An apparatus for forming total portions which at least comprise product slices which are cut off from a plurality of food products, in particular food products of different types, wherein the total portions each comprise a plurality of individual portions which are each formed from at least one product slice, having - a machine assembly having a plurality of machine units, comprising - a plurality of slicing apparatus, in particular high-performance slicers, which each have at least one product feed with which at least one product to be sliced is fed to a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner; and - a placement device which comprises at least one placement region which can be traveled between the slicing apparatus and on which a total portion is formed from product slices cut off by means of the slicing apparatus; - a configuration device having - a display device, in particular in the form of a touchscreen; and - an evaluation device communicating with the display device; and - a system control which communicates with individual controls associated with the machine units and with the configuration device, wherein a respective total portion can be created from a plurality of different individual portions by means of the display device; wherein the evaluation device is configured to provide a configuration data set determined by a predefined total portion; and wherein the system control is configured to predefine a machine data set from a provided configuration data set and to control the machine assembly on the basis of the predefined machine data set such that total portions corresponding to the predefined total portion are formed by successively placing individual portions formed by different slicing apparatus on the placement region of the placement device, with the individual portions in particular being placed in an overlapping manner. - a machine assembly having a plurality of machine units, comprising - a plurality of slicing apparatus, in particular high-performance slicers, which each have at least one product feed with which at least one product to be sliced is fed to a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner; and - a placement device which comprises at least one placement region which can be traveled between the slicing apparatus and on which a total portion is formed from product slices cut off by means of the slicing apparatus; - a plurality of slicing apparatus, in particular high-performance slicers, which each have at least one product feed with which at least one product to be sliced is fed to a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner; and - a placement device which comprises at least one placement region which can be traveled between the slicing apparatus and on which a total portion is formed from product slices cut off by means of the slicing apparatus; - a configuration device having - a display device, in particular in the form of a touchscreen; and - an evaluation device communicating with the display device; and - a display device, in particular in the form of a touchscreen; and - an evaluation device communicating with the display device; and - a system control which communicates with individual controls associated with the machine units and with the configuration device,