Method for managing alarms in modular production installations, in which - for a modular manufacturer-independent design and operation of a production installation (PRAL), "Process Equipment Assembly <PEA>" PEA modules (PEA-MD) are integrated into the production installation (PRAL) in a manner controlled by a programmable PEA controller (PEA-ST) and simulated using a projectable PEA simulation (PEA-SM) in the course of a standardized process orchestration by means of a "Module Type Package <MTP>" mechanism (MTP-MC) for the PEA module description, - of virtually triggered faults corresponding to potential, stored or retrievable fault cases (FHLE) of the production installation (PRAL), for each fault case, the corresponding fault is triggered virtually by a corresponding PEA module activation (PEA-MA) in the PEA simulation (PEA-SM), - a simulation case, which belongs to the fault which is triggered virtually in each case, is simulated by means of the PEA simulation (PEA-SM) and in the process at least one simulation fault is determined in each case, - the simulation fault is detected by means of the programmable PEA controller (PEA-ST), which thereupon executes all simulation-fault-based switching actions in accordance with its programming, characterized by a) generating at least one alarm signal for alarm chain tracing for each detected simulation fault by means of the PEA controller (PEA-ST), b) detecting the alarm signals generated for all fault cases (FHLF) and logging the alarm signals by creating an alarm signal log by means of alarm chain tracing (AKVK), c) analysing the alarm signal log and, on the basis of this analysis, identifying alarm chains or identifying alarm chains and determining alarm correlations in the alarm chains by means of alarm chain analysis (AKAK), d) passing analysis results of the identification of the alarm chains and/or determination results of the determination of the alarm correlations in the alarm chains to the "Module Type Package <MTP>" mechanism (MTP-MC) for the embedding thereof into the PEA module description. - for a modular manufacturer-independent design and operation of a production installation (PRAL), "Process Equipment Assembly <PEA>" PEA modules (PEA-MD) are integrated into the production installation (PRAL) in a manner controlled by a programmable PEA controller (PEA-ST) and simulated using a projectable PEA simulation (PEA-SM) in the course of a standardized process orchestration by means of a "Module Type Package <MTP>" mechanism (MTP-MC) for the PEA module description, - of virtually triggered faults corresponding to potential, stored or retrievable fault cases (FHLE) of the production installation (PRAL), for each fault case, the corresponding fault is triggered virtually by a corresponding PEA module activation (PEA-MA) in the PEA simulation (PEA-SM), - a simulation case, which belongs to the fault which is triggered virtually in each case, is simulated by means of the PEA simulation (PEA-SM) and in the process at least one simulation fault is determined in each case, - the simulation fault is detected by means of the programmable PEA controller (PEA-ST), which thereupon executes all simulation-fault-based switching actions in accordance with its programming, a) generating at least one alarm signal for alarm chain tracing for each detected simulation fault by means of the PEA controller (PEA-ST), b) detecting the alarm signals generated for all fault cases (FHLF) and logging the alarm signals by creating an alarm signal log by means of alarm chain tracing (AKVK), c) analysing the alarm signal log and, on the basis of this analysis, identifying alarm chains or identifying alarm chains and determining alarm correlations in the alarm chains by means of alarm chain analysis (AKAK), d) passing analysis results of the identification of the alarm chains and/or determination results of the determination of the alarm correlations in the alarm chains to the "Module Type Package <MTP>" mechanism (MTP-MC) for the embedding thereof into the PEA module description.