A method, arrangement and computer program product for operating and controlling a production line for manufacturing and / or packaging articles of the tobacco processing industry

摘要

The invention relates to a method for operating and controlling a production line (10) for producing and/or packing articles of the tobacco-processing industry, said production line (10) comprising at least two production machines (11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22) and at least two logistic machines (15, 16, 17, 19), by means of which material and/or intermediate products are provided to the production machines (11, 18, 20, 21, 22). The method has the step of ascertaining production target values assigned to each of the production machines (11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22) on the basis of at least one production task specification using a line controller (24), wherein the line controller (24) obtains at least one production specification from a production planning and controlling system (25). The method is characterized in that the production target values are adjusted by transmitting the production target values, preferably from the line controller (24) to the machine controllers of the production machines (11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22); the respective target throughputs of at least one of the logistic machines (15, 16, 17, 19), which are paired with respective production machines (11, 18, 20, 21, 22), are adjusted, said respective target throughputs being automatically adjusted on the basis of the specified production target value of the respective production machine (11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22); and the target throughput of at least one of the logistic machines (15, 16, 17, 19) is directly adjusted, preferably by means of the line controller (24) on the basis of the at least one production task specification. The invention further relates to a corresponding arrangement for operating and controlling a production line (10) for producing and/or packing articles of the tobacco-processing industry and to a computer program product, which is stored on a computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer-readable software code, said computer program product being characterized in that the steps in the method according to the invention are carried out by means of a computer using the computer-readable software code.