An elevating platform used to compensate the difference in height between a vehicle and a ramp, between a vehicle and the floor, or between a ramp and the floor
Semi-Trailer
(or Trailer)
A non-powered vehicle for the carriage of goods, intended to be coupled to an articulated vehicle (motor vehicle). Semi-trailers may have to be specially adapted for use in Intermodal Transport.
Set Function
Automated joint delivery of several article components. When retrieving the parent article, the supplementary components are retrieved, picked and delivered automatically.
Shelf Life Management
Inventory management based on minimum shelf life (article or batch-related)
Signing
Information about type of transport, transshipment or storage.
Slow Turn
Indicates how a specific article or a specific product line behaves in regard of inventory turnover (ratio of inventory throughput to goods in stock). Industry and season-dependent. In general, one refers to a slow turn if the annual stock turn or stock turnover ratio is below 3, i.e. if a specific article is put through the warehouse only 3 times a year and therefore is held in stock for 4 months on the average (value-added free)
Stacking Factor
Indicates the number of times a specific merchandise can be stacked (without using shelves) without being damaged. Dependens on form and packaging of merchandise.Indicates the number of times a specific merchandise can be stacked (without using shelves) without being damaged. Dependens on form and packaging of merchandise.
Steel Coils
Special term used to refer to the unit or form in which steel is transported
Steel Express
Thanks to the Steel service cooperation project, a logistics partnership set up by VOEST Alpine Stahl Linz, Industrie-Logistik Linuz (ILL) and ÖBB, this express train (special waggons for transporting steel coils) is operated from the VOEST and ILL loading premises to Nuremberg, where the waggons are distributed to their final destinations.
Stock on Hand
Buffer between input and output flows of goods as soon as the temporal and qualitative structure of input and output flows changes. Only when there is total synchronization could stocks on hand be superfluous. In terms of logistics, stocks on hand are (in part undesireable) interruptions in the supply chain.
Stocktaking
The physical count of products actually held in stock, involving a specific number of storage spaces and carried out at optional days during the fiscal year. Benefits: activities not concentrated on a single day but spreading over the entire year (improved division of warehouse labor). Stocktaking operations can be started in slack periods. With stocktaking operation carried out on a continuous basis, up-to-date information about whether stored stocks and book stocks tally is continually available.
Stock Turn
The number of times that an inventory turns over during a specific period of time. Stock turn: WE PAL per year/average storage space needed for pallets Note: time-related indicator for past events, not or hardly suitable for use as a control or alert indicator
Storage Area
Logical grouping of equal or equivalent storage locations serving the same function. Typical storage areas are high-rise stores, the zone for receipt of goods, consignment stock, block stores
Storage Location
Location at the consignee's premises for storing the goods after receipt.
Suppliers Warehouse
Consolidation point for several suppliers (procurement-oriented
Supply Chain Management
Process-oriented control of all interchanges in the logistics process, ranging from procurement of raw materials, development, production and assembly to delivery to the end user.
Swap Body (WAB)
A freight carrying unit optimized to road vehicle dimension and fitted with handling devices for transfer between modes (usually between road and rail).
Originally, such units were not capable of being stacked or top-lifted. Today, many swap bodies can be stacked and are equipped with corner fittings to be top-lifted. The main feature distinguishing them from containers is that they are optimized to vehicle dimensions. Some swap bodies are equipped with folding legs on which the unit stands when not on the vehicle.
System Supplier
Takes over, on behalf of the manufacturer, the responsibility for logistics costs, quality and deadlines within the supplier pyramid
