{"id":43,"date":"2017-04-06T09:14:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T09:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.canyonthemes.com\/quality-construction\/?p=43"},"modified":"2021-11-23T15:27:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:27:16","slug":"key-metrics-for-managing-cash-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"Key Metrics for Managing Cash Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>1. Operating cash flow<\/h3>\n<p>Is the movement of money into and out of a business<\/p>\n<h3>2. Working capital<\/h3>\n<p>Working capital is a measure of liquidity, indicating how quickly a business can generate cash.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Forecast variance<\/h3>\n<p>Forecast variance, shows the difference between the forecast and the outcome. Tracking over time helps you understand and improve forecast accuracy.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Days Sales Outstanding<\/h3>\n<p>Reflects the average number of days to receive payment for sales.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)<\/h3>\n<p>Is the average time it takes a company to pay its invoices or accounts payable.<\/p>\n<h3>6. Current ratio<\/h3>\n<p>The current ratio is a measure of a company&#8217;s ability to pay off its short-term liabilities. Note that liquidity and cash flow are not the same thing.<\/p>\n<h3>7. Cash flow coverage ratio<\/h3>\n<p>Your company\u2019s ability to pay its debts with its cash flow from operations.<\/p>\n<h3>8. Cash conversion cycle<\/h3>\n<p>Is a measurement of the company&#8217;s time to convert its investments and inventory to cash, usually measured in days.<\/p>\n<h3>9. Liquidity ratio<\/h3>\n<p>Also known as the quick ratio or acid-test ratio, the liquidity ratio is a metric that shows how well a debtor can pay off its current debt without acquiring additional capital.<\/p>\n<h3>10. Weeks of liquidity on hand<\/h3>\n<p>This can be particularly helpful to understand to plan for times of economic stress. This metric shows how many weeks a business can pay its current financial obligations.<\/p>\n<h3>Bonus track&#8230; Daily and weekly aged debtor analysis<\/h3>\n<p>Accounts receivable aging is a &#8220;must watch&#8221; for your company. Keeping an eye on how long it takes to receive payment for products or services is a good signal of accounts receivable practices and can help you maintain a healthy cash management discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Operating cash flow Is the movement of money into and out of a business 2. Working capital Working capital is a measure of liquidity, indicating how quickly a business can generate cash. 3. Forecast variance Forecast variance, shows the difference between the forecast and the outcome. Tracking over time helps you understand and improve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-business-services","tag-project-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300,"href":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g2fis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}