Packaging aid, packing method and packing workplace

A packing-work station for packing articles, which belong to one picking order, into shipping units comprising:

• a packing device comprising a packing plane on which the articles are stackable to form an article stack;
• a manually removable stacking aid having a plurality of lateral sides against which the articles are positioned to form the article stack, wherein the stacking aid is configured to be positioned removably on the packing plane;
• and
• a measuring device for determining dimensions of the article stack in order to individually produce the shipping unit in accordance with the so-determined dimensions;
• wherein the lateral sides of the stacking aid, which are closed in a circumferential direction of the stacking aid, are connected to each other;
• wherein the lateral sides define an open bottom side as well as an open top side of the stacking aid, wherein the lateral sides are configured to be adjustable, by manually pushing the lateral sides together, in length at least along the circumferential direction for positioning the lateral sides circumferentially compact against the article stack;
• and
• wherein the measuring device is configured to measure a length of the lateral sides of the stacking aid as well as to determine a maximum height of the article stack, and to transmit the so-determined height as well as the measured lengths to a package-production device which produces the shipping unit in accordance with the measured lengths and the determined height.