The invention relates to a method for operating a production plant and to a production plant, wherein the production plant has a higher-level controller, work stations and vehicles, wherein at least two work stations are configured to be identical, such that a second identical work station is available at a first work station, wherein each of the vehicles has a computer that is connected to the higher-level controller via a communication channel for data transfer, wherein each of the vehicles has a position detection system for detecting the position of each vehicle, wherein the higher-level controller transmits the position, which is associated with a respective work station and which is to be approached by the vehicle to carry out a production method step at this respective work station, to the computer of the vehicles, wherein the higher-level controller transmits a respective order to the respective computer of the vehicles, comprising the sequence if the work stations to be reached, wherein the computers
