System and method for risk based control of a process performed by production equipment

Abstract

A control system () and control method for controlling a process performed by production equipment (). The control system has a first interface () configured to obtain, from a data provisioning module (), production control data () for operating the production equipment () wherein the production control data () relates to operating instructions configured to control the production equipment () to automatically process a plurality of physical items (I, I) and their respective components (Cto Cn). It further includes a risk evaluator module () configured to determine for each item a total risk value based on partial risk values associated with the respective components (Cto Cn), and further configured to detect a change in the determined total risk values. It further includes a control unit () configured to: initiate, via a second interface (), execution of the operating instructions for manufacturing a particular item (I) having the lowest total risk value during a first operating time interval (OTV); initiate termination of the execution of the operating instructions for processing the particular item (I) if the change in the determined total risk values results in an alternative item (I) having the lowest total risk value; and initiate, via the second interface (), execution of the operating instructions for processing the alternative item (I) during a second operating time interval (OTV).