Method for putting together collections of ordered articles from a stock that comprises substocks (8a-8l) of these articles, comprising the following steps: handling substocks (8a-8l), irrespective of the order status of the articles in a substock (8a-8l), in a selection step, the selection step comprising the following substeps: A: an article from a substock (8a-8l) is identified by means of a machine-readable identification code affixed against, on or in the article; B: it is then determined by means of a computer system whether there is an order for this article, whereby if this is the case step B1 is implemented, after which step A is repeated with a subsequent article from the substock (8a-8l) if this substock (8a-8l) is not exhausted, and if this is not the case step B2 is implemented, whereby step B1 means that a label is created with data that enable the article to be linked to an order and the article is allocated to an order by fastening this label to or on the article and the article is placed in an auxiliary stock, whereby step B2 means that the article is placed in the substock (8a-8l) again and that the remaining part of the substock (8a-8l) is again placed in the stock, whereby substocks (8a-8l) are handled in the selection step until all ordered articles have been allocated to all outstanding orders or whereby all substocks (8a-8l) are handled in the selection step, - bringing the articles that have been allocated to a specific order together, by, after at least one auxiliary stock has been put together, bringing articles from an auxiliary stock or auxiliary stocks together into collections of ordered articles on the basis of the data on the label. handling substocks (8a-8l), irrespective of the order status of the articles in a substock (8a-8l), in a selection step, the selection step comprising the following substeps: A: an article from a substock (8a-8l) is identified by means of a machine-readable identification code affixed against, on or in the article; B: it is then determined by means of a computer system whether there is an order for this article, whereby if this is the case step B1 is implemented, after which step A is repeated with a subsequent article from the substock (8a-8l) if this substock (8a-8l) is not exhausted, and if this is not the case step B2 is implemented, A: an article from a substock (8a-8l) is identified by means of a machine-readable identification code affixed against, on or in the article; B: it is then determined by means of a computer system whether there is an order for this article, whereby if this is the case step B1 is implemented, after which step A is repeated with a subsequent article from the substock (8a-8l) if this substock (8a-8l) is not exhausted, and if this is not the case step B2 is implemented, whereby step B1 means that a label is created with data that enable the article to be linked to an order and the article is allocated to an order by fastening this label to or on the article and the article is placed in an auxiliary stock, whereby step B2 means that the article is placed in the substock (8a-8l) again and that the remaining part of the substock (8a-8l) is again placed in the stock, whereby substocks (8a-8l) are handled in the selection step until all ordered articles have been allocated to all outstanding orders or whereby all substocks (8a-8l) are handled in the selection step, - bringing the articles that have been allocated to a specific order together, by, after at least one auxiliary stock has been put together, bringing articles from an auxiliary stock or auxiliary stocks together into collections of ordered articles on the basis of the data on the label. - bringing the articles that have been allocated to a specific order together, by, after at least one auxiliary stock has been put together, bringing articles from an auxiliary stock or auxiliary stocks together into collections of ordered articles on the basis of the data on the label.