A method for controlling a manufacturing of a group of at least one final metal product from a group of at least one intermediate metal product, the controlling method being implemented by an electronic controlling device and comprising, for each intermediate metal product, the following steps:
- acquiring a set of at least one intermediate characteristic for the intermediate metal product;
- determining a current estimated set of at least one final characteristic with at least one corresponding prediction model and according to the set of at least one intermediate characteristic and to a respective current manufacturing route from the intermediate metal product;
- comparing the current estimated set of at least one final characteristic with a current target set of at least one final characteristic for a respective current final metal product;
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- if a deviation between the current estimated set of at least one final characteristic and the current target set of at least one final characteristic is above a predefined threshold, the method further comprises the following steps:
- obtaining at least one new target set of at least one final characteristic for respective new at least one final metal product;
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- calculating a new manufacturing route from the intermediate metal product according to the set of at least one intermediate characteristic and to the at least one new target set of at least one final characteristic.