A method for controlling and/or monitoring a production plant for producing a multiplicity of articles, wherein the production plant has the following: - at least one machine tool; - at least one machine tool part (11, 12) which interacts with the at least one machine tool for producing an article; - at least one RFID transponder which is connected to the at least one machine tool part (11, 12); - at least two RFID reading devices (20; 20_1, 20_2, 20_3, 20_4) which are arranged at a distance from one another and from the at least one machine tool; and - at least one control device which is connected to the RFID reading devices (20; 20_1, 20_2, 20_3, 20_4) via data lines, wherein the method has the following method steps of: - determining a first location of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12) connected to the at least one RFID transponder at a first time by means of the first RFID reading device (20; 20_1, 20_2, 20_3, 20_4) and/or by means of the second RFID reading device (20; 20_1, 20_2, 20_3, 20_4); - determining a second location of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12) connected to the at least one RFID transponder at a second time, which temporally follows the first time, by means of the second RFID reading device (20; 20_1, 20_2, 20_3, 20_4); and - outputting at least one control signal by means of the at least one control device on the basis of the first location and the second location, characterized by the following method steps: - determining a direction of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12) on the basis of its first location and its second location by means of the control device; and - outputting the at least one control signal on the basis of the direction of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12), - determining a speed of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12) on the basis of its first location, its second location and a time difference between the first time and the second time by means of the control device; and - outputting the at least one control signal on the basis of the speed of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12). - at least one machine tool; - at least one machine tool part (11, 12) which interacts with the at least one machine tool for producing an article; - at least one RFID transponder which is connected to the at least one machine tool part (11, 12); - at least two RFID reading devices (20; 20_1, 20_2, 20_3, 20_4) which are arranged at a distance from one another and from the at least one machine tool; and - at least one control device which is connected to the RFID reading devices (20; 20_1, 20_2, 20_3, 20_4) via data lines, - determining a first location of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12) connected to the at least one RFID transponder at a first time by means of the first RFID reading device (20; 20_1, 20_2, 20_3, 20_4) and/or by means of the second RFID reading device (20; 20_1, 20_2, 20_3, 20_4); - determining a second location of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12) connected to the at least one RFID transponder at a second time, which temporally follows the first time, by means of the second RFID reading device (20; 20_1, 20_2, 20_3, 20_4); and - outputting at least one control signal by means of the at least one control device on the basis of the first location and the second location, characterized by the following method steps: - determining a direction of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12) on the basis of its first location and its second location by means of the control device; and - outputting the at least one control signal on the basis of the direction of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12), - determining a speed of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12) on the basis of its first location, its second location and a time difference between the first time and the second time by means of the control device; and - outputting the at least one control signal on the basis of the speed of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12). - determining a direction of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12) on the basis of its first location and its second location by means of the control device; and - outputting the at least one control signal on the basis of the direction of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12), - determining a speed of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12) on the basis of its first location, its second location and a time difference between the first time and the second time by means of the control device; and - outputting the at least one control signal on the basis of the speed of movement of the at least one machine tool part (11, 12).