Production module for processing or handling a product in a production system having a multiplicity of production modules (PM, PM1,..., PM3), comprising a) a product acquisition module for reading in product parameters assigned to the product, b) transfer ports (PT1, PT2) for handing over the product to production modules (PM1, PM2) of the production system that are adjacent to the production module, c) an interaction module for allocating a respective adjacent production module (PM1, PM2) to one of the transfer ports (PT1, PT2), d) a data memory for storing a local assignment table, in which conveying destinations that are not adjacent to the production module in the production system are assigned in each case to one of the transfer ports (PT1, PT2), e) a balancing module for iteratively reading in first assignment information of a corresponding assignment table of a first adjacent production module, for iteratively setting up the local assignment table on the basis of the first assignment information read in, and for iteratively forwarding second assignment information of the local assignment table to a second adjacent production module, and f) a handover module - for determining a conveying destination (DEST, PM2) for the product in the production system on the basis of the product parameters read in, - for selecting a transfer port assigned to the determined conveying destination (DEST, PM2) in the local assignment table and - for handing over the product via the selected transfer port, wherein g) the balancing module is configured to perform, on account of arriving change information, an iteration step when reading in first assignment information, when setting up the local assignment table and/or when forwarding second assignment information. a) a product acquisition module for reading in product parameters assigned to the product, b) transfer ports (PT1, PT2) for handing over the product to production modules (PM1, PM2) of the production system that are adjacent to the production module, c) an interaction module for allocating a respective adjacent production module (PM1, PM2) to one of the transfer ports (PT1, PT2), d) a data memory for storing a local assignment table, in which conveying destinations that are not adjacent to the production module in the production system are assigned in each case to one of the transfer ports (PT1, PT2), e) a balancing module for iteratively reading in first assignment information of a corresponding assignment table of a first adjacent production module, for iteratively setting up the local assignment table on the basis of the first assignment information read in, and for iteratively forwarding second assignment information of the local assignment table to a second adjacent production module, and f) a handover module - for determining a conveying destination (DEST, PM2) for the product in the production system on the basis of the product parameters read in, - for selecting a transfer port assigned to the determined conveying destination (DEST, PM2) in the local assignment table and - for handing over the product via the selected transfer port, wherein - for determining a conveying destination (DEST, PM2) for the product in the production system on the basis of the product parameters read in, - for selecting a transfer port assigned to the determined conveying destination (DEST, PM2) in the local assignment table and - for handing over the product via the selected transfer port, wherein g) the balancing module is configured to perform, on account of arriving change information, an iteration step when reading in first assignment information, when setting up the local assignment table and/or when forwarding second assignment information.