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8 Best Practices for Forecasting and Managing Cash Flow

The Finance Weekly

A single cash shortage can drastically alter the course of an organization. When used effectively, forecasts serve as powerful planning tools , enabling consideration of various potential scenarios, allowing the executive team to devise tentative plans based on multiple projections.

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Check Your Company’s Oil

CFO Simplified

Develop a cash flow forecast — I hope that you’re not running your company by checkbook. Concentrate on them. But it’s important to have a plan to check some important things regularly. Let’s take a look at seven things that you should be doing regularly that will keep you from getting a bad surprise.