Dynamic production planning method for continuous casting plants

A dynamic production planning method for a continuous casting plant for casting a strand from a melt with a production system which has a predefined production plan, comprising:

• determining deviation of actual production parameters from setpoint production parameters by comparing the setpoint production parameters with the actual production parameters,
• responsive to the determination of deviation of the actual production parameters from the setpoint production parameters, creating a strand image on the basis of the actual production parameters, wherein the strand image comprises the strand which has already been cast and has not yet been cut, and at least that strand which is obtained on the basis of a residual weight in the continuous casting plant's tundish and predefined parameters,
• attempting to reconfigure the predefined production plan to compensate for the determined deviation of the actual production parameters from the set point production parameters,
• responsive to a determination that the predefined production plan cannot be reconfigured to compensate for the determined deviation, transmitting the strand image to a production planning system,
• creating with the production planning system a new production plan from all available orders on the basis of a predefined optimization criterion,
• transmitting the new production plan to the production system, wherein the predefined production plan is a cutting plan with a setpoint length, minimum length, maximum length, width and/or thickness, and wherein the optimization criterion is a maximum possible sales revenue with a minimum possible storage period or a maximum possible sales revenue with the prioritization of low-priority orders.