Similarly to other BNS modules, the CF module can work with different scenarios and development variants. In the integrated model, it is thus possible to create variants of the plan – e.g. for different maturities of receivables and payables from business relations, variants of the composition of financing from external sources, different development of interest cost rates or investment strategies and variants of exchange rate development. These options can be compared with each other and the impact of changes in individual parameters can be evaluated.
In the spirit of the philosophy of the BNS solution, the CF module is an ideal complement to the continuous forecasts, which link the past periods with the planned or expected development in the coming months. In the sense of feed forward, this module offers the possibility – in addition to evaluating the reality against the plan – to also evaluate the expected reality (forecast) against the plan and thus provide a timely information basis for taking measures to eliminate or mitigate impending risks. In the event of an unfavourable outlook, the financial manager will thus have sufficient time to negotiate, for example, a change in payment schedules or a more favourable price for the use of additional external resources.