sent

An automated WhatsApp reminder goes out on the schedule you set.

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Receipt applied

Payment matched against specific invoices, and the ledger and ageing update.

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Escalated or resolved

A disputed invoice is flagged and settled by credit note rather than sitting in the bucket.

What is included

The Finance modules behind collections.

📊The ageing view

  • Receivables ageing by bucket
  • Ageing by customer, territory and product line
  • Largest overdue balances first
  • Owner and CEO dashboard summary

📜The customer ledger

  • Every invoice, receipt and credit note per customer
  • Payments and receipts applied to invoices
  • Credit notes and returns adjusted in the balance
  • Statement for the customer

🔒Credit control

  • Credit limit per customer
  • Credit days driving the due date
  • Warning when an order breaches the limit
  • Role-based access to credit decisions

📱Follow-up

  • Payment tracker with reminders
  • WhatsApp payment reminders on a schedule
  • Follow-up notes against the customer
  • Distributor payment and UTR confirmation

See all 87 modules across 12 suites →

In practice

Four collection days that get shorter.

The morning chase list writes itself

Workflow: The oldest and largest open balances are at the top of the ageing view with contact details and the last follow-up note.

Result: The calls that matter are made first.

A bulk transfer is matched properly

Workflow: A hospital pays one amount against four invoices; the receipt is split and applied to each.

Result: The ledger agrees with the customer's own records.

An over-limit order is caught

Workflow: A dealer already past their credit limit places another order and the limit breach is flagged before despatch.

Result: Exposure stops growing on its own.

A dispute is found in week two

Workflow: A reminder prompts the customer to say a line was short-supplied, and a credit note settles it.

Result: The invoice leaves the bucket instead of ageing in it.

Who it is for

Businesses selling on credit into institutions.

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Medical equipment distributors

Hospital payment cycles that run long by habit.

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Consumables and reagent dealers

High invoice counts where small balances add up.

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Importers and national distributors

Dealer networks with individual credit limits.

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Service companies

Contract instalments and service invoices both outstanding.

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Industrial and electrical trade

Project billing with retention and staged payments.

The honest comparison

A monthly report, or a live collections desk.

 
Spreadsheets and WhatsApp
Accounting software
Aura Business
Ageing buckets
Rebuilt by hand
Yes, as a report
Live, with the invoices behind each bucket
Who to chase first
Whoever is remembered
You read the report
Ranked by age and value on the desk
Credit limit enforced
In someone's head
Sometimes a warning
Flagged at order and despatch
Reminders
Typed one by one
Email statements
Automated WhatsApp on a schedule
Follow-up history
Not kept
Not kept
Notes against the customer record
Link to the sale
None
Invoice only
Order, challan, invoice, contract and job
Proof

Platforms we have actually shipped.

Questions

Receivables ageing, answered.

Can we set our own ageing buckets?

Yes. The bucket boundaries are configured to match how your business thinks about credit, because a distributor selling to government hospitals has a very different sense of normal from one selling to private clinics.

Does it replace our accounting software?

No. It manages invoicing, receipts, ageing and collections. Your accountant keeps the books, using the Tally or accounting export and the GST returns prep. See GST billing.

How are credit limits handled?

Each customer carries a credit limit and credit days. The credit days set the due date on their invoices, and an order that would take the customer past the limit is flagged for a decision before despatch.

Can one payment settle several invoices?

Yes. A receipt can be applied across multiple open invoices, wholly or partly, so a bulk transfer from a hospital leaves the ledger accurate rather than sitting as an unallocated credit.

Are AMC instalments included in the ageing?

Yes. Contract instalments, product invoices and service invoices are all invoices, so they age together and appear in the same customer balance. See AMC billing.

Can reminders go out automatically?

Yes. Outstanding reminders can be sent on a schedule over WhatsApp and stop when the invoice is settled. See WhatsApp payment reminders.

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