Production method, • during which a preferably metal workpiece is formed by extrusion by a shaping tooth arrangement, provided on a forming tool for forming preferably metal workpieces, and the workpiece, which is in contact with the shaping tooth arrangement, being moved relative to each other with a stroke along a movement path and • during which a method for monitoring the functional state of the shaping tooth arrangement is performed, wherein during a stroke which the shaping tooth arrangement and at least one workpiece which is intended to be formed by means of the shaping tooth arrangement and which is in contact with the shaping tooth arrangement carry out relative to each other along a movement path, at measurement times which are temporally staggered with respect to each other a tooth arrangement force which acts on the shaping tooth arrangement as a result of the stroke is measured in each case, characterised in that the tooth arrangement force is measured at measurement times which are temporally staggered with respect to each other and, in each case, at a plurality of measurement locations on the shaping tooth arrangement and at each of the measurement times for each of the measurement locations an instantaneous local tooth arrangement force is thereby determined, that for each of the measurement locations the previous instantaneous local tooth arrangement force determined at an earlier measurement time and the subsequent instantaneous local tooth arrangement force determined at a later measurement time are correlated with each other, that for each of the measurement locations on the basis of the relationship between the earlier instantaneous local tooth arrangement force and the subsequent instantaneous local tooth arrangement force a local state identification value which is associated with the measurement location and which is specific to the functional state of the shaping tooth arrangement is determined, and that from the local state identification values associated with the measurement locations, the functional state of the shaping tooth arrangement is extrapolated. • during which a preferably metal workpiece is formed by extrusion by a shaping tooth arrangement, provided on a forming tool for forming preferably metal workpieces, and the workpiece, which is in contact with the shaping tooth arrangement, being moved relative to each other with a stroke along a movement path and • during which a method for monitoring the functional state of the shaping tooth arrangement is performed, wherein during a stroke which the shaping tooth arrangement and at least one workpiece which is intended to be formed by means of the shaping tooth arrangement and which is in contact with the shaping tooth arrangement carry out relative to each other along a movement path, at measurement times which are temporally staggered with respect to each other a tooth arrangement force which acts on the shaping tooth arrangement as a result of the stroke is measured in each case, characterised in that the tooth arrangement force is measured at measurement times which are temporally staggered with respect to each other and, in each case, at a plurality of measurement locations on the shaping tooth arrangement and at each of the measurement times for each of the measurement locations an instantaneous local tooth arrangement force is thereby determined, that for each of the measurement locations the previous instantaneous local tooth arrangement force determined at an earlier measurement time and the subsequent instantaneous local tooth arrangement force determined at a later measurement time are correlated with each other, that for each of the measurement locations on the basis of the relationship between the earlier instantaneous local tooth arrangement force and the subsequent instantaneous local tooth arrangement force a local state identification value which is associated with the measurement location and which is specific to the functional state of the shaping tooth arrangement is determined, and that from the local state identification values associated with the measurement locations, the functional state of the shaping tooth arrangement is extrapolated.