{
  "synthetic": true,
  "capability": "cash-flow-forecast",
  "status": "preview",
  "scenario": "Collections slow in week five while payroll and a tax payment fall in the same period.",
  "sourceTable": {
    "columns": [
      "Week",
      "Starting cash",
      "Inflows",
      "Outflows",
      "Ending cash"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "1",
        "$180,000",
        "$95,000",
        "$82,000",
        "$193,000"
      ],
      [
        "5",
        "$156,000",
        "$48,000",
        "$121,000",
        "$83,000"
      ],
      [
        "13",
        "$142,000",
        "$88,000",
        "$76,000",
        "$154,000"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "deterministicRule": "Roll each week's ending cash into the next week and keep booked amounts separate from timing assumptions and scenarios.",
  "flaggedFinding": "Base-case cash reaches a low of $83,000 in week five, below the $100,000 management buffer.",
  "possibleReasons": "The trough may be solved by collections timing, payment scheduling, a credit facility, or lower spending, but the forecast alone does not choose the action.",
  "humanReviewQuestions": [
    "Which week-five inflows are assumptions?",
    "Which payments can move without harming vendors?",
    "What downside case must the business survive?"
  ],
  "operatingDecision": "Assign collection and payment-timing actions now, then refresh the forecast weekly against actual cash."
}