6.4 Managing part data

A higher-level system/handling system would like to identify a part on the GMS, know whether the measuring procedure was error-free, know when a measurement is finished as well as read and write meta-data (e.g., batch, temperature) in order to

decide whether the part requires further processing, has to be sorted out, or the measurement has to be repeated

annotate measured values with the meta-data and save them

transmit these to the next production process

request the GMS to load proper data to measure (e.g., measurement routine) a part

Figure 14 shows a typical communication between GMS, operator, and high-level system to manage part data as a sequence diagram.