Case Study: Bovie Printing and Fabrication achieves improved throughput and lower costs with M1 ERP

M1 improves throughput, lowers costs

Bovie Printing and Fabrication, a family‑owned technical printer in Bow, NH, faced inefficient, paper‑heavy processes (including a five‑part job traveler), and struggled to control inputs/outputs across a very large, complex inventory. To modernize operations and improve organizational efficiency they adopted M1 (ECI M1® ERP) and its Design Studio tools.

Using M1 and Design Studio, Bovie converted data, digitized job travelers with Document Manager, added custom indexed fields, and streamlined workflows. M1 enabled accurate cash‑flow forecasting (+/‑5% two months out), management of over 5K active inventory items for 350+ customers, a 25% increase in throughput, lower costs, and higher revenues (growing from $2.3M toward $3.5M with a leaner staff). M1’s flexibility and indexing also made searches and customer‑specific requirements fast and painless.

Bovie Printing and Fabrication

Gary Shirk

President and Owner