ENGINEERING AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM

An engineering system (1) and an associated automation system (1), whose components cooperate in accordance with specifications from the engineering system. These systems include a database (3) and at least one first and one second production module (20), which have an input interface (21) and an output interface (22). Each input interface (21) has a predefined number of inputs (23, 24) and each output interface (22) has a predefined number of outputs (25, 26). The database (3) contains a number of data records (31, 32, 33), each including at least one data item. Each one of the data records (31, 32, 33) is associated with a respective input (23, 24) and a respective output (25, 26).