Meetings & Events
The global business events industry contributes $1.6 trillion to GDP. Yet for most enterprises, M&E spend sits outside traditional financial oversight.
Global M&E industry GDP
One of the largest controllable spend categories in the enterprise
Maverick or off-program spend
30-40% of enterprise event spend bypasses established programs
Savings through centralized visibility
Companies with mature SMM programs capture 7-20% savings
Reduction in duplicate payments
Closed-loop AP controls eliminate payment errors at scale
Traditional ERP systems — SAP, Oracle, Workday — were designed for recurring suppliers and standardized processes, not the hundreds of short-term vendors, accelerated timelines, and project-based budgets that define meetings and events.
Budget → PO → Invoice → Payment → Reconciliation → Report. The entire workflow in one platform — not fragments across five systems.
Track spend by region, event type, and business unit in real time. Identify cost overruns before they happen. Strengthen supplier negotiations.
Create preferred vendor lists with negotiated rates. Onboard vendors once, reuse across regions and programs. Track performance globally.
Closed-loop payments eliminate fraud risk. Automated AP controls deliver up to 80% reduction in duplicate payments. SOC 1 and SOC 2 certified.
Direct integrations with SAP, Workday, NetSuite, Oracle, and Cvent keep budgets, event data, and corporate accounting aligned.
Finance gets control. Marketing gets speed. Procurement gets leverage. Planners get simplicity. SMM gets the data foundation they need.
AI requires clean, centralized, global data. Eved's unified platform gives AI something to work with — auto-coding invoices, flagging budget overruns, and turning hours of manual reconciliation into minutes of review.
See how the biggest event companies consolidate vendor payments, gain real-time visibility, and capture millions in savings.