Patent ID: 8888007

Claim:
A method for managing issuance of a portable data carrier in a system comprising multiple production units that issue portable data carriers, a data provisioning unit and an assignment unit, the method comprising the steps: designating in the data provisioning unit at least one container to each of the production units; receiving data for the portable data carrier in the data provisioning unit in a production unit independent format; assigning at least one production unit to use the data for issuing the portable data carrier in the assignment unit; providing the data by the data provisioning unit to the assigned production unit, wherein in the step of providing the data, the data are provided in response to a data independent polling by the production unit for data stored in the at least one container designated to the production unit, the data are provided to the assigned production unit in a production unit independent format, and in the assigned production unit the provided data are converted from the production unit independent format into a production unit dependent format; and issuing the portable data carrier in the assigned production unit.