Method and system for delivering items in delivery containers

1. A method for delivering items ( 4 ) in delivery containers ( 3 ), comprising the steps:

i) providing the items ( 4 ),

ii) picking the items ( 4 ) in delivery containers ( 3 ) in accordance with picking orders,

iii) providing at least one transport rack ( 12 ) having compartments ( 38 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and in adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns and to which a data carrier ( 34 ) is attached,

iv) identifying the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) by means of a detection unit ( 25 , 26 ) by reading the data carrier ( 34 ) and recording data on a first computer system ( 2 ),

v) loading the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) with the delivery containers ( 3 ) for one or more picking orders,

vi) transferring the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) to a transport system ( 14 ),

vii) transporting the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) by means of the transport system ( 14 ) from a supply storage system ( 1 ) in which steps i) to vi) are executed to a buffer storage system ( 53 ),

viii) providing the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) in a docking device ( 54 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ),

ix) removing the delivery containers ( 3 ) from the transport rack ( 12 ) by means of an automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ),

x) transferring at least some delivery containers ( 3 ) from the transport rack ( 12 ) to storage compartments ( 55 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ),

xi) transporting the at least one delivery container ( 3 ) for a picking order to an issuing station ( 56 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ) at which the items ( 4 ) in the delivery containers ( 3 ) are made available for collection from at least one service location ( 58 ) if they have been requested by inputting a request command at the issuing station ( 56 ),

wherein

a loading arrangement for the delivery containers ( 3 ) for picking orders is determined by the first computer system ( 2 ) before step v), the loading arrangement takes into account a sorting of delivery containers ( 3 ) according to the picking orders and by means of which the storage positions of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the compartments ( 38 ) and/or the storage positions of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in storage spaces ( 39 a , 39 b , 39 c ) in the compartments ( 38 ) are determined, and

the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) is loaded with the delivery containers ( 3 ) in step v) in the loading arrangement determined by the first computer system ( 2 ) in the compartments ( 38 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and/or adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns, and

after step vii), the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) is transferred from the transport system ( 14 ) to a receiving system ( 15 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ) and the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) is identified by means of a detection unit ( 74 ) provided on the receiving system ( 15 ) by reading the data carrier ( 34 ) and recording data on a second computer system ( 75 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ), and

data relating to the loading arrangement is provided on the second computer system ( 75 ) after the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) has been loaded with the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the supply storage system ( 1 ), and

the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) is provided at the docking device ( 54 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ) in such a manner that the compartments ( 38 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns lie within the access range of the automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) and the automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) is able to access the delivery containers ( 3 ) in these compartments ( 38 ), and

while the transport rack ( 12 ) is provided at the docking device ( 54 ), the delivery containers ( 3 ) are transferred by the automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) from the compartments ( 38 ) either to the storage compartments ( 55 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ) if they have not yet been requested at the issuing station ( 56 ) or to the service location ( 58 ) if they have been requested at the issuing station ( 56 ).

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a compartment ( 38 ), the transport rack ( 12 ) has a single storage space ( 39 a ) in which the delivery container ( 3 ) is deposited or in a compartment ( 38 ), the transport rack ( 12 ) has a plurality of storage spaces ( 39 a , 39 b , 39 c ) one behind the other in which a plurality of delivery containers ( 3 ) are deposited.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transport rack ( 12 ) has a maximum of five compartments ( 38 ) one above the other and a maximum of three compartments ( 38 ) adjacent to one another and the compartments ( 38 ) each have a maximum of three storage spaces ( 39 a , 39 b , 39 c ) so that a transport rack ( 12 ) can be loaded with a maximum of 45 delivery containers ( 3 ), wherein the delivery container ( 3 ) has a length (L) of at most 700 mm, a width (W) of at most 600 mm and a height (H) of at most 400 mm.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the delivery containers ( 3 ) are positioned in the compartment ( 38 ) against at least one position retaining means ( 41 , 42 ) if the delivery containers ( 3 ) slide in the compartments ( 38 ) during transportation of the transport rack ( 12 ) or are held in a fixed position by at least one position retaining means ( 49 ) to prevent a sliding movement of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the compartments ( 38 ).

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after picking the items ( 4 ) in step ii), the delivery containers ( 3 ) are transported to a loading system ( 11 ) where the transport racks ( 12 ) are also provided and loaded with the delivery containers ( 3 ), and before loading the transport racks ( 12 ) the delivery containers ( 3 ) are also identified by means of a detection unit ( 25 ), and the delivery containers ( 3 ) are allocated to the respective transport rack ( 12 ) and to the respective compartments ( 38 ) in the transport rack ( 12 ) by the first computer system ( 2 ).

