Abstract: A method comprises determining sensor information which is associated with a shipping box pre-packed with at least one shipping product, the determined sensor information characterizing a position of each unused space within the shipping box; conveying the shipping box out of an inlet segment and into a padding segment; providing a plurality of padding items of different types and/or sizes in a dispensing segment according to the determined sensor information; receiving each of the plurality of padding items provided in the dispensing segment; and arranging each of the received padding items in one of the free unused spaces within the shipping box according to the determined sensor information.

Abstract: A method is described which comprises the steps of: determining sensor information which is associated with a pre-packed shipping box, which is pre-packed with at least one shipping product, wherein the determined sensor information characterizes a position of each unused space within the at least one pre-packed shipping box; conveying the at least one pre-packed shipping box out of an inlet segment and into a padding segment; providing a plurality of padding means, in particular of different types and/or sizes, in at least one dispensing segment according to the determined sensor information associated with the at least one shipping box; receiving each of the plurality of padding means provided in the at least one dispensing segment according to the determined sensor information; and arranging each of the received items of the plurality of padding means in one of the free unused spaces within the at least one pre-packed shipping box positioned in the padding segment according to the determined sensor informa