Storage table (6) of a packaging unit (2) comprising at least two inlets (6b), at least two outlets (6a) and a plurality of storage lines (16) which can be loaded separately from one another and are arranged between the inlets (6b) and the outlets (6a). An optimized use of the storage table (6) is achieved in that the inlets (6b) feed the respective package (14) to one of the storage lines (6) in dependence on a degree of completeness of a package (14) and in that the outlets (6a) remove the respective package (14) from the respective storage lines (16) in dependence on the degree of completeness of the package (14).