A method for operating a storage and order-picking system (100a, 100b), comprising the steps a) providing mixed articles (405a..405i, 604a, 604b) at a goods receiving area of the storage and order-picking system (100a, 100b), wherein the articles (405a..405i, 604a, 604b) comprise (a) lying article(s) (405a..405i), b) loading hanging bags (408..408f) in an article-specific manner with the provided lying article(s) (405a..405i) at a first loading station and acquiring an article type of the lying article(s) (405a..405i) loaded in the hanging bag (408..408f), c) transporting the loaded hanging bags (408..408f) into a hanging bag sorting device by means of a hanging bag conveyor system (108a, 108b), d) forming groups of hanging bags (408..408f) in the hanging bag sorting device based on an article-grouping rule, which allocates one or multiple specifiable article types to each group, e) transporting the groups of hanging bags (408..408f) to a second loading station by means of the hanging bag conveyor system (108a, 108b), characterized by the following steps: f) transferring the lying article(s) (405a..405i) contained in the hanging bags (408..408f) in an article-specific manner of a group of hanging bags (408..408f) into an article storage lying article loading aid (411a, 411b), which is comprised by article storage loading aids (411a, 411b, 602, 803), at the second loading station, and storing the article storage lying article loading aid (411a, 411b) in a lying article article storage, which is comprised by an article storage (105, 601) of the storage and order-picking system (100a, 100b), by means of a storage conveyor system, wherein transferring and storing takes place without reference to a picking order and wherein the article storage lying article loading aid (411a, 411b) is configured differently from a hanging bag (408..408f), g) acquiring picking orders for picking ordered lying articles, which are comprised by ordered articles (405a..405i), h) processing a picking order comprising the steps - retrieving an article storage lying article loading aid (411a, 411b), which contains at least one ordered lying article (405a..405i) allocated to the picking order, from the lying article article storage by means of a retrieval conveyor system, and - loading a target loading aid with the at least one ordered lying article (405a..405i) at a picking station. a) providing mixed articles (405a..405i, 604a, 604b) at a goods receiving area of the storage and order-picking system (100a, 100b), wherein the articles (405a..405i, 604a, 604b) comprise (a) lying article(s) (405a..405i), b) loading hanging bags (408..408f) in an article-specific manner with the provided lying article(s) (405a..405i) at a first loading station and acquiring an article type of the lying article(s) (405a..405i) loaded in the hanging bag (408..408f), c) transporting the loaded hanging bags (408..408f) into a hanging bag sorting device by means of a hanging bag conveyor system (108a, 108b), d) forming groups of hanging bags (408..408f) in the hanging bag sorting device based on an article-grouping rule, which allocates one or multiple specifiable article types to each group, e) transporting the groups of hanging bags (408..408f) to a second loading station by means of the hanging bag conveyor system (108a, 108b), characterized by the following steps: f) transferring the lying article(s) (405a..405i) contained in the hanging bags (408..408f) in an article-specific manner of a group of hanging bags (408..408f) into an article storage lying article loading aid (411a, 411b), which is comprised by article storage loading aids (411a, 411b, 602, 803), at the second loading station, and storing the article storage lying article loading aid (411a, 411b) in a lying article article storage, which is comprised by an article storage (105, 601) of the storage and order-picking system (100a, 100b), by means of a storage conveyor system, wherein transferring and storing takes place without reference to a picking order and wherein the article storage lying article loading aid (411a, 411b) is configured differently from a hanging bag (408..408f), g) acquiring picking orders for picking ordered lying articles, which are comprised by ordered articles (405a..405i), h) processing a picking order comprising the steps - retrieving an article storage lying article loading aid (411a, 411b), which contains at least one ordered lying article (405a..405i) allocated to the picking order, from the lying article article storage by means of a retrieval conveyor system, and - loading a target loading aid with the at least one ordered lying article (405a..405i) at a picking station. - retrieving an article storage lying article loading aid (411a, 411b), which contains at least one ordered lying article (405a..405i) allocated to the picking order, from the lying article article storage by means of a retrieval conveyor system, and - loading a target loading aid with the at least one ordered lying article (405a..405i) at a picking station.