Method for operating a labelling system

A method for operating a labeling system that includes, as functional units

• a labeling device equipped with a feeder for transporting individual packs to be labeled,
• a dispenser for dispensing a label detachable from a material strip, and
• an applicator for applying a dispensed label to a respective one of the individual packs,
• wherein one or more of the functional units includes a sensor assembly for determining sensor data relating to a labeling routine,
• wherein the labeling system further includes a control assembly, which in the labeling routine, controls the functional units for the purpose of individually labeling the packs in accordance with a control specification, and
• wherein the labeling system further includes a user interface,
• the method comprising:
• carrying out a user query routine by means of the control assembly, wherein in said user query routine, a user, by means of the user interface, is requested to input a state relating to a functional aspect of the labeling system and the state inputted by the user is captured by the control assembly as an input state;
• comparing the input state by means of the control assembly with a predefined state to determine whether the input state deviates from the predefined state;
• and
• when the input state is determined to deviate from the predefined state, initiating a reaction routine by means of the control assembly in which a message regarding the input state is communicated by means of the control assembly to a control system which is configured as external to the labeling system and is superordinate to the control assembly, and in which the control specification is modified on the basis of the input state.