SmartERP for event management
Price an event once, confirm the hall, caterer and sound hire against it, and see what the event earned after the last supplier bill is paid, without rebuilding the sums for every client.
Quotes, vendor orders and event accounts for planners of weddings and conferences
An event company runs many short projects at once, each with its own client, its own hired vendors and a date that cannot move. SmartERP holds the quotation, the vendor orders and the client invoices together, so one event can be read from the first enquiry to the final balance.
Start with Sales, Purchase and Accounting, with Employees for planners and day crew. Add CRM to follow enquiries, Events when you take registrations or sell tickets to a conference, and Email Marketing to write to past clients and attendees.
Typical businesses: Wedding planners · Conference organisers · Event companies · Festival organisers · Corporate launch organisers
Problem-to-Solution Matrix
How SmartERP systematically replaces traditional operational bottlenecks with automated enterprise workflows in event management.
A change in guest numbers means rewriting the whole quote
A family adds relatives or a client drops a session. Each change is retyped by hand, and the caterer and the hall may never hear about it.
Automated end-to-end workflow on a unified PostgreSQL database with real-time audit trail and zero duplicate entry.
Deposits and balances are followed in a notebook
Clients pay a deposit in cash or by transfer and the balance closer to the date. Which events are fully paid is known only to whoever took the money.
Automated end-to-end workflow on a unified PostgreSQL database with real-time audit trail and zero duplicate entry.
Vendors are booked by phone and paid without a record
Hall, caterer, sound, decoration and transport are agreed verbally. Afterwards nobody can show what was ordered, what arrived and what the event really cost.
Automated end-to-end workflow on a unified PostgreSQL database with real-time audit trail and zero duplicate entry.
The crew is rebuilt from memory before every event
Permanent planners and day crew move between weddings, launches and festivals. No single directory shows who holds which role, so each team is assembled by phone.
Automated end-to-end workflow on a unified PostgreSQL database with real-time audit trail and zero duplicate entry.
Applications in the Hospitality edition
These applications are the ones the industry edition's blueprint includes. Each opens its own page.
Often added for this industry
What each application does for event management
Accounting
The deposit is invoiced when the client confirms and the balance before the day; a service the client drops is credited. Cash and transfers are matched to each invoice, so the company knows which events are fully paid, and vendor bills are read against the client's invoice.
Sales
A wedding or conference template arrives with hall, catering, sound and decoration lines already listed. The quotation is revised as the guest list moves and confirmed as a sales order once the client agrees.
Purchase
Vendors price the same event brief through a request for quotation, and each chosen hall, caterer or decoration supplier is written down on a purchase order. After the event, what was delivered is compared with the purchase order and the vendor's bill.
Employees
Every planner and day crew member has an employee record showing position, department and manager. The org chart shows who holds which role, so a launch or festival team comes from a directory, not from memory.
How the work runs on SmartERP
From wedding enquiry to deposit and final balance
A couple or a conference organiser is quoted from a template, the quote follows the guest list, and the deposit and balance are matched as they arrive.
- CRM: Leads and opportunities Log the couple or organiser who called, with the date they want and the size of the gathering.
- Sales: Quotation templates Start from a wedding or conference template with hall, catering, sound and decoration lines already listed.
- Sales: Quotations and sales orders Revise the quote as the guest list moves and confirm it as an order once the client agrees.
- Accounting: Customer invoices and credit notes Invoice the deposit on confirmation and the balance before the day; credit a service the client drops.
- Accounting: Bank and cash Record the deposit taken in cash or by transfer and match the balance when it lands.
From vendor quotes to the true cost of the event
Vendors are asked to price the same brief, the chosen ones are ordered, and their bills are paid against what was actually delivered.
- Purchase: Requests for quotation Ask two caterers and a sound-hire company to price the same event brief.
- Purchase: Purchase orders Confirm the hall, caterer and decoration supplier so each booking is written down.
- Purchase: Receipts and three-way matching After the event, check the tents, chairs or food delivered against the order and the vendor's bill.
- Accounting: Vendor bills and payments Pay each vendor and read what the event cost against what the client was invoiced.
Your first month
- First week. We list the kinds of event you run and turn each into a quotation template with its hall, catering, sound and decoration lines. Vendors, planners and day crew are loaded.
- Second week. The ledger structure and bank account are agreed with your accountant, the starting balances go in, and we settle how deposits and balances are invoiced.
- Third week. Planners practise revising a quote as the guest list changes. The buyer raises orders with vendors for one live event, and finance invoices the deposit and matches its payment.
- After go-live. After the first events we review each with the owner: what was quoted, what the vendors billed and what remains unpaid. Then we adjust templates and vendor lists.
What to have ready
- The kinds of event you run and the services each one usually includes
- Your regular hall, caterer, sound and decoration vendors with their usual prices
- Current clients and coming events, with dates and deposits already taken
- Planners and day crew with roles and contact details
- Opening balances held by your accountant, plus the company's bank account
Live Platform Interface
The applications on screen
Authentic SmartERP application workspaces configured for event management workflows.
Who uses it
- Business owner or general managerSee the whole business and keep every department working on the same records.
- Finance and accountingInvoices, bills, bank and reports from one ledger.
- Sales and customer serviceLeads, quotations, orders and follow-up.
- Purchasing and storesBuy, receive and control stock.
Company sizes
- Up to 10 people
- 11 to 50 people
What SmartERP does not cover for this industry
SmartERP does not draw floor plans or seating charts, keep a vendor availability diary, build a run-of-show timeline or check guests in at the door. Event registration pages cover sign-ups, not the work on the day.
Questions about SmartERP for event management
Can SmartERP draw floor plans or run the event on the day?
No. SmartERP does not draw floor plans or seating charts, keep a vendor availability diary, build a run-of-show timeline or check guests in at the door. Event registration pages cover sign-ups, not the work on the day.
What happens to the quote when the guest count changes?
Revise the quotation in Sales and confirm it again. If the client drops a service after the invoice is issued, Accounting records a credit note, so the balance follows the change.
Can we follow deposits and balances for each event?
Yes. Invoice the deposit on confirmation and the balance before the day, record cash or transfers in Accounting and match them to the invoice. You then see which events are fully paid.
Can attendees buy tickets to our conference online?
With Events, attendees register on your website and ticket types can have limited seats. Online card payment is not offered today; paid tickets are invoiced and paid by bank transfer.
How do the quote, the vendor orders and the final cost fit together?
Sales holds the quote and the confirmed event, Purchase holds the vendor orders you raise for it, and the client invoice and vendor bills both post to Accounting, so income and cost are read together.
See it before you decide
One wedding from template quotation to final balance and vendor orders
The walkthrough follows a fictional couple through a template quotation, a revised guest list, a deposit and the balance, then the hall and caterer orders behind the event.
There is no self-service sandbox. The demo is a guided walkthrough on sample data, or you can start a trial workspace.
Pricing
SmartERP has an industry edition for this sector (Hospitality). The applications listed above are its applications, and the editions, their staff bands and the current prices are on the pricing page. This page shows no price.
Editions for this industry
- Starter: Up to 50 staff
- Enterprise: 51 to 100 staff
- Premium: 101 to 200 staff
The edition installs Accounting, Employee MS, Finance, Smart Purchase, Sales, Purchase. This list is read from the same catalogue the sign-up uses.
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