# abas ERP and proALPHA Private AI Layer Blueprint Generator

> Source: https://netray.co/tools/abas-proalpha-private-ai-layer-blueprint-generator
> Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems.
> Section: Free Tools

## Short answer

Generate a shareable architecture plan for adding a private, on-prem AI assistant to abas ERP and proALPHA, with components, security controls and a three-phase rollout.

## Category

other-erp

## Erp

abas ERP / proALPHA

## Audience

- CIO
- IT manager
- ERP administrator
- ERP consultant

## Tool

**Kind:** template

**Output:** document

**Fields:**

#### Company name

**Key:** company

**Type:** text

**Default:** Rheinwerk Maschinenbau GmbH

#### System version

**Key:** version

**Type:** select

**Options:**

- abas ERP (current release)
- abas ERP (older release)
- proALPHA (current release)
- proALPHA (older release)
- Both systems

**Default:** proALPHA (current release)

#### Database engine

**Key:** db

**Type:** select

**Options:**

- abas native database
- Progress OpenEdge
- Other or not sure

**Default:** Progress OpenEdge

#### Hosting

**Key:** hosting

**Type:** select

**Options:**

- On-prem server
- Private cloud
- Air-gapped network

**Default:** On-prem server

#### Named users

**Key:** users

**Type:** number

**Default:** 150

#### Sites or plants

**Key:** sites

**Type:** number

**Default:** 2

#### Main use cases

**Key:** usecases

**Type:** textarea

**Default:** Production order status and material shortages in German. Lookups of customer orders and delivery dates. Search of order confirmations, certificates and work instructions.

#### Data that must never leave the site

**Key:** never

**Type:** textarea

**Default:** Personnel and time-recording data. Customer price agreements. Drawings under customer NDA.

#### GPU available

**Key:** gpu

**Type:** select

**Options:**

- Not yet purchased
- 1 x 24 GB class GPU
- 1-2 x 48 GB class GPUs
- 2-4 x 80 GB class GPUs
- Existing GPU server

**Default:** 1-2 x 48 GB class GPUs

#### Target go-live

**Key:** golive

**Type:** date

**Default:** 2027-05-31

**Blocks:**

#### Private AI Layer Architecture Plan: abas ERP and proALPHA

**Body:** Company: {{company}}
System and version: abas ERP and proALPHA, {{version}}
Database: {{db}}
Hosting: {{hosting}}
Named users: {{users}}
Sites or plants: {{sites}}
GPU: {{gpu}}
Target go-live: {{golive}}

#### Context and objectives

**Body:** {{company}} wants an AI assistant over its abas ERP and proALPHA data and documents that runs inside its own environment ({{hosting}}). The assistant must answer questions in natural language, show the data behind each answer, respect existing user permissions and remain read-only until approvals are in place.

Main use cases:
{{usecases}}

#### Data boundaries

**Body:** The following data must never leave the site and must stay out of any external service:
{{never}}

All processing, indexing and model inference run on infrastructure controlled by {{company}}.

#### Components

**Table:**

**Columns:**

- Layer
- Design
- Notes for {{company}}

**Rows:**

**0:** Data access path

**1:** Reporting store fed through the vendor's documented interfaces (abas) or a read-only database copy with curated views (proALPHA), per your release and licence

**2:** abas is not a plain SQL database; confirm interface options with your partner

**0:** Retrieval index

**1:** Local vector index of order confirmations, certificates, contracts and work instructions in German and English, tagged with ERP numbers

