Method and a system for executing a scheduled production process

A system for executing a scheduled production process having an execution duration within a production schedule executed and controlled by a manufacturing execution system, the system comprising:

• a production planner module enabled to define within the scheduled production process a resource required for an execution of the scheduled production process;
• said production planner module further enabled to define for the resource a sequence-dependent setup sub-process having a setup duration, a productive sub-process having a production duration and a sequence-dependent teardown sub-process having a teardown duration;
• a production scheduler module enabled to schedule the scheduled production process for its execution with a start-time on a production schedule wherein the execution duration is a sum of the setup duration, the production duration and the teardown duration;
• a production execution module enabled to confirm the scheduled production process for dispatching and subsequent executing at a predetermined period one of prior to the scheduled production process and at the start-time of the scheduled production process;
• said production planner module further enabled to create in response to a confirmation of the scheduled production process for dispatching, individual production processes for the sequence-dependent setup sub-process, the production sub-process and the teardown sub-process, whereby created individual production processes are linked together by precedence constraints defining a sequence of the created individual production processes;
• said production scheduler module further enabled to re-schedule a production schedule through replacing the scheduled production process by the created individual production processes;
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• said production execution module further enabled to execute a re-scheduled production schedule by dispatching the created individual production processes in a scheduled sequence.