A system and method for controlling a manufacturing process for packaging units

A system for controlling a manufacturing process for packaging units for liquid food, wherein the packaging units are manufactured from a packaging material comprising machine readable identifiers, the system comprising:

• a control unit configured to:
• associate the identifiers with corresponding data images of the packaging units, whereby for a series of packaging units, to be manufactured from a corresponding series of packaging material, each packaging unit in the series has a corresponding data image being identifiable by an associated identifier on the packaging material thereof,
• for a first process application to manipulate a packaging material from which a first packaging unit is manufactured based on a first set of process parameters:
• register a first identifier on said packaging material to be manipulated to identify the associated data image, and
• store at least part of the first set of process parameters to the associated data image, and
• for a subsequent second process application to manipulate said packaging material from which the first packaging unit is manufactured:
• register the first identifier to identify the associated data image, and
• read at least part of the first set of process parameters stored in said associated data image to control the second process application based on at least part of the first set of process parameters.