Case Study: Avedis Zildjian achieves faster, more accurate financial data and reporting with Infor F9 (Infor)

Avedis Zildjian gets better financial data faster with Infor F9

Avedis Zildjian, the nearly 400-year-old cymbal manufacturer based in Norwell, MA, had grown into a $50M business while keeping a small (four-person) finance team. Facing rising metal costs, increasing competition, and the need for faster, more flexible financial and statistical reporting without heavy IT support, the company needed a solution that delivered timely, drill‑downable data to executives.

Zildjian implemented Infor F9 to link Infor SyteLine GL data to Excel, enabling quick, customizable reports (including sales units by region), drilldown to transactions, and nightly automated updates. The three-week implementation cut monthly report preparation from hours to minutes, reduced reliance on IT, sped up audit and tax schedules, and simplified future multi‑company consolidation—delivering clear time‑savings and better decision support.

Avedis Zildjian

Glen Cobbett

Director of Finance, Avedis Zildjian