Chief Executive

MAY 26, 2022

Make granular cash-flow forecasts. Show the forecasts and say, ‘Here are our dilemmas: We’ve got a cash dilemma, or we’re not able to get price increases, or we’re not collecting receivables, or we’ve got too much inventory. Maybe manufacturing people aren’t obeying sales forecasts because they think they’re too optimistic.”.

Cash Flow 52

Cash Flow Digital Transformation Fixed Costs Balance Sheet 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Car sales in the U.S. But car sales are now probably past a cyclical peak, not only in the U.S. Capital-intensive factories have a high-fixed-cost, low-variable-cost operating model. GM has good immediate reasons for its decisions. Given the shift in immediate U.S.

Fixed Costs 14

Fixed Costs Assets Cash Flow Variable Costs 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

That gave it a steadier cash flow to cover the costs of its large fixed cost investments, but did not eliminate the unused capacity of plants dedicated to one kind of product. Before, a big conglomerate like GE diversified its risks by mixing pro-cyclical and counter-cyclical businesses.

Cash Flow 15

Cash Flow Engineering Fixed Costs Sales 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

However, free cash flow per share remained impressive at both companies, and fixed cost ratios remained somewhat intact. It displayed a 10% decrease in revenue growth while the other unit exhibited sales growth of 75%. So an activist engaged the company to sell off the lagging unit.

Balance Sheet 12

Balance Sheet Cash Flow Revenue Reorganization 12