AI · Built into the Textile Mill ERP
ERP Assistant — Ask the System by Text or Voice
Staff ask in plain words — typed or spoken — things like "what is left to print on this lot?" and get the same figure the report shows. It runs reports, explains screens and opens forms pre-filled for a person to save. It only shows what the asking user is allowed to see, never writes data itself, and runs fully on the factory server, so business data never leaves the building.
The problem
A factory system has dozens of screens and reports. Most staff use two or three of them and are lost in the rest, so simple questions — how much of this lot is left to print, where is this order — turn into phone calls to the one person who knows the system.
How it works
Staff type or speak a question in plain words. The assistant works out what was asked, checks what that person is allowed to see, and only then picks the best answer: a report, an explanation of a screen, or a form opened with the values already filled in for a person to save.
- It calls the same reports the screens use, so its number always matches the report
- It forwards the user's own login, so it can never show more than that user could open themselves
- It never writes to the database — a person always presses Save
- When it is not sure, it offers the closest options instead of guessing
Built for a real factory server
The assistant does not send company data to an outside AI service. It runs fully on the factory's own modest server, answers instantly, and works when the internet is down. It is designed so a larger language model can be plugged in later if the hardware allows.
Voice
A microphone button sits beside the question box. The words it heard are shown in the conversation, so a mishearing is seen at once instead of turning into the wrong report.