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the supply storage system ( 1 ) comprises the first computer system ( 2 ) and the buffer storage system ( 53 ) comprises the second computer system ( 75 ) which are connected to one another in order to exchange data via a data transmission device (data line) and after loading the transport rack ( 12 ) in the supply storage system ( 1 ), data relating to the loading arrangement is transmitted to the second computer system ( 75 ).

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data carrier ( 34 ) on the transport rack ( 12 ) contains an identification code and data relating to the loading arrangement.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first computer system ( 2 ) determines a loading zone ( 73 . 1 , 73 . 2 , 73 . 3 , 73 . 4 ) for every picking order of a plurality of picking orders when determining the loading arrangement and the loading zone ( 73 . 1 , 73 . 2 , 73 . 3 , 73 . 4 ) may comprise one compartment ( 38 ) or several compartments ( 38 ) so that a number of delivery containers ( 3 ) are available in a loading zone ( 73 . 1 , 73 . 2 , 73 . 3 , 73 . 4 ).

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) removes a maximum number of delivery containers ( 3 ) for a picking order from the loading zone ( 73 . 1 , 73 . 2 , 73 . 3 , 73 . 4 ) of the at least one transport rack ( 12 ).

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data carrier ( 34 ) on the transport rack ( 12 ) contains an identification code as data.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein before providing the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) at the docking device ( 54 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ), the transport rack ( 12 ) is identified by means of the detection unit ( 74 ) and the identification code is transmitted to the computer system ( 75 ) of the buffer storage system ( 53 ), whereupon this transport rack ( 12 ) is provided at the docking device ( 54 ).

12. A system for delivering items ( 4 ) in delivery containers ( 3 ), comprising

a supply storage system ( 1 ), which comprises at least

a storage system ( 5 ) for providing the items ( 4 ),

a picking system ( 6 ) for picking the items ( 4 ) in accordance with picking orders in delivery containers ( 3 ) and for providing the delivery containers ( 3 ) containing the picked items ( 4 ),

a loading system ( 11 ) for providing the transport racks ( 12 ) and for transferring the delivery containers ( 3 ) to at least one transport rack ( 12 ), the transport racks ( 12 ) each having compartments ( 38 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and in adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns and to each of which a data carrier ( 34 ) is attached, wherein the transport racks ( 12 ) receive the delivery containers ( 3 ) for one or more picking orders, and the loading system ( 11 ) having a detection unit ( 25 , 26 ) for identifying the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) by reading the data carrier ( 34 ) on the transport rack ( 12 ),

a first computer system ( 2 ) for recording data of the data carrier ( 34 ) and for determining a loading arrangement for loading the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) with the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the loading arrangement in the compartments ( 38 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and/or in adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns, wherein the loading arrangement takes into account a sorting of delivery containers ( 3 ) according to picking orders and wherein the storage positions of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the compartments ( 38 ) and/or storage positions of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in storage spaces ( 39 a , 39 b , 39 c ) in the compartments ( 38 ) are determined by the loading arrangement,

a transfer system ( 13 ) for transferring the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) to a transport system ( 14 ), and

a transport system ( 14 ) for transporting the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) from the supply storage system ( 1 ) to a buffer storage system ( 53 ), and

a buffer storage system ( 53 ), which comprises

a receiving system ( 15 ) for the transport racks ( 12 ) delivered by means of the transport system ( 14 ), wherein the receiving system ( 15 ) is provided with a detection unit ( 74 ) for identifying the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) by reading the data carrier ( 34 ) on the transport rack ( 12 ),

a providing system ( 16 ) for providing transport racks ( 12 ) at least one docking device ( 54 ),

an automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) for removing the delivery containers ( 3 ) from the transport rack ( 12 ) and transferring at least some delivery containers ( 3 ) from the transport rack ( 12 ) to storage compartments ( 55 ),

storage compartments ( 55 ) for temporarily storing the delivery containers ( 3 ),

at least one issuing station ( 56 ) having an input device ( 57 ) and at least one service location ( 58 ) at which the items ( 4 ) in the delivery containers ( 3 ) are made available if they have been requested by inputting a request command at the input device ( 57 ),

a second computer system ( 75 ) for recording data from the data carrier ( 34 ) and data relating to the loading arrangement which is provided after loading the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) in the supply storage system ( 1 ),

wherein the at least one docking device ( 54 ) for the transport rack ( 12 ) which positions the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) in such a manner that the compartments ( 38 ) formed by the horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns lie within the access range of the automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) and the automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) is able to access the delivery containers ( 3 ) in these compartments ( 38 ), and

while the transport rack ( 12 ) is provided at the docking device ( 54 ), the automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) transfers them from the compartments ( 38 ) either to the storage compartments ( 55 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ) if they have not yet been requested at the issuing station ( 56 ) or to at least one service location ( 58 ) if they have been requested at the issuing station ( 56 ).

