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Milestone billing

Last updated: August 2026

Milestone billing invoices a project when defined stages of work complete — mobilization, mechanical completion, interconnection — rather than on delivery or a calendar schedule. Cash arrives when the project says so.

The supply-chain effect

The buyer's inflows are lumpy and milestone-shaped, so the terms they ask of their suppliers stretch to match. A supplier on NET-30 selling to a milestone-billed contractor is really on the project's schedule.

Terms that match the milestones

Yellowpay underwrites milestone-driven cash cycles directly, which is what makes buyer terms up to NET-120 priceable — while the supplier is paid within 2 business days.

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