Self-controlling packaging machine and method for same

A packaging machine comprising:

• a control unit;
• a plurality of measuring devices and a plurality of working units for different processes, wherein the control unit is functionally connected to each of the plurality of working units and to each of the plurality of measuring devices;
• wherein each of the plurality of working units includes at least one of the plurality of measuring devices, wherein the respective at least one of the plurality of measuring devices detects one or more actual process values at the respective one of the plurality of working units and forwards the one or more actual process values to the control unit to monitor a process status of the one or more actual process values at each of the plurality of working units;
• wherein the control unit creates a program sequence and operates the program sequence on its own during a package production process, wherein the program sequence is coordinated with respect to the plurality of working units by comparing the actual process values forwarded to the control unit from the plurality of measuring devices with associated target process values from a memory connected to the control unit, and wherein during the package production process, the control unit operates each of the plurality of working units according to the program sequence during the package production process depending on the actual process values detected at each of the plurality of working units such that the operation of each of the plurality of working units are coordinated with one another based upon the one or more actual process values.