Professional services: DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) dashboards with aging buckets + at-risk-customer flags; 30-45 days is a common "good" benchmark; rising DSO is an early cash-flow warning

Claim: Professional services: DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) dashboards with aging buckets + at-risk-customer flags, plus utilization / realization. A DSO of 30-45 days is a common "good" benchmark; rising DSO is an early cash-flow warning and can signal a single large late-paying customer, looser sales terms, or weaker collections.

Source: Multiple independent finance sources (industry-consensus).

Confidence: Verified.

Why this matters for Candid: Canonical internal dashboard for Candid itself and most professional-services SMB clients. Each number ties to a specific intervention (chase a customer, tighten terms, fund a gap) — passes The "what would I do if this number doubled or halved tomorrow?" test — if no action follows, it's vanity cleanly.