System for producing individual value and security security documents from pieces of primary material in at least two processing steps of a respective individual processing scheme, formed by: (a) system modules designed to carry out the at least two processing steps system modules; (b) a transport device connecting the system modules; (c) a system control unit designed to control the transport device; wherein the system modules are arranged in relation to the transport device and the transport device is designed in such a way that the transport device can feed pieces of starting material to all system modules in any order and can remove pieces of starting material from all system modules in any order, wherein the transport device can be controlled by the system control unit so that the pieces of primary material can be fed to a system module intended for carrying out a processing step, wherein the transport device comprises one or more transport units, wherein each transport unit is assigned a plurality of the system modules, and wherein each transport unit is designed in such a way that pieces of primary material can be fed to the respectively assigned system modules in any order and pieces of primary material can be removed from the respectively assigned system modules in any order, characterized in that the one or more transport units each have a transport element, the transport element comprising at least one gripping and/or holding unit, and in that at least one of the gripping and/or holding means is designed to position and/or orient a piece of primary material in one of the system modules before and/or during and/or after the execution of a processing step. security documents from pieces of primary material in at least two processing steps of a respective individual processing scheme, formed by: (a) system modules designed to carry out the at least two processing steps system modules; (b) a transport device connecting the system modules; (c) a system control unit designed to control the transport device; (a) system modules designed to carry out the at least two processing steps system modules; (b) a transport device connecting the system modules; (c) a system control unit designed to control the transport device; wherein the system modules are arranged in relation to the transport device and the transport device is designed in such a way that the transport device can feed pieces of starting material to all system modules in any order and can remove pieces of starting material from all system modules in any order, wherein the transport device can be controlled by the system control unit so that the pieces of primary material can be fed to a system module intended for carrying out a processing step, wherein the transport device comprises one or more transport units, wherein each transport unit is assigned a plurality of the system modules, and wherein each transport unit is designed in such a way that pieces of primary material can be fed to the respectively assigned system modules in any order and pieces of primary material can be removed from the respectively assigned system modules in any order, characterized in that the one or more transport units each have a transport element, the transport element comprising at least one gripping and/or holding unit, and in that at least one of the gripping and/or holding means is designed to position and/or orient a piece of primary material in one of the system modules before and/or during and/or after the execution of a processing step.