Planning and resilience
Clear definitions and practical examples to help you understand the numbers and decisions.
Cash runway
Cash runway estimates how long a company can operate before usable cash reaches its minimum floor, assuming normalized net cash burn continues.
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A cash buffer is the minimum amount of usable cash a company chooses to protect against delayed collections, unexpected payments, or temporary disruption.
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Cash forecast variance compares actual closing cash with the approved forecast closing cash for the same date.
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Cash scenario planning tests how specific, plausible changes in operating conditions would affect future cash.
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