**2:** Covers {{sites}} site(s)

**0:** Model serving

**1:** Open-weight model with good German support on vLLM or Ollama, sized to {{gpu}}

**2:** Evaluated on your own part descriptions

**0:** Tool server

**1:** Typed read tools (open orders, parts short, delivery dates) with role checks

**2:** No free queries against the ERP

**0:** Identity and permissions

**1:** Map ERP roles and organisation units to assistant roles; personnel fields excluded by default

**2:** Works council and DPO review where employee data is involved

**0:** Audit

**1:** Append-only log with retention agreed with the data protection officer

**2:** Supports GDPR accountability

#### Security controls

**Table:**

**Columns:**

- Control
- Implementation
- Driven by

**Rows:**

**0:** Network isolation

**1:** Model, index and tool server in a dedicated zone with no outbound internet route

**2:** Hosting: {{hosting}}

**0:** Data minimisation

**1:** Only approved views and document sets are exposed; excluded data is never indexed

**2:** Data that must never leave the site

**0:** Least privilege

**1:** Read-only service identity; per-user filtering of tool calls

**2:** {{users}} named users

**0:** Model governance

**1:** Open-weight model pinned by version, weights checksummed, updates via change control

**2:** GPU: {{gpu}}

**0:** Audit and retention

**1:** Append-only log of questions, tools, sources and users with an agreed retention period

**2:** Internal audit and compliance

**0:** Write-back control

**1:** No writes in phases 1 and 2; later writes only through supported APIs with named approvers

**2:** Risk appetite of {{company}}

#### Rollout plan

**Table:**

**Columns:**

- Phase
- Scope
- Exit criteria

**Rows:**

**0:** 1. Read-only questions

**1:** Approved views and documents for a pilot group; answers show their sources

**2:** Accuracy sampled by owners; no permission leaks in review; log reviewed weekly

**0:** 2. Drafts

**1:** Assistant drafts emails, summaries and suggested changes for a person to copy

**2:** Users edit less over time; no unreviewed output leaves the system

**0:** 3. Approved actions

**1:** Selected actions executed through supported APIs after human approval

**2:** Approver named per action; rollback tested; go-live target {{golive}}

#### Open questions for IT

**Body:** 1. How fresh must answers be: real time, minutes or daily?
2. Which companies, databases or libraries are in scope across {{sites}} site(s)?
3. Who owns document permissions and how are they mapped to abas ERP and proALPHA roles?
4. Which customisations or custom tables must be exposed?
5. What is the backup, monitoring and patching plan for the GPU host?
6. Who approves any write-back and through which supported interface?
7. Is a pilot group of 10 to 20 users available for phase 1?

#### Approvals

**Signatures:**

- Prepared by
- IT lead
- Security / compliance
- Business sponsor

**Notes:** Starting-point document, not a final design. Confirm table names, interfaces and security behaviour for your exact release with your vendor or implementation partner. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.

## Content

**Intro:** This free generator drafts a private AI architecture plan for abas ERP and proALPHA on your own servers. It covers interface choices, a reporting store, a German-capable local model and GDPR-conscious controls, and exports to PDF or Word.

**Sections:**

#### How to use the blueprint

**Body:** Select abas, proALPHA or both, then your release and database. Describe the questions in German or English that users ask, and list data that must stay on site, such as personnel records and customer NDA drawings. The plan assigns each to a layer: reporting store, retrieval index, local model, tool server, identity and audit.

#### What abas and proALPHA specifics it assumes

**Body:** abas stores data in its own database and is reached through the vendor's interfaces, so the plan builds an interface-based reader into a reporting store. proALPHA has historically used Progress OpenEdge with SQL access, so the plan uses a read-only copy and curated views. Both depend on release and licence, which the open questions ask IT to confirm.

#### Reading the output and common mistakes

**Body:** Treat the open questions as the agenda for IT, the data protection officer and, where relevant, the works council. Common mistakes are assuming abas is plain SQL, guessing table names, skipping a German-language model evaluation and giving the service identity administrator rights. Use your partner's data dictionary for names.

**Cta:** If you want an expert review of this plan with your abas or proALPHA partner, Netray can join the conversation. The generator is free and works without us.

**Faq:**

#### Is the plan GDPR compliant?

**Answer:** It supports GDPR goals by keeping processing on your servers, limiting access and logging use. Compliance also needs a lawful basis, a records entry and review by your data protection officer.

#### Does it work for both systems at once?

**Answer:** Yes. Select Both systems and the plan describes a shared model, index and tool server with a separate data path for each ERP. The open questions cover consolidation.

#### Will a local model handle German?

**Answer:** Several open-weight models do. The plan includes an evaluation step on your own part descriptions and order texts, because ERP language is terse.

#### Can it run air-gapped?

**Answer:** Yes. Pick the air-gapped hosting option and the plan keeps every component inside the enclave with model files brought in on controlled media.

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