Case Study: Schirmer Engineering achieves faster, more accurate proposals and real-time reporting with Deltek Vision

Schirmer generates more accurate proposals and reports in less time by switching to integrated Deltek software

Schirmer Engineering Corporation, a fire protection engineering firm based in Deerfield, IL, was struggling with the overhead of many small projects and fragmented information systems. Project accounting, CRM and proposal tools used separate databases, forcing repeated data entry, producing inconsistent customer/employee/project records, and making proposal and sales reporting slow and error-prone—requiring roughly 500 man‑hours per month to compile regional reports.

Schirmer implemented Deltek Vision to unify project accounting, CRM and proposal generation in a single database. The integrated system lets offices enter leads once, reuses project and employee data for proposals, enables web time/expense entry and on‑demand reporting, and links records for fast navigation—resulting in faster, more accurate proposals and reports, reduced administrative effort, and more time for proactive business development.

Schirmer Engineering

Jim Bychowski

Director of Marketing