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S

Storage location.

Safety Days

Number of days for which the warehouse stock of a material covers the requirements without any new receipts. The safety time corresponds to the actual range of coverage.

Safety stock

Quantity of material to be kept in inventory. The purpose of the safety stock is to satisfy an unexpectedly high demand for the material in the coverage period.

Safety stock (planned)

Used to attain a specific service level whereby a safety stock of all intermediate and end products is created in the corresponding locations over the entire supply chain.

Safety Stock Method

Methods used to derive Safety Stock demand calculation.

Sales and Operations Planning

Common functionality shared between PP and PP-PI modules that provides the means to develop a sales forecast and production plan based on inventory target or rough-cut capacity, that is sent to MRP once approved.

Sales and Operations Planning (SOP)

Common functionality shared between PP and PP-PI modules that provides the means to develop a sales forecast and production plan based on inventory target or rough-cut capacity, that is sent to MRP once approved.

Sales area

Organizational unit in SAP that is made up of three aspects: a sales-related aspect (sales organization), a product-related aspect (division), and a customer-related aspect (distribution channel). The sales area is used to group all materials that can be sold in the same way. It influences pricing as well as sales statistics.

Sales deal

A lower-level organizing structure than promotions that specifies customer and material discounts. It adds functionality over promotions to overview information and to track and report profitability by sales deals.

Sales district

Geographical sales district or region.

Sales document

Document that represents a transaction in the SD module.

Sales document type

Type of sales document as defined by the system.

Sales Employee

Sales representative who works with assigned customers on determining their required needs. Assists customers with commitments on sales orders.

Sales group

Code that identifies a group of people who are responsible for processing sales of certain products or services. By using sales groups, SAP can designate different areas of responsibility within a sales office.

Sales office

Subcategory of a sales organization.

Sales order

Legal documents created with sales information such as name of customer, materials purchased, quantities requested, and price.

Sales order block

Indicators used to block sales orders (over e.g. all block, export block, etc).

Sales org.

An organizational unit responsible for distributing certain products or services and negotiating sales conditions. In SAP, any number of distribution channels and divisions can be assigned to a sales organization.

Sales organization

An organizational unit responsible for distributing certain products or services and negotiating sales conditions. In SAP, any number of distribution channels and divisions can be assigned to a sales organization.

Sales quotation

Data base document that represents a business transaction in the sales department.

Sales text

View within the Material Master used to capture text related to the material.

Sales unit

Unit of measure of upon which the price is typically based.

Sample account

Account containing predefined values to which company code specific data may be added.

Sample size

Size of the sample used.

Sample unit of meas.

Measurement used for the smallest quantity of a material that can be inspected.

Sampling procedure

Rules to determine sample size.

Sampling type

Procedure identifying sample size and valuation type for an inspection.

SAP

Systems, Applications, and Products; the company that manufactures the mainframe software or the software itself (in Data Processing).

SAP system or instance

An SAP system (or an SAP instance) refers to one whole installation of the R/3 system, running on the operating system. The system or instance will contain several clients.

SAtyTyp

Sender Activity Type.

Save dataset

Command to Save a dataset once created.

Scale Quantity

Scale quantity (for example, number of pieces) to which a scale refers. Used in Pricing.

Scale value

Value within a range from which a discount, surcharge, or other condition is granted.

ScaleBasis

Code that defines how the system interprets the pricing scale of a condition.

SchAgmtItm

Number of items in all scheduling agreements that have been recorded.

Schd.for delivery

Amount scheduled for delivery (delivery note has been created, but not yet processed).

Sched. Agreemt Type

Code identifying the type of scheduling agreement created.

Sched.line date

Delivery dates for each scheduled line item.

SchedIndic

Indicator of plant maintenance scheduling.

SchedMargin key

Key used to determine the floats (working days) required when processing an order in several stages.

SchedPeriod

Scheduling period is the number of days for which regular maintenance calls are created.

Scheduled call

The dates of the automatic generation of a PM work order from the maintenance plan.

Scheduled quantity

Quantity scheduled to be produced (production order) or received (purchase order) into stock.

Scheduling

Date upon which scheduled planning is to occur.

Scheduling Agreement

In MM, document used to define the terms of a sale agreed to by the vendor. In SD, document used to define terms of sale to a customer. There are two types: contracts and scheduling agreements.

Scheduling indicator

Identifies the scheduling type for the service maintenance contract. Examples include time-based and performance-based.

Scheduling Parameter

A predetermined set of "rules" that govern when maintenance will occur. Can be time-based or performance-based.

Scheduling Type

Controls how the production order should be scheduled.

