Coloma, WI.   Inspired by a love of antiques, Mona Zelienka decided one day to have some Amish carpenters living in her rural Wisconsin neighborhood, build some reproductions and sell them at the local crafter's sale.

19 years later, Especially for You designs can be found in fine specialty shops, catalogues and upscale department stores throughout the United States and the world. They have become one of the leading manufacturers and purveyors of exclusive gifts, collectibles, decorative accessories and architectural home accents.

One of the attributing factors to their success has been a determination to provide products with lasting quality and design and also by having a system to manage the cost to manufacture, market and deliver these exclusive products.

After years of growth and the startup of additional locations they began to seriously look into upgrading their existing SBT accounting software. "We needed a more stable and reliable system," said EFY's Chief Financial Officer, Carol Diercks. "SBT was a good system to start with, but as our growth accelerated, it could not keep up with our needs."

While being shown how Navision Financials could be customized to their unique business processes, Carol asked if it would be possible to go live within a window of only eight weeks. In partnership with ABC, Carol and all of the employees at EFY made the commitment to do whatever it took to bring Navision operational within the time allowance.

"One of the unique requirements that we needed was a flexible commissions system and the ability to calculate royalties for the artists that craft our pieces." Said Chris Armstrong, National sales manager. "We also needed the ability to sift information from our system by marketing criteria such as territories and historical purchases."

"We can drill into information better than we ever could with our previous system." Said Patty Ely, customer service representative. "Procedurally it is much quicker to enter orders because of being able to see and move between line items within a sales order. This has made our life much easier!"

"ABC Computers did a wonderful job training, and we appreciated their patience with us. We found that the learning process was much quicker with Navision because of consistencies in the programs."

"What I appreciate the most about Navision is we no longer have to close our months!" said Carol Diercks "Of course we also like the stability and never having to worry if we had a correct posting in the General Ledger."

"I can speak for our owners and our entire company when I say that ABC's customer service is awesome. The expertise and teamwork of their employees along with meeting our deadline dates made a real impact on our company."

In closing Carol said, "One of the qualities that we appreciate about ABC, is how we feel like we are their only customer whenever we call them. They are always there for us."

To get an appreciation of the many artistic pieces that EFY reproduces and the history of their company, you can visit their website at http://www.especiallyforyou.com