Cash
Will we make payroll in three weeks?
A rolling forward view of every bank account, period by period. Money in the bank, money promised, money expected. Change one thing and every period after it updates.
What it does for you
- Fed from customer payments and planned production costs, automatically
- Per account, per period, as far forward as you want to look
- The shortfall shows up before the consequences do
What it does not do yet
Nothing on this engine is a design target. What is described above is what runs.
The shortfall shows up before the consequences do.
Status. Shipped. Nothing on this engine is a design target; what is described is what runs.
What it decides
- Cash in, cash promised, cash expected, per account, per period
- Where the shortfall lands, before it lands
What goes in
- Customer payments
- Planned production costs
- Every bank account
What comes out
- A rolling forward view, as far out as you want to look
- The short period, flagged before the consequences
What it depends on
- Cost, for the planned outflows
- Payments, recorded against the job
What it requires
- Every account and every planned cost in the same view
What breaks without it
- The shortfall shows up as a bounced payment
- Payroll made on a guess