CateringPro Events — Corporate catering company
AI deployment blueprint for Corporate catering company. Automates catering ops using QuickBooks, Airtable, Twilio, Claude.
AI Readiness Score
Airtable provides structure but some manual processes indicate data silos exist.
Mid-size team with semi-technical skills. Already comfortable with modern tools.
Budget supports comprehensive automation with good ROI potential given billing delays.
Strong existing workflows with clear repetitive tasks. Team already uses structured data in Airtable.
3-6 month timeline allows for phased implementation and testing.
Excellent API coverage with QuickBooks, Airtable, and Twilio. Clean data flow paths.
How This System Works
Architecture
Event-driven automation system that monitors Airtable for changes and updates across QuickBooks and Twilio. Pricing flows from cost changes to all systems, dietary compliance is checked at booking and menu assignment, and billing is triggered by event completion.
Data Flow
Recipe cost changes in Airtable trigger pricing updates throughout the system. Event bookings trigger dietary compliance checks. Completed events automatically generate invoices in QuickBooks while updating event status in Airtable and notifying the team via Twilio.
Implementation Phases
Establish automated pricing updates across systems
Implement dietary restriction tracking and compliance checking
Deploy automatic invoice generation and delivery
Prerequisites
- -Standardize recipe costing structure in Airtable
- -Create dietary restriction taxonomy
- -Set up QuickBooks invoice templates
- -Establish event completion workflow
Assumptions
- -Current Airtable contains structured recipe and event data
- -Team will maintain consistent event status updates
- -QuickBooks integration permissions can be obtained
- -Twilio account has sufficient SMS credits
Recommended Agents (3)
How It Works
- 1Monitor Airtable for recipe cost changes
Watch for changes in ingredient_cost or markup_percentage fields
Airtable API - 2Calculate new menu prices with markup
Apply profit margins and portion calculations to determine final prices
Claude - 3Update pricing in QuickBooks items
Sync new prices to corresponding menu items in accounting system
QuickBooks API - 4Log changes and send notification
SMS notification to operations manager with pricing change summary
Twilio
Data Flow
Inputs
- Airtable — Recipe cost data, ingredient prices, markup percentages(JSON)
Outputs
- QuickBooks — Updated menu item prices in accounting system(API update)
Prerequisites
- -Standardized recipe costing in Airtable
Error Handling
Queue updates and retry with exponential backoff
Alert operations team and halt update
Integrations
| Source | Target | Data Flow | Method | Complexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airtable | QuickBooks | Recipe costs → Menu pricing → Invoice items | api | moderate |
| Airtable | Twilio | Event status changes → SMS notifications | api | low |
| QuickBooks | Airtable | Invoice status → Event billing status | api | moderate |
Schedule
0 9 * * *Recommended Models
| Task | Recommended | Alternatives | Est. Cost | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menu pricing calculations | Claude Sonnet 4 | GPT-4Local calculation scripts | $25/month | Complex pricing logic with multiple variables requires robust reasoning |
| Dietary restriction parsing | Claude Sonnet 4 | GPT-3.5Rule-based parsing | $35/month | Natural language processing for varied dietary restriction descriptions |
| Invoice generation logic | Claude Sonnet 4 | Template-based generation | $30/month | Complex billing calculations with event modifications and service additions |
Impact
What Changes
Quality Gains
- ✓Consistent pricing across all channels
- ✓Zero dietary restriction errors
- ✓Faster client payment cycles
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