Last updated: 2026-03-14
By Doug Higgins — Fractional CFO for Collision Repair & Small Businesses | Collision Advisory + Summit Financial Advisory
A practical one-page worksheet that maps your cash conversion cycle from parts order to payment, identifies bottlenecks, and shows three actionable moves to tighten cash flow. This tool helps you shorten the time to cash, reduce working capital tied up in WIP, and improve profitability across multiple concurrent repairs.
Published: 2026-03-14
Identify cash flow bottlenecks across your shop and implement three actions to free up working capital by accelerating cash realization.
Doug Higgins — Fractional CFO for Collision Repair & Small Businesses | Collision Advisory + Summit Financial Advisory
A practical one-page worksheet that maps your cash conversion cycle from parts order to payment, identifies bottlenecks, and shows three actionable moves to tighten cash flow. This tool helps you shorten the time to cash, reduce working capital tied up in WIP, and improve profitability across multiple concurrent repairs.
Created by Doug Higgins, Fractional CFO for Collision Repair & Small Businesses | Collision Advisory + Summit Financial Advisory.
Shop owners or operators of multi-bay automotive repair shops aiming to reduce how long cash is tied up in work-in-progress, Operations leaders (COO/GM) of auto repair groups needing faster cash realization across concurrent jobs, Finance or accounting managers at repair shops seeking practical, actionable steps to improve working capital
Interest in finance for operators. No prior experience required. 1–2 hours per week.
Maps your cash cycle end-to-end. Three concrete moves to shorten cash-to-cash. Helps reduce WIP liquidity pressure across concurrent jobs
$0.15.
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