Scope of list

Parameter that determines how the list is edited.

Scrap

Material or product identified as not meeting engineering specifications and has been dispositioned for disposal.

Scrap quantity

Quantity of material designated to be scrapped.

Screen number

Unique number assigned to each SAP screen; appear in the lower right corner of terminal interface screens. On graphical interface screens, the numbers can be found by using dynpro (screen) help.

Screen variant

Indicates planning screen layout.

Scrn variant

Indicates planning screen layout.

SD doc.

Data base document that represents a business transaction in the sales and distribution module. For example, inquiry, quotation, sales order, contract, delivery note,etc.

SD document

Data base document that represents a business transaction in the sales and distribution module. For example, inquiry, quotation, sales order, contract, delivery note,etc.

Search field

Field on an SAP screen used to define the criteria for a search.

Search term

Alphanumeric string used to search and sort data.

Search term 1/2

Two independent search term fields.

Season

Season type.

Season year

Used to indicate the season year in which the material is sold for the first time.

Secondary Resource

Resource that is required besides the primary resource and can be assigned to an operation or a phase (such as an operator or a transportation container).

Segment

Defines the receiving and sending cost centers for distributions and assessments. More than one segment can be attributable to a cycle.

Segment name

Title of segment. Each segment denotes a group of senders/receivers which are processed according to the same distribution rule.

Selected sales area

Sales area selected for processing.

Selected set

Subset of codes from one or more code groups used to describe a material.

Selected set(s)

Codes used to describe a material.

Selected version

A combination of selected characteristics and their output format to define an initial screen in standard analyses. If a selection version is used, data selection is done as a background job.

Selection criteria

Key determining the information to be included in the display or report.

Selection date

Delivery of goods will be selected for processing based upon this date.

Selection method

Part of a search help. The selection method describes the database object from which the data for the input help is read.

Selection parameters

Key determining the purchasing information to be included in the display.

Selection procedure

Procedure which defines how the system selects the optimum forecast model.

Selection profile

Status requirements.

Selection profile name

Name of the Selection profile.

Selection var.

Saved selection criteria used to generate reports. Instead of entering new criteria every time a report is executed, sets of criteria can be stored. Reports can have different variants associated with them, with each variant providing different information.

Selection variant

Saved selection criteria used to generate reports. Instead of entering new criteria every time a report is executed, sets of criteria can be stored. Reports can have different variants associated with them, with each variant providing different information.

Selection version

A combination of selected characteristics and their output format to define an initial screen in standard analyses. If a selection version is used, data selection is done as a background job.

Selections

A selection, sometimes known as a selection ID or a selection variant, groups together objects that are planned by a demand planner in one planning run. For example, a selection may contain all the brands and products in the region for which the demand planner is responsible.

Send. CCtr

Cost center which is credited during an allocation.

Sender

The cost object from which costs are allocated. Examples include cost centers, internal orders, etc. Rules are established to identify how costs are allocated, either by fixed rates, fixed amounts, or posted amounts.

Sender WBS element

WBS element from which costs are transferred.

Sender year

Year from which unexpended budgeted funds are transferred.

Senders

The cost object from which costs are allocated. Examples include cost centers, internal orders, etc. Rules are established to identify how costs are allocated, either by fixed rates, fixed amounts, or posted amounts.

Sequence

Sequence of operations within a routing or plan.

Sequence desc.

Description of the sequence.

Serial number

Number that combined with a material number uniquely identifies a specific instance of the material for tracking purposes.

SerialNoProfile

Key that identifies the conditions for serializing materials. The profile is a field on the material master record that defines for what transactions serial numbers are required (sales order, service contract, all goods movements) .

Service

An activity performed by an internal or external source.

Service category

Information used to differentiate between services according to their usage.

Service entry sheet

List of service provide by a vendor under the terms of a purchase order. The actual services provided and the values are included.

Service leveI (%)

Percentage specifying what proportion of the requirement is to be covered by the warehouse stock.

Service Level

Percentage specifying the proportion of the requirement to be covered by the warehouse stock. The service level is used by the system to calculate the safety stock. The higher the service level, the higher the system also calculates the safety stock in order to level additional consumption or delivery delays.

Service master record

A unique description of a service including pricing information and units of measure.

Service no.

Main record for a service used in SAP containing the name, identification code, and business-related information.

Service number

Main record for a service used in SAP containing the name, identification code, and business-related information.

Service to Operations Work Order (PM30)

A type of work order used for work required to support operations that involved no repairs or improvement work. Also called "assistance" operations.

