Decision Tool

Cash Flow
Scenario Builder

Model what happens to your cash before you commit. Hire, survive a slow month, or time a reorder, see the impact week by week before it hits your bank account.

3 decision scenarios
13-week cash projection
Go / Caution / Stop verdict
Exportable results
Step 1, Your Current Numbers
Current cash balance Right now
$
Monthly operating costs All in
$
Average weekly sales
$
Average weekly costs
$
Step 2, Choose Your Scenario
If I Hire Someone
Model the full cash flow impact of bringing on a new team member, including their total cost and how long your reserve can sustain it before break-even.
Their hourly wage $/hr
$
Hours per week
h
Expected additional weekly revenue from hire Conservative estimate
$
Your Hiring Scenario Results
Weekly hire cost (total)
Wage + FICA + overheads (~30%)
Weekly net impact
Additional revenue minus hire cost
Break-even revenue needed
Per week to cover this hire
Reserve runway
Weeks before reserve drops below target
Cash position, with vs without hire (13 weeks)

Week-by-Week Breakdown

See your exact cash position every week for 13 weeks, with and without the hire.

If Sales Drop
See exactly what happens to your cash if you hit a slow period. Know in advance whether your reserve can carry you through, and for how long.
Sales drop % e.g. 20 for 20% drop
%
Duration Weeks of slow period
w
Can you reduce costs during this period? Weekly saving
$
Your Slow Month Results
Cash at end of slow period
If the drop lasts the full period
vs your reserve target
4-week operating cost buffer
Weekly cash burn during drop
Net outflow per week
Weeks until reserve depleted
At the reduced sales rate
Cash position, normal vs slow period (13 weeks)

Week-by-Week Breakdown

See your exact cash position each week during and after the slow period.

Reorder Timing
Should you reorder stock this week or wait? See the cash floor impact of ordering now versus waiting, and find the safest timing for your situation.
Order value Stock cost
$
Supplier payment terms Days until due
d
Weeks of stock this order covers
w
Your Reorder Timing Results
Cash floor, order now
Lowest cash point if you order this week
Cash floor, wait 2 weeks
Lowest cash point if you wait
Cash saved by waiting
Additional buffer from delaying
Recommended timing
Cash position, order now vs wait 2 weeks (8 weeks)

This is the kind of thinking
ClarityApp does continuously

You just modeled one scenario by hand. ClarityApp watches your real cash position week to week and flags these situations, a slow month building, a reorder you can't quite afford, before they hit your account.

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