Allied Printing--Crowning Customers

Data Collection Is Key to Success

When Allied Printing decided it was time to upgrade its management information system, executives commissioned an accounting firm to go out and narrow down the options within set parameters.

"We realized that we needed to be a little smarter about the information we were getting," admits Allied President John Sommers. Allied had had a custom MIS for a number of years, and an off-the-shelf system from a third-party provider. But company execs realized that they were missing data. And without the data, getting a handle on cost centers was lost.