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04Liquidity

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow

If sales shrink and collections slow down at the same time, at what point does your liquidity buffer fall short?

Connect profit, working capital and cash; see the funding need early enough to act on it.

Tools

Each tool starts with a question; the sample scenarios run on synthetic demo data.

4.2

Try it yourself

Working Capital AI Analysis

Interactive example

How much cash does cutting inventory and receivable days release?

Analyse receivable, inventory and supplier terms for their effect on working capital and cash release.

Nervay / Balance Sheet & Cash Flow / Working Capital AI Analysis

Synthetic demo

Working capital: target terms scenario

Synthetic demo
  • Consolidated group
  • FY 2027
  • 360-day basis
  • M USD

Assumptions

days

Base: 60 days

days

Base: 75 days

days

Base: 45 days

Annual net sales 1,200 M USD, annual cost of sales 720 M USD; volume and price fixed.

The base is locked; inputs change only the scenario.

Net working capital

196.7M USD

−63.3 M USD

Cash conversion cycle

65days

−25 days

Total cash impact

+63.3M USD

One-off release

From receivables / inventory

+33.3 / +30.0M USD

DSO 60 → 50 days · DIO 75 → 60 days

Working capital bridgeM USD

The scale starts at 114.3.

Financial impact

NWC 260.0 → 196.7 M USD; cash conversion cycle 90 → 65 days; total cash impact +63.3 M USD.

Detailed tables
Balance sheet line and cash impact (M USD)
LineBaseScenarioCash impact
Trade receivables200.0166.7+33.3
Inventories150.0120.0+30.0
Trade payables(90.0)(90.0)0.0
Net working capital260.0196.7+63.3
Cash potential by region (M USD)
RegionReceivablesInventoryTotal
EMEA20.018.038.0
Americas8.08.016.0
APAC5.34.09.3
Total33.330.063.3

NWC 260.0 → 196.7 M USD; cash conversion cycle 90 → 65 days; total cash impact +63.3 M USD.

  • 4.1

    Liquidity What-if Simulator

    If sales fall 15% while collection terms lengthen, where does your period-end cash reserve land?

    Simulate how sales, collection and payment scenarios affect the cash reserve and the liquidity need.

  • 4.3

    Balance Sheet Stress Test

    How does an asset write-down affect leverage and the covenant headroom?

    Examine how asset write-downs and financial shocks affect the balance sheet, leverage and financing covenant limits.

  • 4.4

    AI Funding Decision Layer

    Which funding option covers the cash gap at the lowest total cost?

    Compare funding alternatives on total cost, maturity and terms.