An order-picking station for the manual picking of articles from storage containers, which are loaded by one article type only or by one article type in each container compartment, into at least one order container in accordance with a picking order, which may consist of a plurality of different articles, comprising: a plurality of channels comprising feeding channels and at least one discharging channel, wherein each of the feeding channels preferably comprises a length suitable for receiving at least two of the storage containers one behind the other, and wherein each of the feeding channels comprises a transfer end and a provision end; a supply device by means of which the storage containers can be transported from a warehouse to the transfer ends of the feeding channels and by means of which the storage containers can be transferred to the transfer ends, wherein each of the transfer ends is arranged and configured such that the storage containers are transferable in an automated manner by the supply device; a material-flow control device, wherein the material-flow control device is configured to control a material flow of the storage containers within the channels exclusively unidirectionally, wherein the storage containers in the feeding channels move oppositely to the storage containers in the discharging channels; an order-picking region in which a picking person manually picks the articles from the one or more of the storage containers and manually delivers the articles to the at least one order container; and a transfer region in which the storage containers are exchanged between the supply device and the channels, and vice versa; wherein each of the discharging channels comprises a receipt end and a delivery end, wherein each of the delivery ends is arranged and configured such that the storage containers are receivable by the supply device in an automated manner; wherein the channels are arranged in a rack (48; 82) and extend substantially in a transversal direction in parallel to each other, wherein the order-picking region is arranged along a first longitudinal rack side and the transfer region is arranged along a second longitudinal rack side being arranged oppositely to the first longitudinal rack side; characterized in that each of the feeding channels has assigned at least one of the discharging channels in terms of the material flow; and that the provision ends and the delivery ends of channels, which are assigned to each other, are either spatially arranged directly adjacent, or are connected, to each other via at least one push-away location so that the storage containers can be pushed, or conveyed, without lifting by the picking person, from the provision ends to the receipt end of the respectively assigned at least one discharging channel. a plurality of channels comprising feeding channels and at least one discharging channel, wherein each of the feeding channels preferably comprises a length suitable for receiving at least two of the storage containers one behind the other, and wherein each of the feeding channels comprises a transfer end and a provision end; a supply device by means of which the storage containers can be transported from a warehouse to the transfer ends of the feeding channels and by means of which the storage containers can be transferred to the transfer ends, wherein each of the transfer ends is arranged and configured such that the storage containers are transferable in an automated manner by the supply device; a material-flow control device, wherein the material-flow control device is configured to control a material flow of the storage containers within the channels exclusively unidirectionally, wherein the storage containers in the feeding channels move oppositely to the storage containers in the discharging channels; an order-picking region in which a picking person manually picks the articles from the one or more of the storage containers and manually delivers the articles to the at least one order container; and a transfer region in which the storage containers are exchanged between the supply device and the channels, and vice versa; wherein each of the discharging channels comprises a receipt end and a delivery end, wherein each of the delivery ends is arranged and configured such that the storage containers are receivable by the supply device in an automated manner; wherein the channels are arranged in a rack (48; 82) and extend substantially in a transversal direction in parallel to each other, wherein the order-picking region is arranged along a first longitudinal rack side and the transfer region is arranged along a second longitudinal rack side being arranged oppositely to the first longitudinal rack side; characterized in that each of the feeding channels has assigned at least one of the discharging channels in terms of the material flow; and that the provision ends and the delivery ends of channels, which are assigned to each other, are either spatially arranged directly adjacent, or are connected, to each other via at least one push-away location so that the storage containers can be pushed, or conveyed, without lifting by the picking person, from the provision ends to the receipt end of the respectively assigned at least one discharging channel.