Replace Cash Flow Spreadsheets with a Direct Business Central Integration
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central provides the financial and operational data your business depends on, but creating a reliable cash flow forecast often requires more than what's recorded in your ERP.
Expected collection dates, upcoming orders, supplier payments, inventory purchases, and future business plans can all affect cash flow before they're reflected in your accounting records.
That's why many finance teams still rely on complicated Excel spreadsheets to create and maintain their cash flow forecasts, even when using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Dryrun replaces that manual forecasting process.
By connecting directly with Business Central, Dryrun brings your financial data into a flexible cash flow forecasting platform. Adjust payment timing, include information from outside your ERP, and model what-if scenarios without rebuilding spreadsheets or changing your accounting records.
The result is less time maintaining forecasts and more time managing cash, planning ahead, and giving leadership clear financial answers.
Why Use Dryrun for Business Central Cash Flow Forecasting?
Dryrun gives CFOs and controllers the automation they need to replace spreadsheet forecasting, with the flexibility to account for the real-world factors that affect cash.
Replace Manual Forecasting Spreadsheets
Stop spending hours exporting Business Central reports, updating Excel formulas, and maintaining complicated forecasting models.
Dryrun connects directly with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to bring financial information into your cash flow forecast, reducing repetitive data entry and the risk of spreadsheet errors.
- Connect Business Central financial data directly to your forecast.
- Reduce manual data exports, formulas, and spreadsheet maintenance.
- Keep your forecast current as your accounting data changes.
Spend less time building forecasts and more time understanding what they mean.
Forecast When Cash Actually Moves
Invoice due dates don't always reflect when cash changes hands. Customers pay late, suppliers require deposits, and inventory purchases can create significant cash outflows before the associated sales are collected.
These timing differences can create serious cash shortfalls, even when monthly financial reports look healthy.
Dryrun lets you adjust expected collection and payment dates to reflect what's actually happening in your business.
- Adjust expected payment dates for individual invoices and bills.
- Account for customer collection patterns and changing supplier terms.
- Identify potential cash shortfalls with daily, weekly, and monthly forecasts.
See when cash will actually be available, not just when an invoice is due.
Include Cash Flow Beyond Business Central
Your accounting system provides an important foundation, but it doesn't always contain everything needed to understand future cash.
Upcoming projects, sales opportunities, inventory purchases, equipment investments, and other business plans can significantly affect your cash position before they're recorded in Business Central.
Dryrun brings these factors into your forecast alongside your connected accounting information.
- Add expected project and sales-related cash flows before invoices exist.
- Include planned inventory purchases, payroll, debt payments, and other commitments.
- Combine Business Central data with outside imports and manual assumptions.
Keep the flexibility of a spreadsheet without having to build and maintain one.
Model Cash Flow Scenarios Before Making Decisions
What happens if a major customer pays 30 days late? Can you afford to increase inventory before a busy season? How will hiring additional staff or purchasing equipment affect cash over the next six months?
Dryrun lets you create and compare what-if scenarios using your Business Central financial data as the starting point.
- Test inventory purchases, hiring, expansion, and new projects.
- Model different sales expectations, collection dates, supplier terms, and spending plans.
- Compare scenarios to understand future cash balances and funding requirements.
Understand the financial impact of important decisions before committing to them.
Forecast Cash Across Multiple Entities and Accounts
Having enough cash across the business doesn't necessarily mean it's available where you need it.
For companies operating across multiple entities, locations, or bank accounts, understanding where cash is held can be just as important as knowing the consolidated balance.
Dryrun helps finance teams understand both their overall cash position and the details behind it.
- View consolidated cash forecasts across multiple entities.
- Examine cash flow by entity or account.
- Understand cash requirements across locations and currencies.
See where cash is available, where it's needed, and when transfers or funding may be required.
Give Leadership Clear Financial Answers
Finance teams need detailed cash flow forecasts they can trust. CEOs, owners, and boards need to understand what those forecasts mean.
Dryrun turns complex Business Central financial data into clear, visual cash flow forecasts that make it easier to explain what's ahead, where cash may get tight, and how important decisions could affect the business.
- Show future cash balances and potential shortfalls.
- Explore the transactions and assumptions behind the forecast.
- Compare scenarios to explain the impact of growth, spending, and funding decisions.
Move from maintaining the forecast to helping leadership decide what comes next.
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How Does Dryrun Integrate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?
Dryrun provides a direct Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central integration that brings financial data into a dedicated cash flow forecasting and scenario modeling platform.
The process reduces manual spreadsheet work while maintaining control over the timing and business factors that affect future cash.
Step 1: Connect Your Business Central Data
Connect Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to Dryrun to bring supported financial records, including accounts receivable and payable information, into your cash flow forecast.
Reduce the need to repeatedly export reports and transfer accounting data into Excel spreadsheets.
Step 2: Build Your Cash Flow Forecast
Adjust expected payment and collection dates, add future transactions, and include the business assumptions that aren't yet reflected in your accounting records.
Create a forecast that reflects the actual timing of cash inflows and outflows, including expected customer payments, supplier obligations, and upcoming financial commitments.
Step 3: Model and Compare Scenarios
Test different business decisions and changing financial conditions without affecting your underlying Business Central records.
