The Cash Flow Cliff
How $38M Almost Disappeared
Ironclad Construction had a $38M pipeline project, 240 crew members, and a cash position that was quietly bleeding to zero. Payments slowed. Change orders went unbilled. By the time accounting noticed, they were 6 weeks from missing payroll. This is how POD caught it 4 months earlier.
The Slow Bleed
Ironclad started the year with $800K cash on hand. Month after month, the balance dropped — but nobody tracked the trajectory. By June, they crossed zero.
Monthly Cash Position
Cash position declined $1.14M in 8 months — a burn rate that would exhaust any contractor without early warning.
Why Payments Stalled
Every invoice took longer than the last. What started as 22-day turnarounds became 78-day waits. One invoice was never paid at all. POD Payment Velocity shows the pattern.
Payment Velocity by Invoice
Payment times increased 3.6x from January to July. The trend was invisible until POD plotted every invoice on a timeline.
The Hidden Leaks
Slow payments were only half the story. POD Contract Leakage KPI uncovered $422K in revenue that Ironclad earned but never collected — scattered across 5 categories that no one was tracking.
Contract Leakage Breakdown
$422K in leakage — more than the entire cash shortfall. Recovering even half would have kept Ironclad solvent.
What POD Saw Coming
POD Cash Flow Forecast compares your projected trajectory against actual receipts in real time. When the lines diverge beyond a configurable threshold, you get an alert — not when cash runs out, but months before it would.
Forecast vs. Actual Cash Flow
POD flagged the divergence in March — when the gap was still recoverable. By July, it was a $450K deficit that required emergency credit.
How POD Protects Your Cash Flow
Connect Financial Data
Upload billing records, payment receipts, and contracts. POD accepts Excel, CSV, PDF, and direct integrations.
AI Maps to KPIs
POD automatically calculates Cash Flow Forecast, Payment Velocity, Contract Leakage, and Financial Health Pulse.
Get Early Warnings
Real-time alerts when trajectories diverge, payment times increase, or leakage accumulates past your threshold.
What Ironclad Did Next
Billed $180K in Change Orders
POD identified 12 approved change orders that were never invoiced. Ironclad submitted them within a week.
Escalated Payment Delays
Armed with POD payment velocity data, they confronted the owner with proof that payment times had tripled — and negotiated faster terms.
Closed Insurance Gaps
POD flagged $32K in uncovered equipment. Ironclad updated their policy before the next claim.
Recovered Cash Position
Within 90 days of POD alerts, Ironclad collected $310K of the $422K leakage and returned to positive cash flow.
Every KPI From a 5-Minute Voice Report
POD tracks hundreds of KPIs from a 5-minute voice report. Here are just 2 of them.
Schedule & Budget Performance
Momentum Score
PODThese update in real time from a 5-minute voice report. No spreadsheets. No data entry.
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