Case Study: Schäfer + Peters GmbH achieves 1-week catalog production and €200,000 savings with Perfion

Catalog production time went from 9 months to 1 week

Schäfer + Peters GmbH, a manufacturer of stainless steel and acid‑resistant fasteners with more than 200 employees and 32,000+ inventory items, faced fragmented product data across PCs, Excel files and Microsoft Dynamics NAV. This lack of a central source made it time‑consuming to produce accurate customer information and a 1,000‑page main catalog that previously required six to nine months and several full‑time staff. To address this, Schäfer + Peters implemented the Perfion Product Information Management (PIM) system.

Perfion was deployed as the single source of truth, fully integrated with Microsoft Dynamics NAV, the ePages webshop and an automated InBetween/InDesign publishing workflow. The result: catalog production that once took nine months now finishes in about one week (3–4 days automated generation + 2–3 days manual checks), webshop PDFs and product data sync instantly, and the sales team accesses all product data directly from NAV via a button. Schäfer + Peters reports roughly €200,000 saved over four years and streamlined multi‑language (14 languages) product management thanks to Perfion.

Schäfer + Peters GmbH

Matthias Westhauser

Marketing Manager