Cash Planning

Project monthly cash movement using forecast-driven inflows, payment terms, and manual cash adjustments.

Cash Planning turns forecast and operating assumptions into a forward-looking cash view. It helps teams understand when cash is expected to tighten, which periods need attention, and which assumptions are driving the movement.

What the Page Shows

The page combines several layers of cash information:

  • summary metrics such as lowest cash, ending cash, and at-risk periods
  • a monthly cash chart with a zoomable date range
  • manual cash items that affect the selected range
  • monthly rollups showing opening cash, inflows, deductions, adjustments, and closing cash
  • dated timeline entries that explain the selected period in more detail

Initial Setup

If Cash Planning has not been configured yet, ProFeT opens the setup flow automatically.

Core setup fields include:

  • Opening cash balance
  • Low-cash warning threshold
  • Production payment days
  • Default customer payment days

You can also add customer-specific payment-term overrides where certain accounts pay differently from the default.

Manual Cash Items

Use manual cash items to model cash events that do not come directly from forecasted sales or system-derived deductions.

Typical examples include:

  • payroll
  • tax payments
  • rent or overhead
  • one-off adjustments
  • other labelled cash events

Manual items are especially useful when you want the cash view to reflect known non-sales movements without changing the commercial forecast itself.

Monthly Rollups

Each monthly row is server-computed and summarises:

  • opening cash
  • total inflows
  • total deductions
  • manual adjustments
  • closing cash

Use these rollups to quickly identify periods that are negative or below the warning threshold before drilling into the dated timeline.

Timeline Entries

Selecting a period narrows the detailed timeline to the events driving that slice of the chart. This makes it easier to understand whether a cash issue is caused by delayed inflows, large deductions, or manually entered items.

Cash Planning is most useful when you want to:

  • review whether the live plan creates a near-term cash squeeze
  • test whether payment terms are realistic for key customers
  • add expected cash outflows that sit outside standard forecast logic
  • explain why a particular month becomes negative or falls below threshold
  • Dashboard — Compare commercial performance and live variances
  • Live Forecast — Review the forecast that feeds planning assumptions
  • Reports — Export supporting data for finance and operations
  • Settings & Admin — Review tenant defaults and related setup surfaces