Sample data: FactSmith Equipment Hire warehouse, small equipment. Not a real hire company.
Your small tools earned R19.6M. You invoiced R18.4M. Where did R1.2M go?
EarnedHire on actual days, plus damage repaired
R19.6M
What the counter should have billed, last 12 months
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InvoicedHire charges, after credit notes
R18.4M
What actually went out on invoices
=
Never billed
R1.2M
Late days and damage, repaired but not charged
The leak is small on the page, and it has two causes
The same money, to scale
Zoomed in on the Ember sliver. The scale below starts again at R0, with a line every R200k.
Where the comes from
Money you can chaseThe total leak
Last 12 months by invoice date (1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026), small equipment (everything except Earthmoving), amounts excl. VAT. Damage repaired and not charged is valued at the workshop repair cost.
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The rest of the picture
Damage: repaired against charged
Damaged returns repaired in our workshop, last 12 months.