AI Starter Kit for SMEs
Five safe AI uses, each with a confirm-the-figure check
Open modelSignal Lab
Practical models for people who run the numbers — open, change the inputs, take a prompt & Excel model home.
Hub counts are tools in that category — some models sit in more than one.
Five safe AI uses, each with a confirm-the-figure check
Open modelReal payback after human review, error redo and running costs
Open modelSee what 1% or one day does to profit and cash
Open modelTurn WC days into dollars and see which lever moved
Open modelSee what makes up net working capital — and which line moved the cash
Open modelCurrent, quick, and cash ratios with policy lights — plus simple AR/inventory what-ifs
Open modelExpected bookings from your stage-to-won rates — not CRM default percentages
Open modelWhat revenue can your team actually produce — after ramp and attainment?
Open modelBeginning → new, expansion, reactivation − contraction, churn → ending — with NRR
Open modelHeadcount × hours × utilization × realized rate — the services P&L engine
Open modelFill rate, trainer cost, and cancellations → session margin and break-even fill
Open modelPercent complete, earned revenue, and over/under billing by job
Open modelGross margin return on inventory — Margin% × Sales turns
Open modelRank products by throughput per bottleneck minute — not absorption cost
Open modelBreak-even, margin of safety, and how 1% volume moves profit
Open modelExplain every dollar of margin change — price, volume, mix, cost
Open modelSplit ROE into margin, turnover, and leverage (3- and 5-step)
Open modelLeverage, interest cover, and DSCR (debt service coverage ratio) vs your thresholds — with stress
Open modelTrue $/FTE after on-costs — plus a simple headcount bridge
Open modelList to pocket price to pocket margin — see where margin leaks
Open modelAnnualised return on early-pay discounts vs your cost of capital — take or hold
Open modelGross → net debt → available liquidity — with a 12-month maturity view
Open modelBuild invested capital two ways, then ROIC vs WACC (and EVA)
Open modelCompound annual growth from start, end, and years
Open modelGain vs capital outlay (not annualised)
Open modelPresent value of a cash-flow stream at your discount rate
Open modelInternal rate of return vs your hurdle
Open modelYears to recover the investment (simple + discounted)
Open modelPV of inflows ÷ outlay — rank when capital is scarce
Open modelROU asset + lease liability (AASB 16 ≈ IFRS 16) — ratios and covenants
Open modelCost, salvage, life — SL or declining-balance year table
Open modelPrincipal, rate, term — level payment and year schedule
Open modelLinked P&L / BS / CF across a few periods — sketch forecast
Open modelAccountant-pack ratios with liquidity, leverage, profit, and efficiency lights
Open modelRevenue → Gross → EBITDA → EBIT → EBT → NPAT waterfall in $ and %
Open modelNPAT → Approx CFO → FCF bridge with cash-conversion light
Open modelChannel unit economics — CAC, LTV, ratio, and months to pay back
Open modelMax frankable dividend from your franking surplus — without over-franking
Open modelNo models match …