Cash flow forecasts
Cash flow forecasts project cash flow into the future, measuring liquidity over a future period of time in order to ensure that there will be enough cash coming in to finance activities. Cash flow forecasts are important documents because they allows companies to identify cash shortcomings, ensure they can pay upcoming bills, suppliers and staff, and identify problems with customer invoicing.
In a nutshell, the cash flow forecast:
- Allows companies to predict periods of low liquidity
- Gain transparency into the capacity to self-finance
- Allows companies to identify periods of high liquidity and thus, use those cash resources to generate more profit