Services costs

Total plant maintenance costs for all orders in the analysis.

Session

A way to run another transaction in the graphical user interface when a transaction is already running.

SESSION NAME

Name identifying batch input session.

Set(Settlement type)

Indicates periodic or full settlement of an order or project.

Settlement end

End date of the validity period of an arrangement or agreement.

Settlement period

The dates between which business events are to be posted. On internal order processing, accounting periods to be settled.

Settlement Receivers

Objects to which costs are allocated during the settlement procedure.

Settlement run

Procedure in which payment request data is generated and sent to a clearing house.

Settlement type

Indicates periodic or full settlement of order or project.

Setup

The act of preparing a work center for the specific operation to be carried out there.

Setup costs

The costs associated with preparing a work center for the specific operation to be carried out there.

Setup dur.

The time needed to prepare the work center for the operations to be carried out there.

Setup group

Classification of an operation according to a characteristic that is relevant to planning and which the system should consider when scheduling and rescheduling operations at resources.

Setup Group/Keys

Setup group cassifies the setup status of a resource that is necessary to process an operation, and which can be achieved by setting up the resource. The setup keys is the detailed classification of a setup status within a setup group.

Setup Matrix

Contains for every setup transition the setup duration and the setup costs necessary to change the setup status of a resource.

Sh.life exp. dte

Shelf Life Expiration Date. Date up to which a material can be retained in storage and still be acceptable for use.

Sh.life exp.dte

Shelf Life Expiration Date. Date up to which a material can be retained in storage and still be acceptable for use.

Shift factor

Determines deviation from planned date (defines how much).

Shipment number

Number identifying the movement of goods.

Shipment type

Key for the type of goods movement in the warehouse.

Shipping conditions

Shipping strategy for the delivery of goods to the customer.

Shipping point

Physical location from which an item is shipped.

Shipping point/receiving pt

Physical location from which an item is shipped/received.

Shipping type

An indicator that shows which means of transport and mode of transport (such as road or rail) can be used to carry out a shipment of goods.

Ship-to

Shipping address of the customer who purchased the goods or services.

Ship-to customer

Customer to whom goods or services are shipped.

Ship-to party

Person or company that receives the goods.

Shop papers

Printed copies of the work orders used in the plant for maintenance activities.

Short Description

Explanatory text for an ABAP Dictionary object.

Short descriptn

Explanatory text.

Short payment

A payment submitted for an amount less than the invoiced amount.

Short text

Text description of an object limited to 40 characters

Short text (Description)

Description of the short text.

Shp.Cond

Shipping strategy for the delivery of goods to the customer.

Shutdown

Intentionally planned equipment down time, can be planned in advance. Longer than a Turnaround. Suitable for a Revision assignment.

Simultaneous Consolidation

The process of performing a consolidation of multiple companies in one step. In this process, elimination of inter-company transactions is performed between trading partners.

Single Mixed Resource

Resource that can be used in SNP and PP/Ds and has one operation running on it at one time.

Size/dimension

Identifies the size and dimensions of the equipment.

Skill work center

Designates the individual skill within each crew who will actually perform the work on a PM order or task list operation and is referred to as the "Work Center" in SAP.

SLoc

Storage Location.

Slow-moving item

Item in stock with low demand or usage.

SNP PPM

A PPM that is used in SNP bucketed / discrete planning.

Sold to party

Customer who purchases the goods or services.

Sold-to party

Customer who purchases the goods or services.

Sold-to pt

Customer who purchases the goods or services.

Sort

Use this function to sort the entries of a tabular structure in a particular order.

Sort by Date

A way in which to sort data (by Date).

Sort by delivery date of earliest schedule line

A way in which to sort data (by Delivery date of earliest schedule line).

Sort by object

A way in which to sort data (by Object).

Sort field

Field used In sorting.

Sort indicator

Code used to sort documents and records.

Sort item by date of creation

Code used to sort documents by creation date.

Sort Key

Default value for sorting line items in a line item display.

Sort rule

Contain characteristics according to which the batches found by the system during batch determination are sorted. You can specify for each characteristic whether batches are to be sorted in an ascending or a descending order.

Sort Sequence based on

Specific criterias used to determine the sorting order.

SortID

Code used to sort documents and records.

Sorting criterion

Specific criterias used to determine the sorting order.

Source list

List of available supply sources for a material both internal and external. List includes periods during which procurement is possible.

Source of supply

Vendor qualified to provide a material or service.

Source storage type

Storage type area from which the material is to be removed.

Source System

Source systems provide data for extraction in the InfoCube.

