In a difficult and uncertain economic climate, you know that you can rely on your Association to provide you with the most effective products and services available for your graphic arts business.Andrea Schlack, manager of the PII Credit Bureau, has ably managed your credit and collection needs for the past decade, teaching our members how to knowledgeably provide credit to would-be customers and helping them collect when that becomes necessary.PII and Andrea are more than pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2009, credit and collection services for PII’s members will be provided under the leadership and ownership of Andrea Schlack as Professional Credit Management Associates, Inc. (PCMA), d/b/a Printing Industry Credit Bureau.Learn more about credit and collection services by clicking the button on the left of this page.
Start choosing your best work today. The deadline for entries is Friday, March 27, 2009.
Mark your calendars: Winners will be recognized at the 2009 Pinnacle Print Awards Gala on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, Illinois.
PII Blue Book Now Available
PII is pleased to offer the 2008 Bluebook of Hourly Rates—Budgeted Hourly Rates for the Printing and Imaging Industry. These BHRs are based on data from the recent PII Wage & Benefit Survey (labor costs), surveys of manufacturers and members (equipment costs) and our local area Ratio Study (overhead costs). The rates include the direct cost of labor and equipment, as well as the indirect costs of plant, selling and administrative overhead.
This very useful tool is available — emailed as a PDF file (fast!) or mailed as a CD-ROM or hard copy — to PII members for $100 and non-members for $300.Order your Bluebook by contacting Joanne Rock at 312-580-3032 or
, or download the order form.
IRS Lowers Standard Mileage Rates for 2009
As anticipated, the IRS has lowered the 2009 optional standard mileage rate for the use of a car to 55 cents per mile for business and to 24 cents per mile for medical or moving purposes. The rate for charitable purposes at 14 cents per mile is unchanged from 2008 and is set by law.
Make Your Company Recession Proof
We know the economic downturn makes every aspect of doing business -- collecting from customers, paying your own bills and even keeping company morale high -- incredibly difficult. And we're here to help.
