Patent ID: 8768862

Claim:
Method for the partially or completely automatic commissioning of packs of one or several articles, in particular beverage articles, using a commissioning system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by a control element of the commissioning system, a commissioning order for preparing a target unit which comprises a target carrier and target packs of one or several articles; providing a source unit which comprises a source carrier and source packs of a predetermined article in a pick-up area of the commissioning system; making an automatic determination, by the control element, whether the source unit is suited for negative commissioning, which requires the removal of one or more source packs, based on the commissioning order, and if the source unit is suited for negative commissioning, making use of the source unit as the target unit, the use comprising: unloading one or more source packs from the source unit, so that the number of packs of the predetermined article remaining on the source unit matches an order quantity of the packs of the predetermined article in accordance with the commissioning order; automatically moving the partially unloaded source unit to a target area of the commissioning system; and supplementing the partially unloaded source unit in the target area with packs or bonds of packs using a sequence formation means of the commissioning system to form the target unit.