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the transport rack ( 12 ) comprises a base plate ( 40 ), wall parts ( 41 , 42 ) extending up therefrom and a top plate ( 43 ), wherein one of the wall parts ( 42 ) can be moved between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the open position the delivery containers ( 3 ) of all the compartments ( 38 ) are accessible and in the closed position the delivery containers ( 3 ) of all the compartments ( 38 ) are secured in place.

14. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the transport rack ( 12 ) has a maximum width of 2100 mm, a maximum depth of 1500 mm and a maximum height of 2000 mm.

15. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the transport rack ( 12 ) has at most five compartments ( 38 ) one above the other and at most three compartments ( 38 ) adjacent to one another and the compartments ( 38 ) each have at most three storage spaces ( 39 a , 39 b , 39 c ).

16. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the storage compartments ( 55 ) are provided in at least one stationary storage rack ( 67 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and in adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns, wherein at least one of the storage racks ( 67 ) forms a housing section ( 59 ) in which the docking device ( 54 ) is provided so that when the transport rack ( 12 ) is positioned at the docking device ( 54 ), the transport rack ( 12 ) forms a storage section of the at least one storage rack ( 67 ) by means of the compartments ( 38 ).

17. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the transport rack ( 12 ) has at least one position retaining means ( 41 , 42 ) against which the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the compartments ( 38 ) are positioned if the delivery containers ( 3 ) slide in the compartments ( 38 ) during transportation of the transport rack ( 12 ) or at least one position retaining means ( 49 ) by means of which the delivery containers ( 3 ) placed in the compartments ( 38 ) are held in a fixed position to prevent a sliding movement of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the compartments ( 38 ).

18. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the supply storage system ( 1 ) comprises the first computer system ( 2 ) and the buffer storage system ( 53 ) comprises the second computer system ( 75 ) which are connected to one another in order to exchange data via a data transmission device in order to transmit data relating to the loading arrangement to the second computer system ( 75 ) after loading the transport rack ( 12 ) in the supply storage system ( 1 ).

19. A method for delivering items ( 4 ) in delivery containers ( 3 ), comprising the steps:

i) providing the items ( 4 ),

ii) picking the items ( 4 ) in delivery containers ( 3 ) in accordance with picking orders,

iii) providing at least one transport rack ( 12 ) having compartments ( 38 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and in adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns and to which a data carrier ( 34 ) is attached,

iv) identifying the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) by means of a detection unit ( 25 , 26 ) by reading the data carrier ( 34 ) and recording data on a first computer system ( 2 ),

v) loading the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) with the delivery containers ( 3 ) for one or more picking orders,

vi) transferring the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) to a transport system ( 14 ),

vii) transporting the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) by means of the transport system ( 14 ) from a supply storage system ( 1 ) in which steps i) to vi) are executed to a buffer storage system ( 53 ),

viii) providing the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) in a docking device ( 54 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ),

ix) removing the delivery containers ( 3 ) from the transport rack ( 12 ) by means of an automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ),

x) transferring at least some delivery containers ( 3 ) from the transport rack ( 12 ) to storage compartments ( 55 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ),

xi) transporting the at least one delivery container ( 3 ) for a picking order to an issuing station ( 56 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ) at which the items ( 4 ) in the delivery containers ( 3 ) are made available for collection from at least one service location ( 58 ) if they have been requested by inputting a request command at the issuing station ( 56 ),

wherein

a loading arrangement for the delivery containers ( 3 ) for picking orders is determined by the first computer system ( 2 ) before step v) by means of which the storage positions of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the compartments ( 38 ) and/or the storage positions of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in storage spaces ( 39 a , 39 b , 39 c ) in the compartments ( 38 ) are determined, and

the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) is loaded with the delivery containers ( 3 ) in step v) in the loading arrangement determined by the first computer system ( 2 ) in the compartments ( 38 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and/or adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns, and

after step vii), the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) is transferred from the transport system ( 14 ) to a receiving system ( 15 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ) and the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) is identified by means of a detection unit ( 74 ) provided on the receiving system ( 15 ) by reading the data carrier ( 34 ) and recording data on a second computer system ( 75 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ), and

