Cash flow
Cash flow is the timing of money entering and leaving the business, which for a carrier is difficult because fuel and drivers are paid weekly while freight invoices settle in thirty days or more.
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A profitable carrier can still fail on timing. Growth makes it worse: more loads mean more fuel and payroll now against more receivables later.
The levers are invoicing speed, broker payment terms, and whether factoring is used. All three are measurable, and all three are usually improvable before rates are.