Special general ledger transactions

Special transactions in accounts receivable and accounts payable that are shown separately in the general ledger and sub-ledger.

Special procurement

An indicator in the material master record that defines external procurement or in-house production of the material more precisely.

Special purpose ledger

Special subledger where certain cost elements and general ledger accounts are reconciled

Special stock

Stocks of materials that have to be managed separately for reasons of ownership or factors involving the location at which they are kept (for example, consignment stocks from vendors).

Special stock indicator

Indicator to show that the stock has to be managed differently because of its ownership or storage location.

SSN

A number given to an individual by the U.S. government program financed by employer and employee payments that provides retirement insurance, disability benefits, and unemployment compensation.

St

Status.

Standalone quotation

Sales document type used to verify that pricing conditions are accurately created; does not update accounting or trigger the sales order fulfillment process.

Standard Analysis

A system of analysis and reporting of logistical data, standardized and provided by SAP.

Standard qty.

Standard order quantity; orders are usually multiples of this value.

Standard quantity

Standard order quantity; orders are usually multiples of this value.

Standard report

Report in SAP with a fixed format and inputs that receives data from SAP information structures.

Standard service catalog (SSC)

A catalog containing a list of frequently contracted services, often used in assembly requests for quotation.

Standard text key

Key with which you allocate standard text to a production/resource tool.

Standard value key

A standard value is a planned value for the execution of an operation. It can be estimated or calculated using the CAPP stand value calculation. Standard values are used in costing, scheduling and capacity planning to calculate costs, execution times and capacity requirements.

Standing PM order

An open work order which is used to accumulate miscellaneous costs. Typically used during a maintenance period to cover minor work.

Start

Date and time when operation commences.

Start date

Commencement date of activity or business event.

Start date of the RS header

Date on which the run schedule is valid to start.

Start day

Commencement day of activity or business event.

Start of cycle

Date the maintenance cycle is to start. This will be the date the first call-up is generated unless the "Offset" field is used. It may be different from the "PlanDate" which is an effective date of the plan.

Start time

Time when an operation commences.

Starting date

Commencement date of activity or business event.

Start-up date

Determines the starting date of an allocation cycle.

Stat. key fig. UnM.

Unit of quantity or time which the tracing factors of the statistical key figure are posted.

Stat. key figure

Non-financial information such as headcount or square footage used as a basis for allocating costs.

State code

State where the check recipient is located.

Statistical key figure group

Name of the node in hierarchically structured groups.

Statistical WBS Element

Used only to organize other WBS elements in the hierarchy. These cannot be settled.

Statistics

Information relating to procurement of a material such as total value of orders or number of orders entered.

StatKF

Non-financial information such as headcount or square footage used as a basis for allocating costs.

Status

Used to identify the completion status of an event. Used to determine the allowed business transactions.

Status group

Grouping of different statuses (such as delivery status, billing status, or pricing status) for the purpose of determining the status messages that appear in the incompletion log.

Status of batch

Status of batch (released, not released).

Status of plan

Key used to indicate the processing status of a task list.

Stck trans.(plnt)

Stock Transport. Purchase order used as a mechanism to request or instruct a plant to transport material from one plant to another (that is, to effect a longer-distance physical stock transfer) within the same enterprise.

StCv

Stock coverage without receipts is the number of days the present stock will cover, excluding any receipts.

Std value

A standard value is a planned value for the execution of an operation. It can be estimated or calculated using the CAPP standard value calculation. Standard values are used in costing, scheduling and capacity planning to calculate costs, execution times and capacity requirements.

Std. queue time

Time between the end of the move time and the start of the execution time. The queue time is a float that can be used to compensate for delays in the production process. It can be maintained in the work center or in the operation.

Step Consolidation

The process of performing a consolidation of multiple companies in multiple steps according to their assigned level in a hierarchy. Companies at the lowest levels are consolidated first producing rollup companies. These rollup companies are consolidated with the companies on the next higher level. This is repeated until only one consolidated organization exists. In this process, elimination of inter-company transactions may be performed between trading partners or between a regular company and a rollup company.

StLoc

The physical location within a plant where the material is stored.

Stock Category

Uniquely identifies a specific warehouse stock of a material, for example, quality inspection stock, returned stock, and so on.

Stock coverage

Stock coverage date is the date to which stock coverage will last.

Stock placement area

Type of area where stock has been placed.

Stock placement section

Section of storage where stock has been placed.

Stock placement type

Type of storage where stock has been placed.

Stock plcmnt area

Stock placement area.

Stock removal area

Section of storage from which stock was removed.

Stock removal type

Type of storage from which stock was removed.

