Control device for a production module, production module having a control device, and method for operating the control device

A control device for a production module for machining or handling a product in a production system having a multiplicity of production modules, having

• a) a data memory for storing operational settings of the production modules and restrictions which must be complied with by at least some of the operational settings,
• b) a settings management module for determining the external operational setting of an adjacent production module on which a local operational setting of the production module is dependent on account of a common restriction,
• c) an optimization module having a local assessment function, which assesses the local operational setting, and having a further assessment function, which assesses non-compliance with the common restriction, set up to determine an optimized local operational setting by:
• optimizing the local assessment function,
• reading in the determined external operational setting, and
• optimizing the further assessment function on the basis of the external operational setting which has been read in, and
• d) a control module for setting the optimized local operational setting in the production module.