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- Catering Order Management
- Data model
The tables behind Catering Order Management
Catering Order Management ships with 14 tables, grouped here by the feature that uses them. Every record your team works with lives in one of them, and you can add fields and tables in Proto.
- Tables
- 14
- Features
- 6, plus shared settings
- Change it
- Add fields and tables in Proto
How the model is organised
Company and people
Catering companies connects catering staff and event clients to the operating company; Users provides the staff identity reference.
Event order
Catering orders holds the event, client, billing party, coordinator, date, revision and order total.
Menu and operations
Menu items and menu selections describe the selected dishes and guest counts. Kitchen and logistics events and venue handoffs record execution and partner handoff.
Review and evidence
Approval decisions, catering exceptions, catering payments, service receipts and event documents retain decisions, issues and event evidence.
Every table, by feature
- Event enquiries4
- Menu planning3
- Order review3
- Kitchen coordination4
- Venue handoffs4
- Payments and evidence4
- Shared and settings1
- Catering orders
Catering orders from event enquiry through headcount planning, kitchen prep, delivery and billing.
Linked to Catering companies, Catering staff, Event clients - Event clients
Clients who book catering: hosts, venues and corporate accounts.
Linked to Catering companies - Catering staff
Event coordinators, chefs and kitchen staff who own catering orders and approvals.
Linked to Catering companies, Users - Catering companies
Catering businesses whose events, menus and billing are managed here.
- Approval decisions
Independent approval decisions taken on catering enquiries and exceptions.
Linked to Catering companies, Catering staff, Catering orders - Catering orders
Catering orders from event enquiry through headcount planning, kitchen prep, delivery and billing.
Linked to Catering companies, Catering staff, Event clients - Catering exceptions
Issues raised against a catering order: ingredient shortages, venue access, deposit holds and food safety.
Linked to Catering orders, Catering staff
- Kitchen and logistics events
Kitchen prep, packing, dispatch and venue set-up events for a catering order.
Linked to Catering orders, Catering companies - Catering orders
Catering orders from event enquiry through headcount planning, kitchen prep, delivery and billing.
Linked to Catering companies, Catering staff, Event clients - Service receipts
Recorded evidence of each kitchen, delivery or billing action performed on a catering order.
Linked to Catering companies, Catering staff, Catering orders
- Venue handoffs
Handoffs of an event to venues, partner kitchens and logistics providers.
Linked to Catering orders, Catering companies - Catering orders
Catering orders from event enquiry through headcount planning, kitchen prep, delivery and billing.
Linked to Catering companies, Catering staff, Event clients - Kitchen and logistics events
Kitchen prep, packing, dispatch and venue set-up events for a catering order.
Linked to Catering orders, Catering companies - Event documents
Event documents: banqueting event orders, menu sheets, allergy notes and signed delivery dockets.
Linked to Catering orders, Catering companies
- Catering payments
Deposits, progress payments and final settlement captured against a catering order.
Linked to Catering orders - Service receipts
Recorded evidence of each kitchen, delivery or billing action performed on a catering order.
Linked to Catering companies, Catering staff, Catering orders - Event documents
Event documents: banqueting event orders, menu sheets, allergy notes and signed delivery dockets.
Linked to Catering orders, Catering companies - Catering orders
Catering orders from event enquiry through headcount planning, kitchen prep, delivery and billing.
Linked to Catering companies, Catering staff, Event clients
Keys and references
The catering order is the shared reference across selections, payments, exceptions, approvals, documents, kitchen events, receipts and venue handoffs. Its client and billing party both reference event clients. The approver and event coordinator reference catering staff, which in turn references Users. Check the company reference wherever it appears before importing an event.
Migration order
- Company and identity. Import catering companies, Users and catering staff.
- Clients and menu. Import event clients and menu items with the correct company.
- Orders. Import catering orders after client, billing party and coordinator references resolve.
- Event detail. Import menu selections, approval decisions, kitchen and logistics events and venue handoffs.
- Evidence. Import catering payments, catering exceptions, service receipts and event documents against the validated orders.
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