A method used to handle piece goods being moved one after another, the piece goods being transported to a seizing range of a manipulator, wherein - the piece goods are moved in at least one row without spaces immediately consecutively as closed formation into a seizing range of at least one manipulator; - at least one transported piece good is seized in the seizing range in a clamping and/or force-locking and/or form-locking manner by at least two clamping means and/or gripping means located opposite each other and assigned to the at least one manipulator, is spatially separated from subsequent piece goods of the closed formation, and is brought into a defined relative target position (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8) and/or target alignment in relation to the in each instance subsequent piece goods, - wherein one first vertical symmetry plane, which is defined by the at least one piece good seized by the at least two clamping means and/or gripping means of the at least one manipulator, and which is oriented about perpendicular to a transport direction of the piece goods, is spaced apart from a second vertical symmetry plane aligned approximately parallel thereto, with the second vertical symmetry plane being defined by the manipulator or by the manipulator clamping means and/or gripping means, as applicable, - characterised in that at least one transported piece good is in each instance seized in at least one step of a plurality of temporally consecutive steps, and is in each instance spatially separated from a straight movement path in original transport direction from the subsequent piece goods of the closed formation by a rotation about a vertical axis with a rotation angle of at least 90°, in particular, with approximately 180°, and is brought into a particular defined relative target position (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8) and/or target alignment in relation to subsequent piece goods. - the piece goods are moved in at least one row without spaces immediately consecutively as closed formation into a seizing range of at least one manipulator; - at least one transported piece good is seized in the seizing range in a clamping and/or force-locking and/or form-locking manner by at least two clamping means and/or gripping means located opposite each other and assigned to the at least one manipulator, is spatially separated from subsequent piece goods of the closed formation, and is brought into a defined relative target position (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8) and/or target alignment in relation to the in each instance subsequent piece goods, - wherein one first vertical symmetry plane, which is defined by the at least one piece good seized by the at least two clamping means and/or gripping means of the at least one manipulator, and which is oriented about perpendicular to a transport direction of the piece goods, is spaced apart from a second vertical symmetry plane aligned approximately parallel thereto, with the second vertical symmetry plane being defined by the manipulator or by the manipulator clamping means and/or gripping means, as applicable, - characterised in that at least one transported piece good is in each instance seized in at least one step of a plurality of temporally consecutive steps, and is in each instance spatially separated from a straight movement path in original transport direction from the subsequent piece goods of the closed formation by a rotation about a vertical axis with a rotation angle of at least 90°, in particular, with approximately 180°, and is brought into a particular defined relative target position (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8) and/or target alignment in relation to subsequent piece goods.