Brewery Cash Flow Series: 4 Tips to Manage CAPEX

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Capital expenses (CAPEX) are a big driver of brewery cash flow.

In this post, I’ll share tips and tactics you can use to manage your CAPEX, so that you can improve cash flow.

4 Tips to Manage Capital Expenses

  1. Identify the tools, team, timing and information needed for the CAPEX plan
  2. Define what capital expenses are (usually more than $1,000 and have a useful life of more than one year)
  3. Ask clarifying questions: Do we have an ROI? Are there alternatives? What will this really cost?
  4. Use this CAPEX-Model to inform your cash flow planning

Watch the short video: 4 Tips to Manage Capital Expenses

P.S. We talk about brewery cash flow all the time in the new finance group, the Beer Business Finance Association. Learn more here. 

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