Fecha de publicación: 12/01/2023 Fuente: Wipo Milk or dairy products The invention relates to a method for determining a demand for filling material in order to, when filling a shipping container (12) which has been in part prefilled with products (10) with this filling material, secure the position of the products (10) in the shipping container (12), comprising the steps of: • at least partially ascertaining the remaining space (14) in the shipping container (12) which is not occupied by the products (10), • determining the filling material required to at least partially fill the ascertained space (14), • virtually generating a three-dimensional grid which represents the portion of the remaining space (14) in the interior of the shipping container (12) which is not occupied by the products (10) and which is accessible from above in the vertical direction, wherein the method also comprises the following phases: I) generating virtual spatial candidate elements which are suitable for filling, in various sub-combinations, the grid within specified tolerances and without collision, and II) selecting a sub-combination of this kind as combination result.