METHOD OF MONITORING AND PLANNING A PRODUCTION CELL, AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A PRODUCTION CELL

摘要

The invention relates to a method for monitoring and scheduling a production cell with a plurality of devices, between which data are exchanged, wherein a first production cell can be characterized by a hardware configuration and a software configuration and by data exchanged between the devices,with the following steps:a) gathering information regarding the hardware and software configuration at a particular time and with respect to the exchanged data at the same particular time as properties of the first production cell;b) creating at least one virtual, identical image (at least part of the first production cell using the acquired information;c) supplying data to be processed to the virtual image of the production cell at a time after the specific time;d) processing the data to be processed by the virtual image of the first production cell;e) Analysis of the functioning of the virtual image of the production cell and use of the results for the first or another production cell for monitoring or / and planning. The invention further relates to a corresponding network management system.