Method for length measurement of a flat good in a goods processing system, having a first station and a second station , wherein the first station is a supply station and the second station is a dynamic scale, wherein the second station is arranged downstream of the first station in the transport direction of the flat good G, wherein each of the stations has at least a motor, an encoder , and a sensor that are connected with a control unit , wherein the control unit is programmed to implement a path control, characterized by the steps: - provision of an encoder pulse counter in the control unit of the first station , and counting of the encoder pulses of the encoder of the first station by means of the encoder pulse counter of the control unit of the first station, - determination of an event by means of a first sensor (DW-S1) of the second station , and storage of an associated numerical value Z1 of the encoder pulse counter in a first register (R1) of the control unit of the first station, wherein the event, which is determined by the sensor (AZ-S3) of the first station relates to the detection of the trailing edge of the flat good G, - storage of a numerical value Z2 for a distance d between two sensors (AZ-S3, DW-S1) in a second register (R2) of the control unit of the first station , wherein the sensors (AZ-S3 and DW-S1) belong to different and adjacent stations (1 and 2), - determination of an event by means of the sensor (AZ-S3) of the first station, and storage of an associated numerical value Z3 of the encoder pulse counter 14 in a third register (R3) of the control unit of the first station , wherein the event which is determined by the sensor (DS-S1) of the second station relates to the detection of the leading edge of the flat good G, - summation of the numerical value Z2 and of the difference Δ = Z3 - Z1 of the counter states Z3 and Z1 by means of the control unit of the first station as soon as both events are present. - provision of an encoder pulse counter in the control unit of the first station , and counting of the encoder pulses of the encoder of the first station by means of the encoder pulse counter of the control unit of the first station, - determination of an event by means of a first sensor (DW-S1) of the second station , and storage of an associated numerical value Z1 of the encoder pulse counter in a first register (R1) of the control unit of the first station, wherein the event, which is determined by the sensor (AZ-S3) of the first station relates to the detection of the trailing edge of the flat good G, - storage of a numerical value Z2 for a distance d between two sensors (AZ-S3, DW-S1) in a second register (R2) of the control unit of the first station , wherein the sensors (AZ-S3 and DW-S1) belong to different and adjacent stations (1 and 2), - determination of an event by means of the sensor (AZ-S3) of the first station, and storage of an associated numerical value Z3 of the encoder pulse counter 14 in a third register (R3) of the control unit of the first station , wherein the event which is determined by the sensor (DS-S1) of the second station relates to the detection of the leading edge of the flat good G, - summation of the numerical value Z2 and of the difference Δ = Z3 - Z1 of the counter states Z3 and Z1 by means of the control unit of the first station as soon as both events are present. <EOS>