Method for the processing-time-optimized production of printed circuit boards on a pick-and-place line, wherein the printed circuit boards each have a production cycle time and are divided into groups known as clusters, wherein each cluster is fabricated by means of a setup, wherein the setup is achieved by shuttle tables that are attachable to the pick-and-place lines, which each comprise at least one feed device for providing stores of components, wherein a quantity of shuttle tables necessary per setup is designated as shuttle table set and an empty shuttle table set comprises shuttle tables whose feed devices are empty, under the conditions that - a setup is temporarily set up on empty shuttle table sets and dismantled after production of printed circuit boards by the assembly thereof, and that - one of the shuttle table sets can only be used in production if it has been completely set up in a preliminary setup area and the shuttle table set can only be set up again when the production performed with the shuttle table set has ended and the shuttle table set has been dismantled again in the preliminary setup area, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) sensing a quantity of clusters, b) sensing a number of empty shuttle table sets, c) sensing the respective time for creating the setup for a cluster, d) sensing a number of printed circuit boards within a cluster, e) determining the cumulative cycle times of the printed circuit boards within a cluster, wherein the determined result corresponds to the production time for a cluster, f) selecting an order of the shuttle table sets used for setting up in the preliminary setup area with the aim of avoiding waiting times in production in which these shuttle table sets are used for producing the printed circuit boards, g) setting an order of the printed circuit boards within a cluster in ascending order according to the cycle times of the individual printed circuit boards, h) optimizing the order of the clusters taking into account the selected order for using the shuttle table sets, i) wherein the average processing time of the printed circuit boards from all the (sensed) clusters is minimized, j) carrying out the production of the printed circuit boards with the aid of the set and optimized orders of the printed circuit boards and the clusters thereof, wherein in order to minimize the average processing times of the printed circuit boards of the clusters, the sum of the number of printed circuit boards of a cluster multiplied by the starting time of the cluster is minimized over all the clusters. - a setup is temporarily set up on empty shuttle table sets and dismantled after production of printed circuit boards by the assembly thereof, and that - one of the shuttle table sets can only be used in production if it has been completely set up in a preliminary setup area and the shuttle table set can only be set up again when the production performed with the shuttle table set has ended and the shuttle table set has been dismantled again in the preliminary setup area, a) sensing a quantity of clusters, b) sensing a number of empty shuttle table sets, c) sensing the respective time for creating the setup for a cluster, d) sensing a number of printed circuit boards within a cluster, e) determining the cumulative cycle times of the printed circuit boards within a cluster, wherein the determined result corresponds to the production time for a cluster, f) selecting an order of the shuttle table sets used for setting up in the preliminary setup area with the aim of avoiding waiting times in production in which these shuttle table sets are used for producing the printed circuit boards, g) setting an order of the printed circuit boards within a cluster in ascending order according to the cycle times of the individual printed circuit boards, h) optimizing the order of the clusters taking into account the selected order for using the shuttle table sets, i) wherein the average processing time of the printed circuit boards from all the (sensed) clusters is minimized, j) carrying out the production of the printed circuit boards with the aid of the set and optimized orders of the printed circuit boards and the clusters thereof, wherein