Textile machine management system and method

A textile machine management system (3) comprising:

• a plurality of textile machines (2, 21, 22, 23) in a spinning mill, each textile machine comprising a plurality of fibre processing units and a control device configured to control the fibre processing units, the plurality of textile machines (2) comprising end spinning machines;
• a plurality of automated guided transportation vehicles (8) that transport material carriers (9) between the plurality of textile machines (2);
• a logistic control system (81) configured to control movement of the plurality of automated guided transportation vehicles (8);
• a material management apparatus (6) configured to manage the material flow between the plurality of textile machines (2), the material management apparatus comprising:
• a material flow database (61) containing information of material in the spinning mill comprising one or more of:
• a position and a time of the material carriers (9), quantity and quality of the material in the material carriers (9), process speed including information on delaying events including sliver or yarn breaks at the textile machines, and location of the delaying events;
• a prediction module (62) configured to predict timing of expected required material carrier (9) changes at the plurality of textile machines (2) based on the information in the material flow database (61);
• and
• a disposition module (63) configured to calculate disposition information for the logistic control system (81) based on the prediction module (62).