FileMaker & ERP

In this category you will find specialist articles about FileMaker - the flexible low-code platform for individual business solutions. Whether ERP software, Databases or Process optimizationFileMaker is ideal for developing customized applications and efficiently supplementing existing systems. The articles highlight practical application scenarios, provide tips for implementation and show how FileMaker can be seamlessly integrated into day-to-day business. From Beginner's knowledge up to Professional workflows this section provides valuable inspiration for anyone who wants to use FileMaker in their company or develop their own solutions.

gFM-Business and the future of ERP: local intelligence instead of cloud dependency

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gFM-Business and AI + knowledge graph

For over a decade, the gFM-Business software has stood for something special in the German ERP market: it is not based on a cumbersome, difficult-to-maintain system, but on the lightweight, customizable and visually modelled FileMaker platform. This has many advantages: gFM-Business can be individually expanded, runs on Windows, macOS and iOS, and can be customized by both developers and ambitious power users.

With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) - especially through so-called language models such as ChatGPT - new opportunities are now emerging that go far beyond traditional automation. gFM-Business is actively preparing for this future: with the aim of not only managing data, but also unlocking knowledge.

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FileMaker Conference 2025: AI, community and an unexpected incident

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FileMaker Conference 2025: Fire alarm with fire department

The FileMaker Conference 2025 in Hamburg is over - and it was a special milestone in many respects. Not only because this year's conference focused on many topics related to artificial intelligence, performance and modern workflows - but also because the personal exchange and the „family atmosphere“ of the FileMaker community once again came into its own. For me personally, it was an intensive, inspiring and all-round enriching time - right from the very first evening.

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Integration of MLX in FileMaker 2025: Local AI as the new standard

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Local AI with MLX and FileMaker

While MLX originally started as an experimental framework from Apple Research, a quiet but significant development has taken place in recent months: With the release of FileMaker 2025, Claris has firmly integrated MLX into the server as a native AI infrastructure for Apple Silicon. This means that anyone working with a Mac and relying on Apple Silicon can not only run MLX models locally, but also use them directly in FileMaker - with native functions, without any intermediate layers.

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Why ERP software alone is not enough - and how to really understand processes

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ERP software: Understanding operating processes before digitalization

In many companies, it always follows the same pattern: at some point, management realizes that „something is no longer running smoothly“. Perhaps processes have become too slow, errors are accumulating, or the company is increasingly losing track of figures, customers or internal processes. The call for a new software solution becomes loud - preferably a modern, powerful ERP software that „can do everything“. But this is often where a fatal fallacy begins.

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RAG with Ollama and Qdrant as a universal search engine for own data

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Extend local AI with databases using RAG, Ollama and Qdrant

In an increasingly confusing world of information, it is becoming more and more important to make your own databases searchable in a targeted manner - not via classic full-text searches, but through semantically relevant answers. This is exactly where the principle of the RAG database comes into play - an AI-supported search solution consisting of two central components:

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See you at the FileMaker conference FMK 2025 in Hamburg?

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FileMaker Conference FMK2025

From September 15 to 17, 2025, the German-speaking FileMaker community will meet at the JUFA Hotel Hamburg HafenCity to discuss the latest developments, trends and best practices at the FileMaker Conference (FMK 2025). For over ten years, this conference has been considered the most important event for developers, users and decision-makers in the Claris FileMaker sector - and I am delighted to be there in person again this year.

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Ollama meets Qdrant: A local memory for your AI on the Mac

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Memory for local AI with Ollama and Qdrant

Local AI with memory - without cloud, without subscription, without detour

In a previous articles I explained how to configure Ollama on the Mac install. If you have already completed this step, you now have a powerful local language model - such as Mistral, LLaMA3 or another compatible model that can be addressed via REST API.

However, the model only "knows" what is in the current prompt on its own. It does not remember previous conversations. What is missing is a memory.

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"The Unconventional Database Book" introduces the process way of thinking.

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The Unconventional Database Book

What do cell phone contacts, to-do lists, calendars and even your own closet have in common? That's right: they can be displayed as tables - and that's no coincidence. Data has long since become a basic building block of our everyday lives. If you understand it, you understand the world a little better. This is exactly where „The database book with a difference“ comes in.

Because anyone who can understand processes and backgrounds in everyday life is automatically able to design software processes quickly and intuitively and implement them in practice.

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