data relating to the loading arrangement is provided on the second computer system ( 75 ) after the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) has been loaded with the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the supply storage system ( 1 ), and

the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) is provided at the docking device ( 54 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ) in such a manner that the compartments ( 38 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns lie within the access range of the storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) and the storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) is able to access the delivery containers ( 3 ) in these compartments ( 38 ), and

while the transport rack ( 12 ) is provided at the docking device ( 54 ), the delivery containers ( 3 ) are transferred by the storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) from the compartments ( 38 ) either to the storage compartments ( 55 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ) if they have not yet been requested at the issuing station ( 56 ) or to the service location ( 58 ) if they have been requested at the issuing station ( 56 ),

wherein the transport rack ( 12 ) has a maximum of five compartments ( 38 ) one above the other and a maximum of three compartments ( 38 ) adjacent to one another and the compartments ( 38 ) each have a maximum of three storage spaces ( 39 a , 39 b , 39 c ) so that a transport rack ( 12 ) can be loaded with a maximum of 45 delivery containers ( 3 ), wherein the delivery container ( 3 ) has a length (L) of at most 700 mm, a width (W) of at most 600 mm and a height (H) of at most 400 mm.

20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein in a compartment ( 38 ), the transport rack ( 12 ) has a single storage space ( 39 a ) in which the delivery container ( 3 ) is deposited or in a compartment ( 38 ), the transport rack ( 12 ) has a plurality of storage spaces ( 39 a , 39 b , 39 c ) one behind the other in which a plurality of delivery containers ( 3 ) are deposited.

21. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the delivery containers ( 3 ) are positioned in the compartment ( 38 ) against at least one position retaining means ( 41 , 42 ) if the delivery containers ( 3 ) slide in the compartments ( 38 ) during transportation of the transport rack ( 12 ) or are held in a fixed position by at least one position retaining means ( 49 ) to prevent a sliding movement of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the compartments ( 38 ).

22. The method according to claim 19 , wherein after picking the items ( 4 ) in step ii), the delivery containers ( 3 ) are transported to a loading system ( 11 ) where the transport racks ( 12 ) are also provided and loaded with the delivery containers ( 3 ), and before loading the transport racks ( 12 ) the delivery containers ( 3 ) are also identified by means of a detection unit ( 25 ), and the delivery containers ( 3 ) are allocated to the respective transport rack ( 12 ) and to the respective compartments ( 38 ) in the transport rack ( 12 ) by the first computer system ( 2 ).

23. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the supply storage system ( 1 ) comprises the first computer system ( 2 ) and the buffer storage system ( 53 ) comprises the second computer system ( 75 ) which are connected to one another in order to exchange data via a data transmission device (data line) and after loading the transport rack ( 12 ) in the supply storage system ( 1 ), data relating to the loading arrangement is transmitted to the second computer system ( 75 ).

24. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the data carrier ( 34 ) on the transport rack ( 12 ) contains an identification code as data.

25. The method according to claim 24 , wherein before providing the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) at the docking device ( 54 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ), the transport rack ( 12 ) is identified by means of the detection unit ( 74 ) and the identification code is transmitted to the computer system ( 75 ) of the buffer storage system ( 53 ), whereupon this transport rack ( 12 ) is provided at the docking device ( 54 ).

26. A system for delivering items ( 4 ) in delivery containers ( 3 ), comprising

transport racks ( 12 ), wherein each transport rack receives a number of the delivery containers ( 3 ) for a picking order and each transport rack having

compartments ( 38 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and in adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns, and

a data carrier ( 34 ),

wherein a transport rack ( 12 ) of the transport racks ( 12 ) has a maximum width of 2100 mm, a maximum depth of 1500 mm and a maximum height of 2000 mm,

a supply storage system ( 1 ), which comprises at least

a storage system ( 5 ) for providing the items ( 4 ),

a picking system ( 6 ) for picking the items ( 4 ) in accordance with picking orders in delivery containers ( 3 ) and for providing the delivery containers ( 3 ) containing the picked items ( 4 ),

a loading system ( 11 ) for providing the transport racks ( 12 ) and for transferring a number of the delivery containers ( 3 ) to a transport rack ( 12 ), the loading system ( 11 ) having a detection unit ( 25 , 26 ) for identifying the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) by reading the data carrier ( 34 ) on the transport rack ( 12 ),

