Credit survival is only half of customer value.

The customer-value model behind a defensible credit-limit decision.

Your largest customers may produce the most revenue. That does not mean they produce the most profit for every dollar of credit you extend.

A bank measures risk against a lending spread. Your company should measure risk against margin, line velocity, credit cost, and long-term buyer value.

In trade credit, the P&L shows the bad debt you avoided. It does not show the profitable buyers you never funded.

The score says “high risk.” The economics may still say “worth funding.”

Bad debt is visible. Forgone margin is not. That is why many credit policies ask the wrong first question: how risky is this buyer?

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