Examples of Cash-Flow Management Tools

There are two ways to do cash flow with software: as a standalone tool, or integrated into a broader software package.

Cash-Flow Management Tools Included in Other Software Packages

Many business-accounting and enterprise resource-planning applications include cash-flow management tools among a host of other financial management capabilities. The key advantage of this integrated approach is that you can easily start your cash flow projection by using your actual financial results, as determined by the accounting application.

Periodically, when you want to update your cash flow projection, perhaps every month, the actual results from last month can also be updated by your financial application.

The down side is that you are limited to the capabilities of the cash-flow tool built into the application. If you want to prepare cash-flow projections on a weekly basis and the tool offers only monthly periods, you're out of luck.