{"id":22586,"date":"2020-10-15T08:46:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T06:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/cash-flow-forecasting-better-safe-than-sorry\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T15:33:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:33:39","slug":"cash-flow-forecasting-better-safe-than-sorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/en\/cash-flow-forecasting-better-safe-than-sorry\/","title":{"rendered":"Cash Flow Forecasting: better safe than sorry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right-small:0px;--awb-padding-left-small:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1497.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Projected Cash Flow<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\"> can be translated with the motto &#8220;<\/span><em><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Better safe than sorry<\/span><\/em><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">&#8221; a favorite expression of the most cautious. The proverb is meant to highlight how it is much better to prevent something bad from happening before we get to the point where it will be necessary to solve something that has already happened. It is a saying that does not represent the Italian way of acting; problems are addressed only after a serious event has already happened, when it is too late.  <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"45px\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">The Covid-19 emergency and business risk<\/h2>\n<p data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">We are also experiencing this approach in the current pandemic, where, while we could not have prevented a new virus from spreading around the world, we could have limited its contagions. If we had organized in good time the procedures for getting sick people into hospitals, prioritized the development of territorial medical facilities to treat and monitor sick people at home, planned the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) and what was needed to swab as many people as possible, the numbers would probably have been lower and perhaps the economic consequences would have been less devastating as well. <\/p>\n<p data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">In summary&nbsp;<b>planning and control<\/b> are concepts that should apply to everyone and forever, from individuals to households, which in practice are nothing more than small businesses, to actual businesses. No one, whether in health or business, can afford to make bad choices. <\/p>\n<p><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">II business risk is always increasing<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">, especially today where companies, in addition to facing the complexity of the market, the resistance of the credit system and the burden of taxation, have to cope with the consequences of Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"45px\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">The timely measurement of business strategies<\/h2>\n<p data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">The sailboat is the perfect metaphor for the company:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Before we leave, we ask ourselves where we are going, how long, by what means and what route to take;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">During the journey we ask ourselves: where are we? Are we staying on course? Are we making it to where we planned? Do we need to change our destination?   <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">It becomes a priority and urgent need to know timely <\/span><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">i <\/strong><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">economic\/financial results<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\"> achieved and especially the <\/span><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">forecasts <\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">outlining the future direction of corporate finances, regardless of the Business Crisis Code introduced by Legislative Decree No. 14 of 12\/01\/2019. <\/span><\/p>\n<p data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Only by measuring the results in a timely manner is it possible to optimize the effects of strategies, otherwise there is a serious risk of focusing efforts and resources on useless activities and, even more seriously, it will be perceived too late.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">&#8220;Efforts and courage are not enough without a&nbsp;<\/span><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">purpose&nbsp;<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">well&nbsp;<\/span><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">precise&nbsp;<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">and one&nbsp;<\/span><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">direction&nbsp;<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">to follow.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">(quoting J. F. Kennedy)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"45px\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Planning through Cash Flow Forecasting<\/h2>\n<p><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Planning&nbsp;<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Must be a continuous process. Financial planning is concerned with flow management, over a time frame of at least 12 months rolling. The main supporting tool in this regard is the  &nbsp;<\/span><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">cash flow forecasting<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\"> which requires:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Operating revenue<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">, consisting of invoices already due and projected revenues;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Operating expenses<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">, consisting of supplier invoices already due, forecast purchase costs, personnel costs, and other fixed costs;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Financial commitments<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">, loan installments and tax installments;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Any other <\/span><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">value<\/span> <span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">that impacts the<\/span><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\"><b> financial availability<\/b><\/span><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\"> (VAT, taxes, &#8230;).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">The budget process must enable:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Making \u201csimulations\u201d consequent to <\/span><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">management hypotheses<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\"> and, if valid, turn them into <\/span><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">forecasts<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">, at any time;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Empowering management on the <\/span><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">achievement of objectives<\/strong><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Coordinate the heads of the various business functions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1342\" height=\"706\" title=\"CashFlow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CashFlow-2.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CashFlow-2.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-21015\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271342%27%20height%3D%27706%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201342%20706%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271342%27%20height%3D%27706%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CashFlow-2-200x105.png 200w, https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CashFlow-2-400x210.png 400w, https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CashFlow-2-600x316.png 600w, https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CashFlow-2-800x421.png 800w, https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CashFlow-2-1200x631.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CashFlow-2.png 1342w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1342px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Budgeting is a global process that affects the entire company:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Articulated into subsystems (sales, production, resources, etc.);<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">A program that must be translated into monetary terms: economic, financial, and capital budgets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Therefore, the cash flow forecasting process is only possible through the use of a software solution (not excel) that allows for quick planning and control and, most importantly, ensures the quality of the information.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-end\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-end fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2 class=\"\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"45px\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">No more complicated Excel folders&#8230;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"1012\" title=\"CartelleExcelStop\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CartelleExcelStop.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CartelleExcelStop.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-21014\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%271012%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201170%201012%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%271012%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CartelleExcelStop-200x173.png 200w, https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CartelleExcelStop-400x346.png 400w, https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CartelleExcelStop-600x519.png 600w, https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CartelleExcelStop-800x692.png 800w, https:\/\/www.regestaitalia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CartelleExcelStop.png 1170w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-end\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><ul>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">More time to work on content<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Ad Hoc Analysis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"400\">Automatic distribution of reports<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Constant monitoring of all KPIs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Consistent and real data for both budget and actual<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Rolling forecast<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Easy simulation; what if&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"400\">Safeguarding its Know-how<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Titillium Web\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">ERP 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