The Cash Flow Module [CFM] can be compared to heart in the human body.  CFM displays mission critical information to the decision makers in a format and frequency they have requested.

The Cash Flow Module supports multi-level access Dashboard technology. This feature allows the client to design the Dashboard with only information and graphics that they feel critical to them. These Dashboards can be password specific which can also be restricted by another security feature that maintains the authorization rules for data access. Dashboard technology designed in VOSS allows for the rapid display of mission critical information which is user defined.

Because VOSS is total integrated you can import information and calculations from other modules, as depicted in the screen below. The company valuation is being supplied by the Strategic Planning Module.

Notice in the graphic of the President’s dashboard there is an icon which allows him or she to see the value of the company based on assumptions they have made in the Strategic Planning Module.

Income Statement – Budgeting & Forecasting:

Sales:      Summary vs. Detail: The main decision for the client (distributor) is how accurate do they wish to make goals and estimates for the budgeting and forecasting process Budgeting sales can be as detailed as you want to make it or as summarized as you want.  Many companies use some form of the summary type.  If a firm is accustomed to using just a straight % increase for salesperson or account or district or in total that is what we call summarized.  This is in essence a function of some prior period usually last year and budgeting from that basis forward.  The summary method has serious drawbacks for several reasons:

• It assumes that the company will have the same: customers, products, sales people, pricing and account penetration as a base.
• It assumes that some combination of all of these factors will improve by management skill and salesperson extra effort.
• It assumes that the sales representative has the time, tools and talent to develop a plan to accomplish the summarized goal and
• It prevents meaningful account sales variance analysis. This is because the actual is in a detail format and the budget is in a summary format.

The VOSS detail method is far more accurate but requires more calculations, customer / product planning, new product introduction analysis, and many other variables.  The detail method algorithm supports the capability to budget or forecast sales by: item, customer, sales person, district, customer segment or class and for the total company.  The VOSS detail method provides mission critical information for many profit optimizing activities:

•   supports VOSS Staff Planning Model.
•   supports VOSS Volume Planning Model at the total item, product line, and vendor levels.
•   supports VOSS Sheltered Income Planning Model
•   supports VOSS Sales Analysis Planning Model [Drill-Down]
•   supports VOSS Merchandising & Sales Resource Planning Model
•   supports VOSS Vendor Performance Dashboard
•   supports VOSS Intelligent Business Alert and Internal Communications Module
•   supports VOSS Customer Accounts Receivable Planning Model
•   supports VOSS Inventory Planning Model
•   supports VOSS Warehouse Planning Model
•   supports VOSS  Fleet Planning Model