Find the cash your business has earned but not yet collected
A profitable business can still run short of cash. Slow invoicing, long payment terms, disputes and excess stock tie up money the business has already earned. Aigenrix traces where cash is held up, verifies how much could realistically be released, and keeps cash release separate from profit improvement.
30 minutes, free and without obligation. The purpose is to assess whether a Profit Recovery Sprint is justified.
Signs that cash is trapped
- →The business is profitable on paper, but cash is always tight
- →Invoices go out days or weeks after the work is done
- →Days sales outstanding (DSO) keep creeping up
- →A few large customers pay late without consequence
- →Inventory grows faster than sales
- →Disputes and credit notes delay payment of otherwise valid invoices
Why trapped cash is hard to see
Profit and cash tell different stories
The P&L shows the sale. It does not show that the money arrives two months later.
The cycle crosses departments
Operations completes the work, finance invoices it and sales manages the customer. Delays accumulate at each handoff.
Averages mask concentration
A reasonable average DSO can hide a handful of customers or contracts holding most of the overdue cash.
Where we look for trapped cash
Order-to-cash timing
The time from work completed to invoice issued to cash received, and where it stalls.
Receivables by customer and contract
Overdue balances, payment behaviour and terms by customer: concentration, not just averages.
Billing triggers
Milestone, delivery or time-based billing rules that delay invoicing after value is delivered.
Disputes and credit notes
Why invoices are challenged, corrected or paid late.
Inventory and work in progress
Slow-moving and obsolete stock, safety-stock rules and WIP relative to throughput.
Payables and terms
Whether payment terms with suppliers and customers match how the business actually runs.
What we work from
- →Aged receivables and payables
- →Invoice and payment history
- →Billing rules and contract terms
- →Inventory records with ageing
- →Order, delivery or project completion dates
- →A walkthrough of the invoicing and collections process
We separate cash that could be released once from changes that improve profit every year.
What you receive
- →A cash map showing where working capital is tied up, by customer, contract, product or process step
- →Verified opportunities with the amount of cash that could realistically be released
- →The process, policy or contract cause behind each one
- →Prioritized actions on billing triggers, terms, collections and stock rules, with the expected effect on cash
- →The KPIs to track whether cash is actually released
What we do not assume
- ✕That releasing cash is the same as improving profit. It is a one-off benefit unless the underlying cycle changes.
- ✕That every late-paying customer should be pushed. Some relationships justify the terms, and we weigh that.
- ✕That an industry DSO or inventory benchmark is your target, rather than context for what to investigate
- ✕That all excess stock can be sold at book value
How the method works
Aigenrix detects signals of loss in your data, asks only for the evidence needed to test them, quantifies what can be defended, traces the business cause, designs the fix and, after implementation, measures the value actually realized. People decide wherever the data cannot.
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Find out how much cash is tied up, and why
In a 30-minute Profit Recovery Review we look at your cash cycle and decide together whether a working-capital diagnostic is worth running.
30 minutes, free and without obligation. The purpose is to assess whether a Profit Recovery Sprint is justified.