a first computer system ( 2 ) for recording data of the data carrier ( 34 ) and for determining a loading arrangement for loading the transport rack ( 12 ) with the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the loading arrangement in the compartments ( 38 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and/or in adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns, wherein the storage positions of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the compartments ( 38 ) and/or storage positions of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in storage spaces ( 39 a , 39 b , 39 c ) in the compartments ( 38 ) are determined by the loading arrangement,

a transfer system ( 13 ) for transferring the transport rack ( 12 ) to a transport system ( 14 ), and

a transport system ( 14 ) for transporting the transport rack ( 12 ) from the supply storage system ( 1 ) to a buffer storage system ( 53 ), and

a buffer storage system ( 53 ), which comprises

a receiving system ( 15 ) for the transport racks ( 12 ) delivered by means of the transport system ( 14 ), wherein the receiving system ( 15 ) is provided with a detection unit ( 74 ) for identifying the transport rack ( 12 ) by reading the data carrier ( 34 ) on the transport rack ( 12 ),

a providing system ( 16 ) for providing transport racks ( 12 ) at at least one docking device ( 54 ),

storage compartments ( 55 ) for temporarily storing the delivery containers ( 3 ),

an automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) for removing the delivery containers ( 3 ) from the transport rack ( 12 ) and transferring at least some delivery containers ( 3 ) from the transport rack ( 12 ) to storage compartments ( 55 ),

at least one issuing station ( 56 ) having an input device ( 57 ) and at least one service location ( 58 ) at which the items ( 4 ) in the delivery containers ( 3 ) are made available if they have been requested by inputting a request command at the input device ( 57 ),

a second computer system ( 75 ) for recording data from the data carrier ( 34 ) and data relating to the loading arrangement which is provided after loading the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) in the supply storage system ( 1 ),

wherein the at least one docking device ( 54 ) for the transport rack ( 12 ) which positions the at least one transport rack ( 12 ) in such a manner that the compartments ( 38 ) formed by the horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns lie within the access range of the automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) and the automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) is able to access the delivery containers ( 3 ) in these compartments ( 38 ), and

while the transport rack ( 12 ) is provided at the at least one docking device ( 54 ), the automated storage and retrieval device ( 17 ) transfers them from the compartments ( 38 ) either to the storage compartments ( 55 ) in the buffer storage system ( 53 ) if they have not yet been requested at the issuing station ( 56 ) or to at least one service location ( 58 ) if they have been requested at the issuing station ( 56 ).

27. The system according to claim 26 , wherein the transport rack ( 12 ) comprises a base plate ( 40 ), wall parts ( 41 , 42 ) extending up therefrom and a top plate ( 43 ), wherein one of the wall parts ( 42 ) can be moved between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the open position the delivery containers ( 3 ) of all the compartments ( 38 ) are accessible and in the closed position the delivery containers ( 3 ) of all the compartments ( 38 ) are secured in place.

28. The system according to claim 26 , wherein the transport rack ( 12 ) has at most five compartments ( 38 ) one above the other and at most three compartments ( 38 ) adjacent to one another and the compartments ( 38 ) each have at most three storage spaces ( 39 a , 39 b , 39 c ).

29. The system according to claim 26 , wherein the storage compartments ( 55 ) are provided in the stationary storage rack ( 67 ) in horizontal shelf rows disposed one above the other and in adjacently disposed vertical shelf columns, wherein the storage rack ( 67 ) forms a housing section ( 59 ) in which the docking device ( 54 ) is provided so that when the transport rack ( 12 ) is positioned at the docking device ( 54 ), the transport rack ( 12 ) forms a storage section of the storage rack ( 67 ) by means of the compartments ( 38 ).

30. The system according to claim 26 , wherein the transport rack ( 12 ) has at least one position retaining means ( 41 , 42 ) against which the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the compartments ( 38 ) are positioned if the delivery containers ( 3 ) slide in the compartments ( 38 ) during transportation of the transport rack ( 12 ) or at least one position retaining means ( 49 ) by means of which the delivery containers ( 3 ) placed in the compartments ( 38 ) are held in a fixed position to prevent a sliding movement of the delivery containers ( 3 ) in the compartments ( 38 ).

31. The system according to claim 26 , wherein the supply storage system ( 1 ) comprises the first computer system ( 2 ) and the buffer storage system ( 53 ) comprises the second computer system ( 75 ) which are connected to one another in order to exchange data via a data transmission device in order to transmit data relating to the loading arrangement to the second computer system ( 75 ) after loading the transport rack ( 12 ) in the supply storage system ( 1 ).