About Us — PICE: Printing Industry Credit Executives

PICE is a nonprofit association of financial, credit, and collection specialists. Organized in 1977, PICE now includes more than 125 of North America's leading printing firms and related vendors.

PICE member companies include printers, paper houses, and related graphic arts firms located throughout the United States and Canada. Members are primarily printers of books, catalogues, magazines, and direct mail, and they serve a customer base that includes advertising agencies, publishers, brokers, and end-users.

The association is governed by a nine-member board of directors elected annually and served by an administrator who has many years experience in printing industry credit matters.

The principal benefits of PICE membership are:

	Credit Exchange. PICE has created and maintains a state of the art Internet-based credit exchange that contains data on nearly 25,000 accounts. The database is easy to search and is updated regularly with new account information and new data about existing accounts. Email "flash reports" alert PICE members to bankruptcies, accounts placed for collection, and other "red flags." More...

	DSO Surveys. PICE conducts quarterly Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) surveys that permit member companies to compare their collection performance against others in the industry. More...

	Meetings. PICE holds a spring and fall meeting each year. These meetings offer diverse opportunities for learning and sharing, including: an attorney-monitored account discussion; roundtable workshop sessions; educational seminars; and social functions for networking with other credit industry executives. More...

	Peer Networking. PICE members have many opportunities to meet and interact with their industry peers. Many find this "networking" to be one of the most valuable benefits of membership. More...

	Scholarship Fund. PICE maintains a modest scholarship fund that is open to all members and their staff to help fund any approved credit-related educational endeavor.