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A clean IdealSync playbook · by Dorian Gorski

Monthly cash and true COGS close

Payouts, landed cost, true margin per SKU, returns, and a 90 day cash forecast. 8 tasks, 3 departments, 3 automations.

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  1. T1 · Finance

    Pull the month's payout and fee reports

    Amazon settlement reports, payout statements, advertising invoices

    Bookkeeper1 calendar day assumed
    After: Flow start
  2. T2 · Supply Chain

    Update landed cost per SKU

    Supplier invoices, freight invoices, duty and customs charges, units received

    Ops Manager2 calendar days assumed
    After: Flow start
  3. T3 · Finance

    Reconcile payouts against the bank

    Bank statements, settlement totals, reserve balance

    Bookkeeper1 calendar day assumed
    After: T1
  4. T4 · Finance

    Recalculate true margin per SKU

    Landed cost per SKU, fees per unit, ad spend per SKU, returns rate

    Finance Manager1 calendar day assumed
    After: T2, T3
  5. T5 · Finance

    Flag SKUs below the margin floor

    Margin floor per category, true margin per SKU

    Finance Manager1 calendar day assumed
    After: T4
  6. T6 · Operations

    Review returns and reimbursements

    Returns report with reason codes, reimbursement report, lost and damaged units

    Ops Manager1 calendar day assumed
    After: T1
  7. T7 · Finance

    Update the 90 day cash forecast

    Open purchase orders, supplier payment terms, forecast units, fixed costs

    Finance Manager2 calendar days assumed
    After: T4, T6
  8. T8 · Finance

    Agree the actions with the team

    Margin flags, cash forecast, returns findings

    Finance Manager, Ops Manager1 calendar day assumed
    After: T5, T7

Why we build it this way

Make every handoff explicit.

Name the required input, responsible role and approval before wiring an automation.

Capture the result and use it to improve the next run.

Design guidance from the IdealSync method. Adapt and validate it for your operation.

The next run should teach you something

Confirm the data. Give the response an owner. Do the work. Record the result. Improve the next run.

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