Futureproof shows every week of cash ahead, from today's bank balance and the payouts on the way. Place the POs for the reorder and the launch order, and each deposit and balance sits in its week, so you see the lowest week before the money goes out.
In QuickBooks with an outside bookkeeper, your brand's books show last month's profit and the bank balance. Where the cash went, and the weeks ahead, live somewhere else.
You ask it before every container. The answer is the bank balance, a feeling about payouts and a cash sheet built from last month's books.
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The weeks open on today's bank balance, and the dated deposit and balance sit in the weeks they fall due, against your minimum cash.
The deposit went out before the factory started and the balance when it shipped, and the last of that container sells half a year later.
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Your brand sees what is on the way and what has landed, at what it cost, beside your cash.
Each one fits on its own. The launch order's balance, its freight and duty, and the reorder on your best seller fall in the same month, before either has sold.
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Both orders sit in the same weeks once their POs are placed, so you see the lowest one before either payment leaves.
You pay for the next container while the last one is still turning into cash. See each product's stock on hand and what is on the way, beside your cash.
The deposit and balance have left and the container has not landed. You see what is paid out on orders still on their way.
Stock that has landed is held at what it cost you to get it here, the factory, the freight and the duty, so you see how much cash sits on the shelf.
As units sell and payouts land on Amazon, eBay and your own store, that cash comes back into the weeks ahead.
The first order, its freight and duty, and the ads go out before the first payout. Place the launch order's PO beside your reorder and see the week they meet.
The first week opens on the latest balance of every connected bank account.
Each Amazon settlement, and each Shopify payout on the way, counts in the week it is due to reach your bank.
Place the PO, and its deposit and balance sit in the weeks they are due. Freight and duty join once they are on the PO or arrive as a bill.
The lowest week once both orders' payments are in, against the minimum cash you set.
A month can make money and still end with less cash. Here, the difference sits in stock not yet sold and invoices not yet paid, less the bills you have not paid yet.
What to reorder, what to launch, how much and when stays with you and your fractional CFO. The forecast shows whether the cash carries each dated payment.
What you get
If your brand runs QuickBooks with a bookkeeper today, or NetSuite with a bookkeeper or staff beside it, this is who keeps the weeks ahead.
| Futureproof | QuickBooks + a bookkeeper | NetSuite + finance staff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the weeks ahead start | Your latest bank balance | A spreadsheet from last month's books | A spreadsheet or planning add-on |
| Who keeps the cash view up to date | Kept current for you | Your fractional CFO or you, by hand | Your staff, by hand or in an add-on |
| Amazon and Shopify payouts on the way | Yes | Added by whoever keeps the sheet | Added by whoever keeps the sheet |
| Each order's deposit and balance, in its week | From the dates on the PO | From the PO list ops keeps | Copied from NetSuite POs by staff |
| Every week held against your minimum cash | Yes | If the sheet is built for it | If the sheet or add-on is built for it |
| Who decides whether to place the order | You or your fractional CFO | You or your fractional CFO | You and your finance staff |
Place the reorder's PO with its deposit and balance dates, and each payment sits in the week it falls due, beside your bank balance, the payouts on the way and the bills due. If any week drops below the minimum cash you keep, it is marked before the deposit leaves your bank.
Profit counts a sale when the order ships, and the stock's cost when it sells. Cash counts money when it moves. Stock paid for and not yet sold, and wholesale invoices not yet paid, take cash the profit does not show. Bills you have not paid yet work the other way.
It comes back as the container sells, and each sale reaches your bank when the marketplace pays out. Your cash forecast puts those expected payouts in their weeks, so you see when the container's cash returns against the deposit and balance you paid.
No. The cash forecast shows whether the cash carries a PO you have put in, week by week against the minimum you keep. The decision on what to buy, how much and when stays with you and your fractional CFO.
Place both POs, and each deposit and balance sits in the week it is due, beside your bank balance, the payouts on the way and the bills due. If any week drops below the minimum cash you set, it stands out before the money leaves your bank.
In part. The weeks ahead open on the latest bank balance and fill in from the books, so nobody rebuilds a spreadsheet before a big order. Your fractional CFO still owns the plan and the advice.
The demo is an overview of the whole platform, then a talk about how you run your month.
