A method to handle ceramic articles ; the method comprises: a pick-up step, during which at least one first storage unit is picked up from a gathering area comprising a plurality of first storage units , each comprising a first support structure and a group of first ceramic articles placed on said first support structure according to a first given arrangement, and taken to a re-arranging station ; a re-arranging step, during which a handling machine , which is arranged in the area of the re-arranging station , transfers at least part of the first ceramic articles of the first storage unit from the first support structure to at least one second support structure , so as to obtain at least one second storage unit , in which said at least part of the first ceramic articles is placed according to a second given arrangement, which is different from the first given arrangement; a standing step, which is at least partially subsequent to said re-arranging step, and during which said at least one second storage unit is stored inside a first intermediate store ; a step of composition of an order to be shipped, during which a forming machine takes at least one first ceramic article from said at least one second storage unit onto a third support structure so as to create a shipment unit ; the forming machine comprising a holding device with a horizontal hold, which grabs said at least one first ceramic article during said composition step; wherein, during the re-arranging step, said at least part of the first ceramic articles is placed on said second support structure in such a way that each first ceramic article can be grabbed (held) laterally, in particular by said holding device with a horizontal hold; wherein said standing step comprises a sorting sub-step, during which said at least one second storage unit is directed towards said first intermediate store or towards a second intermediate store . a pick-up step, during which at least one first storage unit is picked up from a gathering area comprising a plurality of first storage units , each comprising a first support structure and a group of first ceramic articles placed on said first support structure according to a first given arrangement, and taken to a re-arranging station ; a re-arranging step, during which a handling machine , which is arranged in the area of the re-arranging station , transfers at least part of the first ceramic articles of the first storage unit from the first support structure to at least one second support structure , so as to obtain at least one second storage unit , in which said at least part of the first ceramic articles is placed according to a second given arrangement, which is different from the first given arrangement; a standing step, which is at least partially subsequent to said re-arranging step, and during which said at least one second storage unit is stored inside a first intermediate store ; a step of composition of an order to be shipped, during which a forming machine takes at least one first ceramic article from said at least one second storage unit onto a third support structure so as to create a shipment unit ; the forming machine comprising a holding device with a horizontal hold, which grabs said at least one first ceramic article during said composition step; wherein, during the re-arranging step, said at least part of the first ceramic articles is placed on said second support structure in such a way that each first ceramic article can be grabbed (held) laterally, in particular by said holding device with a horizontal hold; wherein said standing step comprises a sorting sub-step, during which said at least one second storage unit is directed towards said first intermediate store or towards a second intermediate store . <EOS>