Abstract: A stocking system including at least one support for goods to be stocked, a communications network, and a computing unit for deriving inventory data. The stocking system has a gravimetric sensor element that, for detecting the goods, is in the form of a sensor array or sensor matrix. This sensor element can also be supplemented with an optical sensor element. By recording a multitude of measured values of the goods, the entire stocking system can be in the form of a sensor network and, with regard to the model, is configured for deriving inventory data whereby enabling both an identification of the type of the stocked goods as well as the determination of the quantity thereof.