METHOD FOR ORDERING AND ASSEMBLING PRINTED PRODUCTS AND ADD-ON PRODUCTS INSIDE A DISPATCH AREA USING A GUIDE SYSTEM AND A FACILITY FOR REALIZING SAID METHOD

摘要

A method for ordering and assembling printed products, processed together with allocated supplements or add-on products, into package bundles, including processing printed products in a dispatch area of a shipping facility, picking and assembling allocated add-on products inside an allocation area, where the allocation area is operatively associated with the dispatch area, and detecting the allocated add-on products using an expanded guide system, wherein the expanded guide system monitors both the dispatch area and the allocation area. The invention further includes facility for selecting and assembling orders. The facility includes a dispatch area to process printed products, an allocation area in which allocated add-on products are picked and assembled, and an expanded guide system adapted to detect the allocated add-on products in the dispatch and allocation areas and to control assembly of printed products together with the allocated add-on products into package bundles.