Method for planning a production process

An apparatus for planning of a production process, wherein the production process is the production of a product based on a pre-product, wherein the pre-product and the product are produced by different production entities, wherein the apparatus comprises:

• an input unit configured to
• a) providing product planning data for the product with respect to the production entity producing the product, wherein the product planning data is indicative of one or more aspects of a production plan of the product that should be fulfilled during the production process of the product, and
• b) providing pre-product planning data for the pre-product with respect to the production entity producing the pre-product, wherein the pre-product planning data is indicative of one or more aspects of a production plan of the pre-product that should be fulfilled during the production process of the pre-product,
• one or more processors configured to
• a) storing the product planning data and the pre-product planning data on a sequential distributed database,
• b) determining a product status of the production process of the product by comparing the product planning data stored on the sequential distributed database with blockchain oracle data of the production process,
• c) determining a pre-product status of the production process of the pre-product by comparing the pre-product planning data stored on the sequential distributed database with blockchain oracle data of the production process, and
• d) validating the product status with respect to the pre-product status, wherein the validation comprises comparing the product status with the pre-product status and determining which of the production entities has fulfilled its production plan with respect to the one or more aspects, and
• an output unit configured to output the validation for controlling the production process and pre-production process.