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Illustrative ExampleInventory and Working Capital Planning

Sizing purchase orders against the cash they consume

A growing brand places large seasonal purchase orders and discovers the cash impact only after deposits and balances are due.

Profile
Hypothetical product brand with overseas suppliers
Channels
Shopify · Amazon FBA

This is an illustrative example describing how ProfitBooster may approach a common situation. It is not a completed client engagement, and it does not represent or promise any specific result.

The situation

Inventory is ordered from sales intuition and supplier minimums. Deposits, balance payments, freight, and duties land in different weeks, and the bank balance becomes the only planning tool.

Questions the founder is asking

  • How much cash will the next two purchase orders require, and when?
  • What weeks of cover are we carrying by SKU?
  • What happens to cash if sell-through is slower than planned?

How the work could be approached

  1. 1

    Review inventory position

    Combine on-hand, inbound, and sell-through data by SKU.

  2. 2

    Model payment timing

    Map supplier terms, freight, and duties into a weekly cash schedule.

  3. 3

    Run scenarios

    Compare base, slower, and faster sell-through assumptions.

  4. 4

    Set review cadence

    Agree how purchase decisions are checked against the forecast.

Typical deliverables

  • 13-week cash forecast
  • SKU inventory cover view
  • Purchase order cash schedule
  • Scenario comparison

Decisions it informs

  • Order size and timing
  • Which SKUs to reorder or slow
  • Whether financing should be explored

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