Cash forecasting is a tool that integrates within the E-Business Suite and with external data sources to allow an enterprise to manage cash flow into the business based on configured templates. These templates are configurable and you can choose the products/applications you want to integrate selectively.
A template contains cash forecast specifications, and the number and type of rows and columns to create custom forecast templates. Templates determine the presentation of sources (rows) and forecast periods (columns) for your cash forecasts. An important aspect is the forecast period types, either GL periods or days.
The source information from the following shows the inflow of cash:
Receivables customer invoices (based on due date)
Receivable customer receipts, historical and uncleared – unapplied on account
Uninvoiced sales orders
Opportunities that have not been converted to orders
GL revenue budgets
Treasury
External sources
User-defined inflow
The source information from the...