Central weight monitoring of four silos involved in the metering process. In total, up to 200 silos are available for the processing. The software, installed on an industrial PC, logs the metering processes and documents the silos involved, their identifications, article names, batch numbers, the start and end of the metering process and the weights metered, on the customer network and a printer. The hygiene regulations are supported by the use of a touch screen for the necessary inputs on the PC.