Abstract
The article deals with the analysis of currently popular databases and their control systems in order to select the most suitable for implementing the goals of the grant project funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Grant No AP14972804). The authors considered the main modules of the automation system for small-scale production. Most of attention was paid to the module of evaluating technological routes; the basic concept of algorithms was described and the requirements for the database architecture were presented. The analysis of various data formats was also made for the convenience of their use in the software product and storage in the database. In the future, based on the analysis carried out, implementation of the system for evaluating technological routes will be carried out, namely, the calculation of the time and the cost, both for each method and for the project as a whole, for further optimization of production.