Dated 13-Week Operating Cash Plan
Find daily cash troughs, weekly balances and user-defined cash-floor gaps under entered receipt-delay and financing cases.
Method and interpretation
All values are USD. Day zero is your opening cash date. The 91-day horizon ends on day 90; each of thirteen periods contains seven calendar days. Daily closing cash = opening cash + cumulative dated receipts − cumulative dated payments. The opening position is also tested. Additional opening cash to meet the chosen floor = max(0, floor − minimum modeled cash). A floor gap is a scenario result, not required reserves, an approved facility or a solvency conclusion.
The delay case adds the entered whole calendar days only to opening-AR, new-job and customer-deposit receipts. No other dates change. After-horizon movements are retained separately. Empty dates are modeled with no entered movements; they do not establish a complete forecast. Same-day movements are netted at end of day; intraday order, cleared-funds availability and overdraft permission are not modeled.
Financing draws and repayments are shown separately. The companion result excludes those rows while keeping the same opening balance and all other categories, including scheduled debt service. It does not undo funding already included in opening cash. Do not treat borrowing as revenue, recalculate a loan payment here, add a duplicate working-capital adjustment or double-count the closing reserve.
Independent worked example
Assumed opening cash $40,000; $35,000 payroll January 3; $50,000 customer cash January 5; $60,000 supplier payment January 10; $30,000 customer cash January 12. Minimum cash is −$5,000; the first two period-end balances are $55,000 and $25,000. A chosen $15,000 floor needs $20,000 additional opening cash under that case. Delaying both customer receipts seven days gives minimum −$55,000 and a $70,000 floor gap. Final cash remains $25,000 if both arrive within the horizon. All numbers and dates are hypothetical.
Validation and limits
Valid input dates: 1900–2200. Up to 1,000 uniquely identified rows, finite amounts up to $1 trillion, signed opening cash, nonnegative flow amounts and floor, and whole delay 0–3,650 days. Dates before opening and unsupported categories are rejected. Imports require the exact header and review before calculation. Inputs remain local; explicit exports contain private assumptions. General context: FDIC/SBA cash-flow education. The method and tool are original, not agency-endorsed.
Primary references
This numerical framework is explained in the companion guide. Contract, accounting and transfer conclusions require the actual evidence and appropriate review.
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