Method for Tracking a Component in a Production Line Comprising a Plurality of Processing Systems, and Computing Unit

A method for tracking a component in a production line comprising a plurality of process systems, the method comprising:

• at least one of processing or testing components by each of the process systems;
• providing, by each of the process systems, a processing signal characterizing the at least one of the processing or the testing for a superordinate electronic computing device,
• tracking, by the computing device, the component through the production line along the plurality of process systems based on the processing signals received by the computing device,
• receiving, by the computing device, a request signal, which characterizes a component property, from one of the process systems of the production line,
• determining, by the computing device, the component that is at least one of processed or tested in the process system, and
• providing, by the computing device, at least one component information signal characterizing the component property of the determined component for the process system.

A computing device for tracking a component in a production line comprising a plurality of process systems, wherein the computing device is configured to:

• receive a processing signal which characterizes at least one of processing or testing of the component by each of a plurality of process systems of the production line,
• track the component through the production line along the plurality of process systems based on the received processing signals,
• receive a request signal, which characterizes a component property, from one of the process systems of the production line,
• determine the component that is at least one of processed or tested in the process system, and
• provide a component information signal characterizing the determined component for the process system.