An order picking assembly comprising: - a linear picking area, comprising a linear sequence of at least two picking subranges (12, 14), each picking subrange (12, 14) comprising a source subset (22, 24) with a predetermined plurality of source containers arranged side by side along the linear picking area; - at least one target subset comprising a predetermined plurality of target containers which corresponds to said predetermined plurality of source containers that are arranged in a picking subrange (12, 14), - a target container transporter configured to position each target subset sequentially along the linear sequence of the picking subranges (12, 14) of the linear picking area; - a control system configured to: - receive a picking order for the transfer of a predetermined collection of items from at least one of the source containers to at least one of the target containers of a target subset; - divide the picking order into a picking sequence comprising at least two picking suborders (52, 54), each of the picking suborders (52, 54) listing the transfer of items from a respective source subset (22, 24) to a target subset; - control the target container transporter to sequentially position the target subset in each of the picking subranges (12, 14) of the linear sequence, and to keep the respective target subset positioned in the respective picking subrange (12, 14) until the associated picking suborder (52, 54) is completed. - a linear picking area, comprising a linear sequence of at least two picking subranges (12, 14), each picking subrange (12, 14) comprising a source subset (22, 24) with a predetermined plurality of source containers arranged side by side along the linear picking area; - at least one target subset comprising a predetermined plurality of target containers which corresponds to said predetermined plurality of source containers that are arranged in a picking subrange (12, 14), - a target container transporter configured to position each target subset sequentially along the linear sequence of the picking subranges (12, 14) of the linear picking area; - a control system configured to: - receive a picking order for the transfer of a predetermined collection of items from at least one of the source containers to at least one of the target containers of a target subset; - divide the picking order into a picking sequence comprising at least two picking suborders (52, 54), each of the picking suborders (52, 54) listing the transfer of items from a respective source subset (22, 24) to a target subset; - control the target container transporter to sequentially position the target subset in each of the picking subranges (12, 14) of the linear sequence, and to keep the respective target subset positioned in the respective picking subrange (12, 14) until the associated picking suborder (52, 54) is completed. - receive a picking order for the transfer of a predetermined collection of items from at least one of the source containers to at least one of the target containers of a target subset; - divide the picking order into a picking sequence comprising at least two picking suborders (52, 54), each of the picking suborders (52, 54) listing the transfer of items from a respective source subset (22, 24) to a target subset; - control the target container transporter to sequentially position the target subset in each of the picking subranges (12, 14) of the linear sequence, and to keep the respective target subset positioned in the respective picking subrange (12, 14) until the associated picking suborder (52, 54) is completed.