A Cash Collections Forecast You Can Take to the Board
CashLine gives treasurers, controllers, CFOs, and investors a reliable, continuously updated forecast of expected cash collections over the next four weeks, built from every open invoice and backed by a team that actually works the receivables behind it.
Most Cash Forecasts Are Built on Spreadsheets and Gut Feel
At most companies, forecasting collections looks the same way every month: someone exports the AR aging, pastes it into a spreadsheet, calls around to ask who has promised what, and applies a rough haircut to the total. By the time the number reaches the CFO or the board, it is already stale, and no one is entirely sure what assumptions are behind it.
That is an estimate with a deadline, not a forecast. When cash is tight, or a lender or PE sponsor is watching the number, roughly right is not good enough.
Every Open Invoice. One Realistic Payment Date.
We pull every open invoice into a single system, no more reconciling across spreadsheets, inboxes, and collector notes. Each invoice then gets a realistic expected payment date, not just a default to the due date, using the most reliable signal available in this order:
Customer Promise Dates
If a customer has committed to a payment date, that date drives the forecast.
Payment Terms and Behavior
Where there is no promise, we use the customer's terms and how they actually pay against them.
Invoice Due Date
Where neither applies, the due date anchors the projection.
Every forecast is reviewed by our team for accuracy and consistency before it goes out, then rolled up into a clear, week by week view of expected cash in, refreshed as promises are made, payments land, and situations change.
A Forecast That Drives Action, Not Just a Dashboard
A number that shows you where cash is stuck is only half the job. Because our forecasting sits on top of our collections operation, every gap in the forecast connects to a concrete next step: which customers to call, which promises need firming up, which disputes to escalate, and which invoices need attention this week to hit the number.
You do not just see the shortfall. You see the plan to close it, run by the same team that is already working your receivables.
Who It's For
CFOs and Controllers
A defensible collections number for cash planning, covenant management, and board reporting, without burning finance team hours to produce it.
Treasurers
Weekly visibility into expected cash in, so liquidity, borrowing, and payments can be managed with confidence.
PE Investors and Sponsors
A consistent, verifiable cash forecast across portfolio companies, instead of a different spreadsheet from every management team.
Built for the Real World of B2B Receivables
CashLine serves companies in oilfield services, construction, manufacturing, and distribution across the U.S. and Canada. These are industries where invoices are large, payment behavior is uneven, and a single slow-paying customer can swing the month. Our forecasting is built for exactly that environment, not a generic B2B average.
What's next: today this covers the collections side of your cash conversion cycle. We are developing an AP forecasting product to bring payables into the same system. Ask us about timing.
See What the Forecast Actually Looks Like
The weekly cash forecast, the monthly collections view, and the customer level breakdown are all on our sample reports page, built with invented figures so you can see the format without a call.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cash collections forecasting predicts when open invoices will actually be paid, not just when they are due. CashLine builds a rolling 4 week view of expected cash in, based on every open invoice in your receivables book.
Most 13 week forecasts estimate the collections line with a flat assumption or a spreadsheet haircut applied to AR aging. Ours is built invoice by invoice, using promise dates, actual payment behavior, and terms, then reviewed by our team before it goes out. It is meant to replace the guess embedded inside a broader cash flow model, not duplicate it.
We use the most reliable signal available for each invoice. A customer's stated promise date comes first. Where there is no promise, we use that customer's payment terms and how they actually pay against them historically. Where neither applies, the invoice due date anchors the projection.
Both. The forecast logic runs automatically as invoices, payments, and promises change, but every forecast is reviewed by our team for accuracy and consistency before it reaches you. That review is what makes it usable for board and lender reporting, not just an internal estimate.
Today this covers the collections side of your cash conversion cycle. We are developing an AP forecasting product to bring the payables side into the same system. Ask us for details if that timing matters to you.
See Your Next Four Weeks of Cash, Clearly
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