Glossary
S&OP
S&W
Sediment & Water (formerly BS&W)
S.O.C
Shipper's Own Container
S.T.C.
Said To Contain
S/I
Shipping Order/Shipping Instruction
S/O
Shipping Order
S/S
Steamship
SA
Starboard Aft
SAE
SAF
Special Attendance Fees.
Safety Stock
SAFHAZ
EDIFACT Safety and hazard data message
SAIL
System to Automate and Integrate Logistics.
Salable Goods
Sales and Operations Planning
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Sales Mix
Sales Plan
Sales Planning
SALM
Single Anchor Leg Mooring
Salvage
Salvage material
SAN
Storage Area Network
SANCRT
EDIFACT International movement of goods governmental regulatory message
SAR
Subcommittee on Radio Communication and Search and Rescue (IMO)
SARMIS
SAR Management Information System.
SARSIM
SAR Simulation Model
SatNav
Satellite Navigation
SATPM
Saturday P.M.
SATPM
Saturday P.M.
SAU
Saudi Arabia (Flag)
Saw-Tooth Diagram
Sawtooth Diagram
SB
Safe Berth
SBD
System-Based Design
SBM
Single Buoy Mooring
SBS
Shipboard System.
SBT
SBT
Segregated Ballast Tanks
SCA
Suez Canal Authority
SCAC
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
Scalability
SCAMP
Shipboard Computer-Aided Maintenance Program
Scan
Scan-Based Trading
Scanlon Plan
SCE
SCEM
Scenario Planning
Scheduled Purchases
SCI
SCM
SCM
Stern To Manifold (Distance)
SCOR
Scorecard
Scrap
Scrap material
SCRS
Croatian Register of Shipping (Class Society)
SCVNG
Scavenging
SD
Single Decker
SD
Single Decker
SDR
Special Drawing Rights
SDWT
Summer Deadweight
Sealed Bid
Seasonality
Seawaybill
Secondary highways
Secure Electronic Transaction (SET)
Segmentation
Selection Line
Self Billing
Self Correcting
SELFD
Self Discharging
SELFD
Self Discharging
Sell In
Sell Through
Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) Expenses
SEMI
Semi-Submersible (MODU)
Separable cost
Serial Number
SERV
Service
Service Agreement
Service Aisle
Service Level
Service Oriented Architecture
Service Parts Revenue
Service Provider
SET
Secure Electronic Transaction
Set Point
Setup costs
SF
Stowage Factor
SG&A
Shared Services
Shareholder Value
Shelf Life
Shelves
Shewhart Cycle
SHEX
Sundays, Holidays Excepted
SHINC
Sundays, Holidays Included
Shingo's Seven Wastes
Shingo's Seven Wastes
Ship agent
Ship broker
Ship's Chandlers
Shipper
Shipper Packed
Shipper's agent
Shipper's association
Shipper's Load & Count
Shipper-Carriers
Shipping
Shipping Lane
Shipping Manifest
Shipping Order
Shop Calendar
Shop Floor Production Control Systems
Short Landed
Short Shipment
Short Shipped
Short-haul discrimination
Shortage
Shrink Wrap
Shrinkage
SIC
Sigma
Simplification
Simulation
Single source leasing
Single sourcing
Single-Period Inventory Models
SIT
Six-Sigma Quality
SKDREQ
SKDUPD
Skills Matrix
SKU
Stock Keeping Unit
SL
Bale (capacity)
SL&C
Sleeper team
Slip seat operation
Slip sheet
Slot
Slot Charter
Slotting
SLSFCT
EDIFACT Sales forecast message
SLSRPT
EDIFACT Sales data report message
Slurry
Small Group Improvement Activity
Small Lot Storage
SMART
Smart and Secure Trade Lanes
Smart card, contactless
Smart label
SMDG
SME
Small and Medium-size Enterprises
SOA
SOC
Shipper Owned Container
SOCADE
EDIFACT Social administration message
Society of Logistics Engineers
SOF
Statement of Facts
Sole Source
Sole sourcing
SOP
Sortation
SOW
SP
Safe Port
Spam
SPC
Special Customs Invoice
Special Rate
Special-commodities carrier
Special-commodity warehouses
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-
Splash Page
Split case order picking
Split Delivery
Spot
Spot Demand
Spur track
Square Pinwheel Course Pattern
SRBL
Signing and Releasing Bill of Lading
SRT
SS
SSHEX
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Excluded
SSHINC
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays Included
SSIMOD
EDIFACT Modification of identity details message
SSRECH
SSREGW
EDIFACT Notification of registration of a worker message
SST
ST
Stable Demand
Stack
Stacking Efficiency
Stacking Height
Staff functions
Staging
Stakeholders
Standard
Standard Components
Standard Cost Accounting System
Standard Deviation/Variance
Standard Industrial Classification
Standard Operationg Procedure
Standard Pallet Rack
Standardization
Standing Order
Start Manufacture to Order Complete Manufacture
STATAC
EDIFACT Statement of account message
State Use Laws
Statement of Work (SOW)
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
STC
Steamship conferences
STEM
Subject to Enough Merchandise
Stevedore
Stickering
STLRPT
EDIFACT Settlement transaction reporting message
Stochastic Models
Stock
Stock Control
Stock Keeping Unit
Stock Out
Stock-Keeping Unit (SKU)
Stock-out
Stock-out Rate
Stockchase
Stockless purchasing
Stockout cost
Storage Charge
Storage in Transit
Store-Door Delivery
Storeroom
Stores
Straight Truck
Strategic Alliance
Strategic planning
Strategic Sourcing
Strategic variables
Strategy
Strategy: Alliance
Strategy: Cost leadership
Strategy: Differentiation
Strategy: Diversification
Strategy: Expansion by mission
Strategy: Expansion by profession
Strategy: Innovation
Stratification
Stratified price levels
Stripping
SUB
Subject (to)
Sub-Optimization
Subcontracting
Subhauler
Substitutability
Sunk Cost
SUPCOT
EDIFACT Superannuation contributions advice message
SUPMAN
EDIFACT Superannuation maintenance message
Supplemental carrier
Supplier
Supplier Certification
Supplier-Owned Inventory
Supplies
Supply Chain
Supply chain community
Supply Chain Design
Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM)
Supply Chain Execution (SCE)
Supply Chain Integration (SCI)
Supply Chain Inventory Visibility
Supply Chain Management (SCM) - as defined by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
Supply Chain Network Design Systems
Supply Chain Operations Reference Model
Supply Chain Resiliency
Supply Chain Strategic Planning
Supply Chain Vulnerability
Supply Chain-Related Finance and Planning Cost Elements
Supply Chain-Related IT Costs
Supply Chian Planning
Supply Planning
Supply Requisition
Supply Warehouse
Support Costs
Supportive Project Management
SUPRES
EDIFACT Supplier response message
Surcharge
Surplus
Surrogate [item] Driver
Suspension
Sustaining Activity
SWAD
Salt Water Arrival Draft
SWAS
SWDD
Salt Water Departure Draft
Swing Gear
Switch engine
Switching company
SWOT
SWOT Analysis
Synchronization
Syntax
SYST
System
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