An order-picking system operating in accordance with the "goods-to-man" principle comprises: an article warehouse; a storage-load support conveying system for transporting storage-load supports in an automated manner from and to the article warehouse; a load-carrier conveying system for transporting load carriers, wherein each of the load carriers is formed to receive an article for transporting the article within the order-picking system; a picking station which is operated by a picker and which is connected in terms of material flow via the storage-load support conveying system to the article warehouse and which is coupled in terms of material flow to the load-carrier conveying system, wherein the picking station comprises a first monitoring device and a second monitoring device, wherein the first monitoring device is arranged such that a manual removal of an article from one of the storage-load supports, which is provided at a removal position, is detectable, and wherein the second monitoring device is arranged such that a manual delivery of the removed article into exactly one of the load carriers (36; 44-5), which is provided at a delivery position, is detectable, wherein the removal position and the delivery position are arranged within an operating area of the picking station where the picker removes and delivers articles; and a controlling device which is connected in terms of communication to the first monitoring device and the second monitoring device, characterized in that in the article warehouse a plurality of different articles is stored in the storage-load supports which respectively contain articles of one type only; the controlling device is adapted to process a plurality of customers orders in an article-orientated manner such that the storage-load supports are transported from the article warehouse, for the purpose of batch picking, to the picking station, and the controlling device is adapted to track a number of article removed from the storage-load supports, which articles are provided at the removal position, in order to effect a storage-load support exchange at the removal position if a number of articles, which is predetermined by the batch picking, has been removed from the storage-load support, which is provided at the removal position, and in order to respectively effect a load-support exchange at the delivery position if the delivery of the removed article into the provided load support (36; 44-5) has been detected. an article warehouse; a storage-load support conveying system for transporting storage-load supports in an automated manner from and to the article warehouse; a load-carrier conveying system for transporting load carriers, wherein each of the load carriers is formed to receive an article for transporting the article within the order-picking system; a picking station which is operated by a picker and which is connected in terms of material flow via the storage-load support conveying system to the article warehouse and which is coupled in terms of material flow to the load-carrier conveying system, wherein the picking station comprises a first monitoring device and a second monitoring device, wherein the first monitoring device is arranged such that a manual removal of an article from one of the storage-load supports, which is provided at a removal position, is detectable, and wherein the second monitoring device is arranged such that a manual delivery of the removed article into exactly one of the load carriers (36; 44-5), which is provided at a delivery position, is detectable, wherein the removal position and the delivery position are arranged within an operating area of the picking station where the picker removes and delivers articles; and a controlling device which is connected in terms of communication to the first monitoring device and the second monitoring device, characterized in that in the article warehouse a plurality of different articles is stored in the storage-load supports which respectively contain articles of one type only; the controlling device is adapted to process a plurality of customers orders in an article-orientated manner such that the storage-load supports are transported from the article warehouse, for the purpose of batch picking, to the picking station, and the controlling device is adapted to track a number of article removed from the storage-load supports, which articles are provided at the removal position, in order to effect a storage-load support exchange at the removal position if a number of articles, which is predetermined by the batch picking, has been removed from the storage-load support, which is provided at the removal position, and in order to respectively effect a load-support exchange at the delivery position if the delivery of the removed article into the provided load support (36; 44-5) has been detected.