Mixed Operation of Production Units in Hybrid Plants

A method of integrating modules into a hybrid modular plant comprising a discrete manufacturing part and a continuous manufacturing part, the method comprising:

• integrating the discrete manufacturing part into the continuous manufacturing part by, at least in part constructing at least one module definition file mapping one or more discrete-part units of the discrete manufacturing part to a continuous-part module and importing a module definition file into an orchestration layer of the continuous manufacturing part;
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• integrating the continuous manufacturing part into the discrete manufacturing part by, at least in part, constructing one or more interfaces representing each continuous-part module as one or more respective discrete-part units;
• wherein the discrete and continuous manufacturing parts use a common communication protocol.