Worked Walkthrough: Build a 13-Week Cash Bridge

You have $620,000 in opening cash, biweekly payroll, one tax payment in week 6, and three major customer receipts with uncertain timing. Leadership needs to know when the lowest cash week occurs and what drives it. Opening cash + dated inflows - dated outflows = weekly minimum cash and decision time. The common trap is using monthly revenue averages or assuming every forecasted receipt lands on its planned date. That hides the real trough and delays action until the week cash is already short. Step 1 List opening cash, then map each expected collection into the week it is most…

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