>MIS budgets of public companies (they publish financials) are around 1%-3%
>of sales.
>Usually if the budget is below 1.25% of sales, it is said that the MIS is
>underbudget.

Thanks Gene! Those figures are some good ammo for me. I don't know how the current percentages look becuase this year's budget for my department is a lot higher than last year, but I do remember last year coming in right around 1% of sales and the corporate hotshots seemed to think that was high.