The invention comprises a method for controlling a container
treatment system (1) having a plurality of machines (2, 4, 6, 10, 12) which are each connected by means of transporters (3, 5, 9, 11) and / or buffer devices and / or buffer tables and are electronically coupled. In the method, the container
treatment system is operated and, for each
time step during operation, first processed data (14, 16, 18, 20) are provided by the individual transporters, buffer devices and / or buffer tables, said data comprising a first current performance and first boundary conditions within which the individual transporters, buffer devices and / or buffer tables are operable at each
time step; second processed data (13, 15, 17, 19, 21) are provided by the individual machines, said data comprising a second current performance and second boundary conditions within which the individual machines are controllable at each
time step; the first and second processed data are retrieved by a control device; and the individual machines are controlled at each time step by means of the control device on the basis of the first and / or second processed data accordingly.