Compare your baseline forecast with alternative scenarios to understand how purchasing, spending, payment delays, and growth plans will affect cash.
Step 4: Present Your Financial Outlook
Use clear visual forecasts to explain expected cash balances, potential shortfalls, funding requirements, and the impact of important financial decisions.
Give management the information they need to understand the options and plan ahead.
Business Central Cash Flow Forecasting vs. Dryrun
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central includes built-in cash flow forecasting capabilities that use financial information such as receivables, payables, sales orders, purchase orders, budgets, and manually entered forecast amounts.
Business Central also provides cash flow charts, forecasting worksheets, and predictive functionality that help finance teams understand expected cash movements.
Dryrun complements Business Central by providing a dedicated environment for flexible cash flow forecasting and scenario modeling.
While Business Central manages your financial and operational records, Dryrun helps you build a cash flow forecast that can be adjusted as payment expectations, business conditions, and strategic plans change.
With Dryrun, finance teams can adjust expected payment timing down to individual transactions, incorporate future commitments and outside business information, and quickly compare the cash impact of alternative financial decisions.
Instead of rebuilding Excel spreadsheets to evaluate different plans, teams can work from connected Business Central data and create scenarios in a visual forecasting environment.
Keep Business Central as your ERP and use Dryrun to replace the spreadsheets you rely on for detailed cash flow forecasting and scenario modeling.
Built for CFOs and Controllers Using Business Central
For CFOs and Finance Leaders
Understand your future cash position, anticipate funding requirements, evaluate strategic plans, and clearly communicate financial decisions.
Whether you're planning an expansion, evaluating a major investment, managing seasonal inventory requirements, or coordinating liquidity across multiple entities, Dryrun helps you understand the cash implications before making a decision.
For Controllers and Finance Teams
Replace manual forecasting spreadsheets with a connected cash flow forecasting platform that maintains control over payment timing, financial assumptions, and scenario modeling.
Reduce repetitive work, keep forecasts current, and provide management with reliable financial information without continually rebuilding complex Excel workbooks.
Business Central Cash Flow Forecasting: Frequently Asked Questions
Does Dryrun integrate directly with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?
Yes. Dryrun offers a direct integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, allowing finance teams to use connected accounting data for cash flow forecasting and scenario modeling without relying on repeated spreadsheet exports.
Can Dryrun replace our Business Central cash flow spreadsheets?
Yes. Dryrun is designed to replace complex spreadsheets used to build and maintain cash flow forecasts. It combines connected Business Central data with flexible cash timing adjustments, outside information, and what-if scenario modeling in one platform.
Does Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central already have cash flow forecasting?
Yes. Business Central includes built-in cash flow forecasting based on accounting and operational data, including receivables, payables, orders, budgets, and manual forecast entries.
Dryrun provides a dedicated forecasting environment with flexible transaction-level timing adjustments, outside data inputs, and side-by-side scenario comparisons. This helps finance teams build and manage cash forecasts without maintaining separate Excel forecasting models.
Can I adjust payment dates without changing Business Central?
Yes. Dryrun lets you adjust expected invoice collection and vendor payment dates within your cash flow forecast without modifying the original accounting records in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Can Dryrun forecast cash flow that isn't recorded in Business Central?
Yes. You can add future cash inflows, outflows, and assumptions that haven't yet been recorded in Business Central. This includes upcoming projects, anticipated sales, inventory purchases, payroll, debt payments, and other financial commitments.
Can I create multiple cash flow scenarios using Business Central data?
Yes. Dryrun supports what-if scenario modeling, allowing you to compare different sales expectations, payment schedules, spending plans, growth assumptions, and other changes to understand their impact on future cash balances.
Does Dryrun support 13-week cash flow forecasting with Business Central?
Yes. Dryrun supports daily, weekly, and monthly cash flow forecasting, including rolling 13-week forecasts. Finance teams can manage short-term liquidity while also planning for longer-term financial decisions.
Can Dryrun forecast cash across multiple Business Central companies?
Yes. Dryrun supports multi-entity cash flow forecasting and consolidated views, helping finance teams understand overall cash positions and funding requirements across different companies and business units.
The specific setup and consolidation approach will depend on your Business Central environment and connected data.
How is Dryrun different from Business Central's native cash flow forecast?
Business Central provides cash flow forecasting within its ERP environment using financial records, budgets, orders, and additional forecast entries.
Dryrun offers a separate, flexible forecasting platform where finance teams can adjust transaction timing, incorporate outside information, and compare multiple cash flow scenarios without relying on complex spreadsheets.
This makes it easier to adapt forecasts to changing business conditions and communicate the financial impact of decisions to leadership.
Does Dryrun replace Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?
No. Business Central remains your ERP and financial management platform. Dryrun works alongside it to provide flexible cash flow forecasting, transaction-level timing adjustments, and scenario modeling without relying on spreadsheets.
Keep Business Central. Replace the Spreadsheet. Control Your Cash Flow.
Dryrun takes the manual work out of cash flow forecasting while giving your team the flexibility to account for real-world cash timing, model scenarios, and clearly communicate the financial outlook to leadership.
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