Two Companies, One Dashboard: Why Adding the Numbers Is Not Enough
Group visibility requires consistent dates, mappings and intercompany adjustments. A worked two-company example shows why the combined revenue can be wrong while profit looks right.
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Explore the guidesCash visibility, three-way planning and management reporting overlap—but they are not the same job. Use a fair comparison and three practical demonstrations to evaluate the right fit.
Group visibility requires consistent dates, mappings and intercompany adjustments. A worked two-company example shows why the combined revenue can be wrong while profit looks right.
A reporting pack is useful only when the team knows what to do next. Build a compact review around performance, cash, changed assumptions and named decisions.
The salary is only one part of the decision. Model the start date, setup costs, delivery ramp and customer collections before assuming growth will fund the role.
A late payment and a lost contract can produce similar cash pressure for very different reasons. Build scenarios that preserve those differences and point to decisions.
Keep twelve useful months ahead of you without erasing what you predicted last month. A simple close-and-roll process makes the forecast easier to trust.
A$180,000 of unpaid invoices is not A$180,000 of next-month cash. Turn invoice balances into dated, owned collection actions without counting the same receipt twice.
An A$200,000 pipeline does not tell you what will reach the bank next month. Connect deal probability, delivery, invoicing and collection timing before you plan the spending.
Your budget records the ambition. Your forecast reflects the evidence. Keep both useful with a simple revenue bridge and a clear rule for changing the plan.
A sales forecast is not a financial model. See how one set of assumptions should flow through profit, cash and the balance sheet—with a worked example that balances.
Your profit and loss report says the business is doing well. Your bank balance tells a different story. A simple worked example shows how both can be right—and what to check next.
A strong quarter can still hide a difficult payroll week. Build a rolling cash forecast around real payment dates, with a complete worked example and a practical weekly review.
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