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Cash Flow and Scenario Planning
Follow dated receipts and payments, connect working capital to operating activity, and test cash gaps under clearly stated business scenarios.
Follow dated receipts and payments, connect working capital to operating activity, and test cash gaps under clearly stated business scenarios.
Start with the question you need to answer, then choose the tool or worked example that uses the same cost boundary and time period. The guides explain the assumptions behind each calculation. All sample amounts are hypothetical; replace them with your own records before making a plan.
Calculators
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Cash Flow Calculator
Reconcile opening cash, dated receipts and payments for one period, retaining negative balances and showing…
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Cash Runway Calculator
Estimate time until a chosen cash reserve is reached under constant monthly flows, with explicit states for…
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Cash Conversion Cycle Calculator
Combine inventory, collection and supplier-payment days into a cash conversion cycle, including a negative…
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Working Capital Calculator
Calculate net working capital and the current ratio from balance-sheet amounts, keeping illiquid assets…
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Profit Scenario Calculator
Change price, sales volume and variable cost together and compare modeled operating profit with the base…
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Cash Stress Calculator
Stress one cash period with delayed receipts and an extra payment, showing the resulting shortfall and the…
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Client Receipt Concentration Calculator
Measure one client's share of planned cash receipts and stress a specified portion arriving after the…
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Cash Forecast Error Calculator
Reconcile actual closing cash against a forecast using signed receipt and payment differences, with explicit…
Cash Timing
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Comparison
Profit vs Cash Flow: Follow the Dates
Follow a sale from delivery to payment and see why positive operating profit can coexist with a falling cash…
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Build an Invoice Collection Schedule
Turn invoices into dated cash receipts using collection assumptions, opening receivables and a…
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Build a Rolling 13-Week Cash Forecast
Build a weekly cash forecast from opening cash, dated receipts and payments, then roll it forward without…
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Seasonal Cash Reserve from the Cash Trough
Estimate a seasonal cash reserve from cumulative receipts and payments, including the lowest projected balance…
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Cash Runway and Burn: Handle Zero Burn Correctly
Estimate runway from usable cash and net cash burn, distinguishing gross spending, a minimum cushion and…
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Customer Deposits: Cash Before Revenue
Track customer deposits as cash receipts and delivery commitments, with an example that separates cash…
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Inventory Purchases: Cash Timing vs Goods Sold
Track inventory purchase payments separately from the cost of goods sold, using a unit rollforward and a…
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Build a Vendor Payment Calendar
Schedule vendor payments by due date, deposits and remaining balances so a monthly expense total does not hide…
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Equipment Purchases: Cash Outflow vs Expense
Separate the cash paid for equipment from an illustrative depreciation expense, with a simple profit and…
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Monthly vs Weekly Cash Planning
Compare monthly and weekly cash forecasts and see how the same monthly total can contain a shortfall before…
Working Capital
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Comparison
Working Capital vs Cash: Read Both Measures
Compare net working capital with usable cash and see why receivables and inventory cannot automatically…
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Cash Conversion Cycle: Add the Timing Components
Calculate a cash conversion cycle from inventory, collection and supplier-payment days, while keeping the…
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Days Sales Outstanding: Use Credit Sales
Calculate days sales outstanding with average receivables and credit sales, then test the effect of…
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Days Inventory Outstanding: Cost-Based Timing
Calculate inventory days using average inventory at cost and cost of goods sold, with limits for seasonal…
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Days Payable Outstanding: Choose the Right Base
Calculate payable days from average trade payables and credit purchases, and disclose when cost of goods…
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Early-Payment Discounts: Amount vs Cash Timing
Compare an invoice discount with the earlier cash payment it requires, using actual supplier terms and a dated…
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Growth and the Working-Capital Cash Gap
Estimate how higher sales can increase receivables and inventory before cash catches up, using a…
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Inventory Reorders: Quantity and Cash Timing
Connect a reorder quantity to deposits, lead time and supplier payments, while testing stock coverage and…
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Turn Receivables Aging into a Cash Forecast
Convert aging buckets into expected receipts while separating timing uncertainty, disputed invoices and…
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Negative Working Capital: Explain the Components
Interpret negative working capital by tracing customer advances, supplier balances and payment dates instead…
Scenarios
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Price and Volume Sensitivity: Test Both Inputs
Build a price-volume sensitivity table that shows operating profit, with explicit variable costs and no…
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Cost Inflation Scenarios by Cost Component
Model different increases in materials, packaging and overhead, then calculate the price needed to preserve…
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Build Base, Downside and Upside Scenarios
Create coherent business scenarios with explicit price, volume and cost assumptions, avoiding unsupported…
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Price and Volume Variance: Reconcile Revenue
Explain a revenue change using price and volume effects that add exactly to the total, with an explicit…
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Break-Even Sensitivity and Impossible Results
Test how price, variable cost and fixed costs move break-even volume, including capacity limits and cases with…
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Cash Stress Testing: Shift Dates and Amounts
Stress a cash forecast with delayed collections, lost sales and unexpected payments, preserving the lowest…
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Scenario Probabilities and Expected Profit
Calculate a probability-weighted operating result while keeping individual losses visible and distinguishing…
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Forecast vs Budget: Explain the Difference
Use a budget as a target and a forecast as an updated estimate, with a flexible-budget bridge that separates…
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Capacity Constraints in Profit Scenarios
Test whether a profitable sales scenario fits available bottleneck time, using contribution per constrained…
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Set Decision Triggers from Scenario Assumptions
Turn a scenario into observable thresholds, response lead times and review dates, using contribution and…
Promotion Decisions
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Gift Card Redemption: Cash and Delivery Obligations
Track gift-card issuance receipts, redeemed value, remaining obligations, and later fulfillment costs in an…
Service Operations
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Client Concentration and Receipt Timing
Measure the cash forecast's dependence on one customer and test a delayed receipt separately from that…
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Project Work in Progress and Cash Committed
Track incurred work, paid costs, billed amounts and receipts separately to understand project cash committed…
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Annual Contract Renewals and Cash Commitments
Build a renewal calendar that separates annual payments, monthly cost allocations and the earlier dates when…
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Delayed Project Starts and the Cash Schedule
Test a later project start by shifting dependent receipts and payments while retaining costs and capacity…
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Analyze Cash Forecast Errors by Cause
Separate receipt and payment forecast misses, then compare signed bias with absolute error so offsetting…
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Link Receipt and Payment Scenario Assumptions
Build cash scenarios that respect shared causes and timing, distinguishing linked variable payments from…
Reference tables and worked examples
Inspect the intermediate numbers and the limits of the model.
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Cash Timing and Profit Reference
Follow a hypothetical earned invoice and related costs across two months to see why operating profit and…
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Working Capital Days Reference
Convert hypothetical receivable, inventory and payable balances into day measures with explicit sales, cost…
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Price and Volume Profit Scenario Grid
Compare operating profit across hypothetical prices and unit volumes with $30 variable cost and $10,000…
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Weekly Cash Forecast Worked Example
Trace a four-week hypothetical cash schedule that ends the month positive while exposing an unfunded payment…
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Cash Forecast Error Reconciliation Table
Reconcile receipt and payment errors with closing cash across five scenarios, keeping each sign and percentage…
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