Method for planning production sequences of orders on printing
machine processing equipment, at least one of which is a
printing press, with an
order management system and a
data processing system, wherein the at least one
printing press is connected to the
data processing system and the technical parameters and setup times of the at least one
printing press, as well as printing-related sorting criteria, are entered into the
data processing system, and the
order management system or the
data processing system has an interface with which orders with assigned deadlines can be recorded or are recorded, wherein in a first step sub-orders with assigned intermediate deadlines are generated from the recorded orders and initial groups are formed from the sub-orders depending on the intermediate deadlines.such that each first group comprises sub-orders for a printing press and the intermediate deadlines of the sub-orders of the respective first group lie within a predetermined or predeterminable time period, wherein in a second step the
data processing system subdivides at least one of the first groups, which comprises sub-orders for a printing press, into second groups according to printing-related sorting criteria, so that each second group only comprises sub-orders that correspond to a respective printing-related sorting criterion, and wherein in a third step the
data processing system determines a sequence for all sub-orders assigned to a respective second group such that the summed setup times of the at least one printing press for the order changes corresponding to the sequence on the at least one printing press are shorter.as the summed setup times for job changes of all other possible sequences, wherein the printing-related sorting criteria are prioritized differently by an operator via an input interface, so that a higher-priority printing-related sorting criterion is applied before a lower-priority printing-related sorting criterion to form second groups, and in the third step, the required setup steps for all job changes of a respective possible sequence are determined by the data
processing system, and from the determined setup steps and the setup times entered into the data
processing system in relation to the setup steps, a summed setup time for all job changes of the respective possible sequence is determined by summation, and the sequence determined in the third step is automatically transmitted to at least one printing press or a control
station of the printing press.