Who is The Allied Group?

The Allied Group was founded in Providence, Rhode Island in 1946. The primary document production facility is still located in the original building at 333 Bucklin Street.

During the 1980’s Allied (then Allied Business Forms) expanded into inventory management services. By producing forms less often and storing them at our warehouse, we were able to give clients “just-in-time” delivery without worrying about running out.

Starting in the early 1990’s, Allied greatly diversified and added new products and services through growth and acquisition. These included: Commercial and digital printing, promotional products, on-line Internet solutions and mailing and fulfillment services.

Today, Allied is recognized as the area’s leading provider of one-stop marketing management, document and information management services, all done under one roof. We have complete solutions for printed and electronic document/workflow processes, marketing services including client acquisition and retention programs, billing, and sophisticated fulfillment management.

Allied employs 175 people at 3 local manufacturing facilities as well as two regional sales offices. Comprised of four divisions that collaborate to offer everything from basic printing to completely custom business solutions and personalized, 1:1 marketing.

The Allied Group's clients favor collaborative relationships as it relates to information management and customer attraction, acquisition, and retention. Our ability to produce and distribute both printed and electronic material, coupled with an expert team of marketing and operational experts, offers a unique product suite focused on our customers' success.

Many of our clients feel that by partnering with one company they consolidate buying power, gain supply chain control, and improve efficiency. Our on-line customer portal, The Allied Virtual Office, gives you 24/7 access to our system and allows clients to: check inventory levels, order review transactions and pricing history, make releases from stock, create direct marketing and 1:1 mailings as well as control administrative functions.

A full demonstration of our system is available upon request.

What is The Allied Group's Mission?

The mission of The Allied Group is to provide our clients with the most comprehensive, customized, and successful programs possible in order to positively impact both their top and bottom line performance.

We will strive to offer strategies, products, and resources that increase the effectiveness of your entire Sales & Marketing effort. We will utilize the newest printing and operational technology with just-in-time and on-demand services to eliminate waste, duplication, and improve workflow and operational efficiencies

Our goal is to build long-term, value-added relationships with our customers based on trust, reliability, and integrity. A partner who continually contributes to your mission critical organizational and fiscal initiatives.

Internally, we aim to create a company where creativity, loyalty, and hard work are all encouraged and rewarded. Our success is based upon maintaining an organization of individuals passionately committed to servicing the customer. We will provide excellent career opportunities to all associates while balancing our responsibilities to the community at large.

Why partner with The Allied Group?

The Allied Group specializes in helping our clients manage and improve their mission critical communication requirements. We generate more results on the top line by providing strategies and resources that increase the effectiveness of the entire sales and marketing effort. Working with on-line technology as well as just-in-time and on-demand services, we positively impact the bottom line by eliminating waste, duplication, improving workflow effectiveness, and increasing operational efficiencies.

Marketing and Sales: Many executives are frustrated that they cannot consistently attract, acquire, and retain more of the right customers for their business. They are responsible for improving results, but find it difficult to deliver qualified prospects and achieve acceptable revenue targets. The Allied Group can solve this problem with marketing and sales strategy that is proven to work.

Project Coordination: Under staffed managers are often stressed with short deadlines and a long supply chain made up of multiple vendors. Too many important projects end up getting done incompletely and/or late, wrong, or not at all. Other associates are pulled off their regular jobs in an attempt to catch up. Let the experts at The Allied Group work with you to insure your projects are managed to their maximum proficiency.

Event Management: Trade shows, educational seminars, job fairs, company outings, and fundraisers require careful planning and precise execution in order to be successful. Overwhelmed planners regularly don’t have the proper resources to guarantee a good result. Take hold of your event content and message while leaving the obligatory work to us.

Warehousing and Distribution: In today’s fast paced business environment, many company's biggest challenges are that of logistics. Keeping track of inventory levels and making sure parts, supplies, samples, and literature move effectively is often essential for overall success. The Allied Group has the space and the means to automate this for you.

Workflow Processing: Technology is accelerating at a pace that leaves many operations managers unable to “keep up”. Costs can spiral out of control with inefficient and out-dated document systems. Most organizations could use better on-line, on-demand, just-in-time, digital workflow, and effective out-sourced solutions that save time and money.

Printing, Mailing and Promotional Products: Many organizations still receive substandard value when it comes to collateral printing, basic mailings, and advertising products. Quality and service levels can be too low and the costs can be too high. Many companies find high value by combining orders with one supplier to take advantage of bulk discounting and easy access to quality service. This is what The Allied Group is ready to do for you.

Which Clients Put Their Trust in The Allied Group?

• Any organization that prefers strategic partners over simple suppliers
• Any organization that is ready for a go-to-market strategy, but is not ready to hire an entire marketing department
• Fast growing companies eager to better utilize technology and capitalize on opportunities
• Healthcare organizations concerned with JAHCO and HIPPA regulations and confidentiality in their communications
• Companies with large sales forces where speed, consistency and efficiency in communication is critical to success
• Marketing Departments looking for greater ROI by exploring personalized, one-to-one customer communication strategies
• Non-profit and fund development professionals needing to increase the number of contributors and/or the amount of giving
• Higher Education Institutions who are looking to be more competitive in securing the best students
• Any company with warehousing, inventory management, operational and distribution challenges
• Businesses with large print management requirements
• Organizations needing to out-source non core competency workflow processing, mailing and fulfillment programs

How do I contact The Allied Group?

Offices

Corporate
25 Amflex Drive
Cranston, RI 02921
401.946.6100

RI Sales Office
333 Bucklin St.
Providence, RI 02907
401.946.6100

MA Sales Office
10 Kearney Rd, Suite 300
Needham Heights, MA 02494
781.444.8989

Fulfillment Center
30 Martin Street
Cumberland, RI 02864
401.333.6899

Key Contacts:

Brian Butler, Vice President of Sales and Marketing x3132 Kevin Riley, General Sales Manager x3242