Abstract: The invention relates to a computerised system and a method for the maintenance of a plant for the production of goods, preferably in the food and luxury food industry. The aim of the invention is to provide a computerised system and a method as above by means of which the technical and economical costs for maintenance of a plant can be reduced and the availability of the plant can be increased. According to the invention, the plant in particular comprises production machines for batch production, whereby the memory unit contains a non-plant specific relational data bank for the determining of detailed plant data, for example, individual components, at least one non-plant specific main tool (software main tool) and further plant specific tools (software tools) provided for the execution of the data aspect of the maintenance.