Sorting and picking system for sorting and picking goods having a sorting device and at least one associated terminal device, wherein it is provided that the at least one terminal device has a first transportation device and a second transportation device connecting to the first transportation device and formed as a storage conveyor, and the first transportation device is connected to the sorting device or a device connected to this in such a way that it is able to be swivelled and a transfer device is arranged in front of the first transportation device, and a first measuring device is arranged upstream in front of the transfer device, the measuring device being formed in such a way that it records the dimensions of an item supplied to the at least one terminal device, characterised in that - at least one further measuring device is allocated to the second transportation device and/or is arranged in the region thereof, and is formed in such a way that it records the current top edge of the pile of goods adjacent to the first transportation device and/or the top edge of a new pile of goods to be formed on the input-side section of the second transportation device, - the at least one terminal device further comprises a control device which is connected on the input side to the first measuring device and to the at least one further measuring device and is connected on the output side to the transfer device, to a drive motor for adjusting a variably selectable swivelling angle of the first transportation device and to a drive motor and/or a brake device of the second transportation device; and - the control device is formed in such a way that it controls the drive motor of the first transportation device depending on the height of an item arranged on the second transportation device and/or a pile of goods arranged there and/or a pile of goods to be formed there in such a way that the output of the first transportation device aligns with the input of the second transportation device or the top of the item and/or the pile of goods, and that it controls the drive motor and/or the brake device of the second transportation device in such a way that piles of goods of a certain height are formed and/or transported on the second transportation device. - at least one further measuring device is allocated to the second transportation device and/or is arranged in the region thereof, and is formed in such a way that it records the current top edge of the pile of goods adjacent to the first transportation device and/or the top edge of a new pile of goods to be formed on the input-side section of the second transportation device, - the at least one terminal device further comprises a control device which is connected on the input side to the first measuring device and to the at least one further measuring device and is connected on the output side to the transfer device, to a drive motor for adjusting a variably selectable swivelling angle of the first transportation device and to a drive motor and/or a brake device of the second transportation device; and - the control device is formed in such a way that it controls the drive motor of the first transportation device depending on the height of an item arranged on the second transportation device and/or a pile of goods arranged there and/or a pile of goods to be formed there in such a way that the output of the first transportation device aligns with the input of the second transportation device or the top of the item and/or the pile of goods, and that it controls the drive motor and/or the brake device of the second transportation device in such a way that piles of goods of a certain height are formed and/or transported on the second transportation device.