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 (S10) a plurality of orders ; batch-orientated analyzing (S12) the collected orders by the controlling unit ; batch-orientated assigning (S14) 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 (S18) the storage units via the conveying system from the warehouse (14; 18; 26) to the picking-and-packing stations ; removing (S20) 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 (S22) the collected articles into the shipping container at the corresponding picking-and-packing stations ; wherein the step of analyzing (S12) comprises: analyzing (S24) each of the orders with regard to an order-specific quantity of articles; determining (S26) an order-specific packing volume based on the order-specific quantity of articles; dividing (S30) the order-specific quantity of articles into one or more subquantities of articles; and assigning (S32) each of the subquantities of articles to the corresponding shipping container . collecting (S10) a plurality of orders ; batch-orientated analyzing (S12) the collected orders by the controlling unit ; batch-orientated assigning (S14) 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 (S18) the storage units via the conveying system from the warehouse (14; 18; 26) to the picking-and-packing stations ; removing (S20) 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 (S22) the collected articles into the shipping container at the corresponding picking-and-packing stations ; wherein the step of analyzing (S12) comprises: analyzing (S24) each of the orders with regard to an order-specific quantity of articles; determining (S26) an order-specific packing volume based on the order-specific quantity of articles; dividing (S30) the order-specific quantity of articles into one or more subquantities of articles; and assigning (S32) each of the subquantities of articles to the corresponding shipping container . analyzing (S24) each of the orders with regard to an order-specific quantity of articles; determining (S26) an order-specific packing volume based on the order-specific quantity of articles; dividing (S30) the order-specific quantity of articles into one or more subquantities of articles; and assigning (S32) each of the subquantities of articles to the corresponding shipping container . <EOS>