Stock transfer

The physical movement of materials from one warehouse to another, from one storage bin to another within a warehouse, or from one plant/storage location to another plant/storage location. Internal movement of materials from one plant to another, one stock type to another, one storage location to another.

Stock Transfer Horizon

Specify the number of days, during which the system does not plan transfers. The system does not generate planned distribution receipts within this horizon but postpones them until the first day beyond the stock transfer horizon.

Stock type

Identifies the type of stock and is used for physical inventory purposes. Types of stock include unrestricted, in quality inspection and blocked.

Stock/Requirements List

Displays up-to-date stock and requirements situation, reflecting any changes that may have occurred since the last planning run.

Stocks

Inventories of raw materials, products in process, or finished goods.

Stor. bin type

Type of bin or "space slot" that is used for size identification such as large bins or small bins.

Stor. Ioc.

The physical location within a plant where the material is stored.

Stor. Iocation

The physical location within a plant where the material is stored.

Stor. Unit type

Storage units that are handled in the same manner and have the same physical features are classified by a storage unit type.

Stor.bin

Code identifying the exact location in the warehouse where the material is stored or can be stored.

Stor.class

Classification of stock when it is hazardous material.

Storage

Material master record view containing information on warehousing and storing a material including unit of issue, storage conditions, and location of fixed bins at storage location.

Storage - VIEW

Material master record view containing information on warehousing and storing a material including unit of issue, storage conditions, and location of fixed bins at storage location.

Storage bin

Code identifying the exact location in the warehouse where the material is stored or can be stored.

Storage Bucket Profile

Defines the time buckets in which data based on a given planning area is saved in Demand Planning or Supply Network Planning.

Storage class

Classification of stock when it is hazardous material.

Storage location

The physical location within a plant where the material is stored.

Storage section

A logical or physical subdivision of the storage type.

Storage type

Type of storage unit you want to use to store your material. For example, goods receipt area, picking area, goods issue area, etc.

Storage unit

A logical grouping of one or several amounts of material which can be managed within a warehouse as a unit that belongs together.

Storage unit type

Storage units that are handled in the same manner and have the same physical features are classified by a storage unit type.

Stored document

Code for the time unit that the maintenance strategy uses. An electronic document can be placed on "hold" if the user does not have enough information to complete the document at the initial time of entry. When the information becomes available, the user can then retrieve the stored document, complete the document and post it.

Strategic Bus. Unit

Business unit of the report you are searching for.

Strategy

Code which defines the scheduling rules for maintenance plans.

Strategy prof.

Key identifying a strategy profile for capacity leveling. A strategy profile specifies at what time the operations in networks and plant maintenance orders are dispatched.

Strategy type

Used in Batch Management. A strategy type contains default values (sort rule, number of batch splits, etc.) which are taken over when a strategy record is created.

Strategy unit

Code for the time unit that the maintenance strategy uses.

Street/House number

Part of the address information that specifies the street address

Strindicator

Structure indicator. Key for the edit mask. The structure indicator is used to determine the generic structure of the location number and to make the hierarchy levels within the location structure visible in the location number.

Structure planning

Overall plan used for high level project estimates.

StTextKy

Key which identifies a text that is frequently used to describe certain processes.

Sub Object

Part of a view cluster. The navigation window contains the sub-objects in their various dependencies. The complex business object is displayed as the superior object, and its sub-objects are dependent objects.

Subarea

Indicates organizational entity employee is assigned to (example: corporate offices - USA).

Subcontract

Contract providing for the processing of purchaser provided materials.

Subcontracting

Processing of materials provided by the purchase by an external supplier.

Sub-Equipment

Piece of equipment created in reference to a superior equipment.

Subgroup

In legal consolidation, a combination of companies with similar attributes grouped together according to specific criteria.

Subledger

The transactional records maintained by other modules such as accounts receivable or accounts payable.

Sub-ledger

The transactional records maintained by other modules such as accounts receivable or accounts payable.

Subsequent debit/ credit

The debiting of further costs to one or more business transactions that have already been posted. Or, in the case of credit, a reduction in the costs posted for one or more business transactions that have already been posted.

SuperEquip.

Superior equipment. Technical object comprising several pieces of equipment.

Supplement

An increase in funds allocated to an investment program.

Supplying plant

Issuing plant.

Surcharge

Application of a percentage of overhead charged to a cost object.

Sys. status

System status. A status which the system sets internally as a part of general status management. This status tells the user that a certain business transaction was carried out for an object.

System availability

Ability of the system to perform its design function.

System status

Status that is set by the system that tells the user what functions have been carried out.