A method for picking according to the goods-to-man principle a plurality of different articles in accordance with orders, wherein at least one of the orders comprises both fragile and non-fragile articles, which are to be packed together into a shipping container in a breakproof manner, in a storage and order-picking system, wherein the storage and order-picking system comprises: a warehouse (14; 18; 26) in which the articles are stored as storage units each containing articles of one type only; at least one picking-and-packing station comprising a plurality of collecting zones, and being configured to buffer a plurality of the articles and provide the shipping container; a conveying system connecting the warehouse (14; 18; 26) to the picking-and-packing stations; and a controlling unit configured to assign the orders to the picking-and-packing stations, monitor the picking process, and control material flow, wherein the method comprises the steps of: collecting a plurality of orders; batch-orientated analyzing the collected orders by the controlling unit; batch-orientated assigning the analyzed orders to the picking-and-packing stations by the controlling unit, wherein each of the analyzed orders is assigned to one of the collecting zones; article-orientated conveying the storage units via the conveying system from the warehouse (14; 18; 26) to the picking-and-packing stations; removing the articles conveyed to the picking-and-packing stations, and order-orientated distributing the removed articles among the corresponding collecting zones by depositing the removed articles into the corresponding collecting zones; and packing the collected articles into the shipping container at the corresponding picking-and-packing stations; wherein the step of analyzing comprises: analyzing each of the orders with regard to an order-specific quantity of articles; determining an order-specific packing volume based on the order-specific quantity of articles; dividing the order-specific quantity of articles into one or more subquantities of articles; and assigning each of the subquantities of articles to the corresponding shipping container. collecting a plurality of orders; batch-orientated analyzing the collected orders by the controlling unit; batch-orientated assigning the analyzed orders to the picking-and-packing stations by the controlling unit, wherein each of the analyzed orders is assigned to one of the collecting zones; article-orientated conveying the storage units via the conveying system from the warehouse (14; 18; 26) to the picking-and-packing stations; removing the articles conveyed to the picking-and-packing stations, and order-orientated distributing the removed articles among the corresponding collecting zones by depositing the removed articles into the corresponding collecting zones; and packing the collected articles into the shipping container at the corresponding picking-and-packing stations; wherein the step of analyzing comprises: analyzing each of the orders with regard to an order-specific quantity of articles; determining an order-specific packing volume based on the order-specific quantity of articles; dividing the order-specific quantity of articles into one or more subquantities of articles; and assigning each of the subquantities of articles to the corresponding shipping container. analyzing each of the orders with regard to an order-specific quantity of articles; determining an order-specific packing volume based on the order-specific quantity of articles; dividing the order-specific quantity of articles into one or more subquantities of articles; and assigning each of the subquantities of articles to the corresponding shipping container.