Intelligent production station and production method

A method for processing manufactured products with one or more units that incorporate technology in a skilled area, comprising:

• obtaining from a server data associated with a manufactured product that is being manufactured and comprising at least one unit that incorporates technology in a skilled area including this unit, the data associated with the manufactured product being substantially instantly accessible once written in the server;
• retrieving data from the unit;
• comparing the data retrieved from the unit with the data obtained from the server;
• generating an output based on the comparison;
• and
• processing the unit;
• wherein the output indicates whether this unit should be accepted for processing or not, and wherein processing the unit comprises performing assembly, that includes, if the obtained data associated with the manufactured product does not include top level product data, generating the top level product data including a top level part number and a top level serial number, and writing the generated top level product data in the server.

A production station for processing manufactured products with one or more units that incorporate technology in a skilled area, comprising:

• means for retrieving data from a unit of a manufactured product comprising at least one unit, including this unit, that Incorporates technology in a skilled area;
• means for obtaining from a server data associated with the manufactured product, such data being substantially instantly accessible to such means once written in the server;
• means for comparing the retrieved data with the obtained data and for generating an output based on the comparison;
• means for processing the unit;
• and
• wherein the output indicates whether this unit should be accepted for processing or not, and wherein the means for processing the unit is configured to perform assembly, that includes, if the obtained data associated with the manufactured product does not include top level product data, generate the top level product data including a top level part number and a top level serial number, and write the generated top level product data in the server.