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Software, consulting
and AI from Herne.
Owner-led, since 2023.

Pixelschnitzel has been around since 2023. We are eight people in Herne and deliberately stay that size. Consulting, software and AI come from one team, because digitalisation only pays off when the pieces fit together. We take on few projects at a time — and see them through.

GDPR‑compliant
Hosted in Germany
BVMID‑certified AI expert
10,000+ active users
75+ projects since 2023
In time / in budget
A personal point of contact
Pixelschnitzel in numbers

Deliberately small.
Measurably productive.

2023
Founded

Out of the wish to offer honest IT consulting for mid-sized companies.

75+
Projects

From a two-hour sparring session to a complete ERP rebuild.

100%
Built in Germany

Development, hosting and data stay in Germany — GDPR-compliant, hosted in Germany.

10,000+
Active users

Work in systems we built every day — from a freight-forwarding ERP to a worldwide sales platform.

What we hold on to

Software is craft.
Consulting is trust.
AI is a tool.
And you are not a ticket in a queue.

  • Plain language beats consultant prose. If you don't understand a word, it was the wrong word. We talk so that management and the shop floor both get it.
  • Honesty beats follow-up revenue. If another provider is a better fit, we'll say so. If a spreadsheet is enough, we'll put that in the minutes too.
  • Consistency beats fashion. We choose technology your IT team will still understand in five years — and that developers will still be available for. No frameworks nobody maintains next year.
  • Sovereignty beats convenience. Your data belongs to you. So does your software. And your AI, of course. We build for independence, not for vendor lock-in.
How all of this came about

From founding
to our own ERP.

2023

Pixelschnitzel founded in Herne

Florian Brosig founds Pixelschnitzel, after years in corporate IT and mid-market consulting. First clients: mid-sized companies from the Ruhr region that wanted to feel "looked after" rather than "processed".

2023 – 2024

The first complete ERP

EX‑LOG GmbH replaces off-the-shelf software with a custom-built freight ERP: 14 months, six releases, no downtime in day-to-day operations. Dispatch, tracking and invoicing still run on it today. Read the case.

2024

BVMID certification as an AI expert

Certified as an AI expert by the German mid-market association (BVMID). Since then we have helped member companies work out where AI genuinely takes work off their hands. AI becomes the third pillar alongside consulting and software.

2025

New offices in the Kaiserquartier

We move into our own space in the Kaiserquartier in Herne, Forellstraße 101–113. More room for workshops and on-site meetings — and the whole team around one table.

2025

A worldwide sales platform for Gneuß

For Gneuß Kunststofftechnik GmbH we build a central platform for all sales material: one source, ten language versions, a worldwide rollout, plus an offline app for macOS, Windows and Linux. Read the case.

2025

Focus on on-premise AI

We specialise in AI models that run entirely on the client's own premises — for regulated industries such as law firms, clinics, public authorities and manufacturing. No data leaving the building, no training on your data, GDPR-compliant. Read more.

2026

Thor: our own lead management

With Thor we build our own system for enquiries and support cases. Every request from this website lands there, with a named contact instead of a shared inbox. We run it in our own business first — software whose consequences we carry ourselves gets built more carefully.

Early 2026

Development of SHFT begins

We start building SHFT, our next-generation ERP. AI is not an add-on feature but part of the architecture: reading documents, preparing transactions, flagging anomalies before anyone goes looking for them. See SHFT.

Today

75+ projects. Eight people. One attitude.

What started in 2023 has grown into eight people and 75+ projects, with more than 10,000 people working in them every day. Few projects at a time, but full attention: whoever works with us has a mobile number instead of a ticket queue.

A selection from 75+ projects

Who we work with.

All case studies →
Gneuß
EX‑LOG
YS Transporte
BVMID
Stadt Herne
IHK Mittleres Ruhrgebiet
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