Manufacturing & Distribution
See where cash is tied up, and what is coming due.
Materials, inventory, supplier obligations, and customer payment timing can create very different pictures of sales and available cash. EveryPenny connects the agreed financial work with reporting on purchasing, receivables, costs, and working capital, so the moving pieces are easier to understand together.
30 minutes. Receive a one-page Finance Function Map within one business day. No obligation.
Three questions leadership keeps asking.
The financial foundation is the same everywhere. The questions worth answering every month are not. These are the ones a manufacturing & distribution leader needs the records to answer.
- 1
What is committed to suppliers and upcoming purchases?
- 2
Where is cash tied up in stock and customer receivables?
- 3
What do available cost records show about product-group margins?
The work our team handles. The view you get.
Our team does the recurring financial work in your engagement through our platform. Your dashboard shows the picture, the decisions that need you, and the work in progress.
Handled by EveryPenny
- Bookkeeping that records material purchases to inventory and cost of goods sold for what shipped, on the cost basis agreed for your records.
- Supplier bills matched to receiving records and prepared for approval.
- Wholesale receivables tracked and followed up on the agreed schedule.
- Working-capital reporting: cash, receivables, inventory, and payables together.
- Product-group margin reporting where the cost records support it.
On your dashboard
- Materials bills waiting for your approval, with the receiving reference.
- Customer invoices outstanding and the collection follow-up recorded.
- Inventory at cost and the purchasing commitments ahead.
- Product-group sales, cost, and margin, with the basis stated.
Services, reporting, and platform access are defined in your engagement.
Sample Supply Co.
Manufacturing & Distribution · sample as of Sep 14
Bank cash · Sep 14
$210,000
Projected low point
$118,000
Week 4
Customer payments expected
$169,300
6 open
Reporting
August 2026 published
version 1.0
2 decisions need your attention
Pay Keller Steel & Metals $27,600
$27,600
Materials bills above $20,000 need leadership approval under the sample company’s payment policy.
Decide whether to buy fourth-quarter steel before the October price increase
$84,000
Keller Steel & Metals has announced a 6% increase from October 1. Buying the fourth-quarter requirement now would cost about $5,000 less but ties up $84,000 of cash in week 3.
Handled by EveryPenny
- Reviewed and matched this week’s supplier billsCompleted · Preparation
- Held a carrier invoice with changed payment detailsHeld for review · Controls
- Followed up on Northgate invoice 5204In progress · Collections
- Reconciled the August 31 inventory countCompleted · Review
Explore an illustrative client experience. Your engagement defines the services and platform features available to you.
Explore the dashboardWhat setup involves.
We work through the setup with you and establish how the recurring work will be handled before it transitions to us. Nothing here is instant, and nothing is assumed.
See how onboarding works- 01
We agree the inventory cost basis and what cost data exists; where production costing is incomplete, reporting says so rather than presenting precision that is not there.
- 02
Production, planning, and warehouse tools stay where they are; we agree the handoffs into the books.
- 03
Receiving records and supplier terms are gathered so bills can be matched and payment timing planned.
Two questions we hear from manufacturing & distribution organizations.
What inventory and cost data do you need?
Purchases, receiving records, stock counts, and a cost basis for what ships. Where standard costs or production costing do not exist yet, we report on the basis available and agree what to build before margin reporting is relied on.
Do we keep our production or warehouse tools?
Yes. EveryPenny does not provide MRP, production scheduling, or warehouse control, and does not replace an ERP. We agree how those systems hand information to the books.
Other ways of doing business
Less coordination. A clearer financial picture. Work that gets handled.
Explore the client experience, then talk with us about the financial work your organization needs taken off its plate.
30 minutes. Receive a one-page Finance Function Map within one business day. No obligation.