Intelligent production station and production method

A production station for a product to be manufactured, the product to be manufactured including two or more units, the production station comprising:

• a data retrieval component operative to retrieve data from a received first unit of two or more units intended for assembly in a product to be manufactured, the received first unit incorporating technology in a skilled area, the retrieved data from the received first unit identifying technology actually incorporated in the received first unit;
• a data access component operative to obtain, from a server, data associated with an acceptable first unit planned for assembly in the product to be manufactured, the obtained data identifying technology that should be incorporated in the received first unit, the acceptable first unit being identified based on the product to be manufactured;
• a data verification component operative to compare the retrieved data from the received first unit with the obtained data from the server to verify that the technology actually incorporated in the received first unit is the technology that should be incorporated in the received first unit and that the technology actually incorporated in the received first unit is planned for assembly in the product to be manufactured, and to generate an output based on the comparison, the output indicating whether the received first unit is ready for assembly in the product to be manufactured;
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• an interface operative to provide guidance to an operator with or without skills in the technology to allow assembly of the received first unit in the product to be manufactured when the output indicates that the received first unit is ready for assembly in the product to be manufactured, and to provide guidance to the operator with or without skills in the technology to take remedial action when the output indicates that the received first unit is not ready for assembly in the product to be manufactured.