Method for tracking a component in a production line comprising a plurality of processing systems, and computing unit

A method for tracking a component in a production line comprising a plurality of process systems, the method comprising:

• at least one of processing or testing components by each of the plurality of process systems;
• providing, by each of the plurality of process systems, a processing signal characterizing the at least one of the processing or the testing for a computing device,
• tracking, by the computing device, the component through the production line along the plurality of process systems based on the processing signals received by the computing device,
• receiving a signal from one of the plurality of process systems of the production line, wherein the signal is received at the computing device,
• determining, by the computing device, the component that is at least one of processed or tested in the one process system, and
• providing, by the computing device, at least one component information signal characterizing a component property of the determined component for the one process system, wherein
• the tracking includes capturing a serial number of the component at an entrance of the production line, the at least one component information signal is sent to each of the plurality of process systems in the production line and includes the serial number, the plurality of process systems in the production line are configured to process the component without further capturing the serial number, so that after the capturing of the serial number at the entrance of the production line the tracking of the component is conducted by relying only on a course of movement of the component through the production line,
• using the one process systems as a test system, determining a test result by testing the determined component, and
• based on the received signal, storing the test result in a memory device of the test system in a manner assigned to the determined component characterized by the component information signal.