In cash flow forecasting the basic tasks are to collect and consolidate the data, to develop the forecast, to review and analyse the forecast, and to improve forecasting accuracy. The Euromoney survey of the key features of five leading cash flow forecasting services, see Table below, showed important differences between the approaches. These are some of the best cash flow forecasting service available today, but unless there is full commitment and involvement of the company and the operating units, cash flow forecasting tends to be an unproductive and inaccurate process. Companies are adopting different approaches.

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