Abstract: In a production installation, all component parts which are required for a synthesis process or manufacturing process, are combined in terms of hardware and software into modular units (8 to 12). Here, on the one hand local fixed modules (8, 46) and mobile modules (9 to 12) are formed, the apparatus and instruments of which are mounted in racks. Control units (33 to 37) are associated with the modular units, which control units in each case receive a programmable module address code, by which each modular unit (8 to 12) identifies itself to the process guiding system (1).