PROCESS FOR OPERATING AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT

A process is disclosed for operating an industrial plant by means of a guidance system that controls processes in the industrial plant, in which process operation-relevant data such as states, malfunctions and/or degradation of devices of the industrial plant are acquired by an operator; the operation-relevant data are acquired in an operation monitoring system and stored in electronic, preferably standardized form, and operation-relevant data on events which can affect process control, such as malfunctions of devices, are electronically transmitted to the guidance system. Operation-relevant data and events can thus be reliably archived, documented and made available to the operators of the industrial plant, it being ensured that process-relevant data are taken into account in the guidance system even when said data relate to devices which are not connected to the guidance system