ATP Handling (cprrp4800m000)

Use this session to check an item's available-to-promise (ATP) and/or capable-to-promise (CTP). With these functions, you can check the available inventory of finished goods, the available sub-assemblies and components, and the available capacity.

As a result, you can check:

  • Where and when the items are available.
  • Why items are not available (at a certain point in time).
  • If the items are available in other warehouses or companies.
Note

If a specification is linked to the sales order line, or you manually enter specification fields in this session, this specification information is taken into account during the ATP check.

Procedure

Suppose you have the following ATP quantity in your companies and warehouses on 2 January:

CompanyWarehouseATP (2 January)
100A1-
100A2100
200B180
200B230

 

All the other warehouses can supply warehouse A1. Warehouse A2 has the highest supply priority and warehouse B2 the lowest one.

Your business partner's order is received for warehouse A1 for a quantity of 150 on 2 January. But there is not enough inventory available in warehouse A1.

If you click Where Available, LN screens all defined supply company and warehouses, and determines the inventory level and available to promise (ATP) for the specified date. LN displays the current ATP for all supply companies or warehouses sorted by supply priority. As a result, you can determine if the required goods are available somewhere in the supply chain on 2 January.

Note

If you click Where Available, LN does not check on component and capacity. As a result, if you select the Capacity check box and/or the Component check box, the Where Available button is unavailable.

Using goods from other companies

If you want the goods to be delivered on the required date and a phased delivery is not acceptable, you must use the available goods from other warehouses (in another logistic company). As a result, a transfer order must be created, in the Select Order Planning for Transfer (cppat0210m000) session.

 

ATP
Scenario

This code identifies the scenario for the plan item.

Item

The plan item for which the ATP/CTP must be checked.

Channel

A sales or distribution channel used to assign goods to customer groups.

You can link channels to sold-to business partners and to items. Channels can be used in connection with available-to-promise (ATP).

You can assign a certain ATP volume to a channel. This volume limits the ATP for that channel to a maximum.

Product Variant

The product variant for which the ATP/CTP must be calculated.

Effectivity Unit

The effectivity unit for which the ATP/CTP must be calculated.

Ordering Data
Company

The company from which you want the item to be delivered.

Warehouse

The warehouse from which you want the item to be delivered.

Planning Cluster

An object used to support business processes such as forecasting, inventory planning, or sales. A planning cluster represents one or more business locations for which these planning processes are performed. Various entities such as warehouses, work centers, sales offices, or purchase offices are grouped by planning clusters to accomplish that planning is performed for these groups of entities.

If multisite is activated, and Enterprise Planning is implemented, a planning cluster must include one or more sites. The site or sites include the entities for which the planning processes are performed.

Quantity

The quantity ordered on the sales order or quotation, expressed in the inventory unit.

Delivery Date

The planned delivery date for which the ATP/CTP must be checked.

Direct Delivery

If this check box is selected, you can change the warehouse for a direct delivery. If the ATP/CTP check comes up with another warehouse than the warehouse for which you performed the ATP/CTP check, you can change the sales order/quotation line's warehouse.

Type of Check
Family

If this check box is selected, you can also check the ATP quantity of the family item to which the finished good belongs.

Example

The item mountain bike is part of the family bicycle.

If the ATP of mountain bike must be checked, LN will in fact check the available quantity of the bicycle item.

Related topics

Capacity

If this check box is selected, the capacity of critical resources / work centers is taken into account when you perform an ATP check for a finished good.

Note
  • The capacity ATP check is performed on resources in the bill of critical capacities that are defined as ATP critical.
  • If you select this check box, the Where Available button is disabled.

Related topics

Component

If this check box is selected, a check is carried out on the availability of critical components when you perform an ATP check for a finished good.

Note
  • Only components that are critical in ATP are checked.
  • If you select this check box, the Where Available button is disabled.
  • The component CTP check ignores the specification, regardless of the value of the Inherit Demand Peg field in the Bill of Material (tibom1110m000) session. LN simply presumes that all of the ATP of the components is available.

Related topics

Channel

If this check box is selected, a channel ATP check is performed.

Important!

If the Delivery Schedule based on Warehouse Calendar check box in the Planning Parameters (cprpd0100m000) session is selected, channel ATP checks can give incorrect results.

A quantity of channel ATP is only valid for a specific period. LN cannot transfer unconsumed channel ATP to the next period. If you select the Delivery Schedule based on Warehouse Calendar check box, LN may shift the planned delivery date to a future period that has insufficient channel ATP.

Related topics

Supplying Data
Receiving Company

A working environment in which you can carry out logistic or financial transactions. All the transaction data is stored in the company's database.

Depending on the type of data that the company controls, the company is:

  • A logistic company.
  • A financial company.
  • A logistic and a financial company.

In a multicompany structure, some of the database tables can be unique for the company and the company can share other database tables with other companies.

Warehouse

The supplying warehouse.

Minimum Available

The lot size that the supplying warehouse must deliver.

During the search process, LN skips inventory lines that do not fulfill the specified lot size.

Options
Ignore Supplying Relations

If this check box is selected, LN checks the ATP of items with the same general item code. However, this check is not performed on a multi-company level. As a result, the supplying relations as defined in Enterprise Planning are ignored. LN searches for Available to promise (ATP) in all warehouses in the current company.

If this check box is cleared, LN checks the ATP for the item, as well as for all supplying items on a multi-company level. The ATP check includes all the warehouses of the non-clustered plan item plus all warehouses that are linked to it by means of a supplying relation. As a result, the supplying relations as defined in Enterprise Planning are not ignored. Only proposals are done for companies/warehouses that have a valid supplying relation to the warehouse in which the shortage was detected.

Show CTP Details

If this check box is selected, LN displays the CTP output in a graphical browser framework.

Create Order Lines

This check box determines how the delivery schedule is processed on sales order level.

If this check box is selected, additional sales order lines are generated in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session.

If this check box is cleared, delivery lines are generated for the sales order line in the Sales Order Planned Delivery Lines (tdsls4101m100) session.

Note
  • For items for which the Customize check box is selected in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session and generic items that are yet to be customized, this check box is disabled and selected. The reason for this is that a proposed (ATP) delivery schedule can be accepted for these items only if multiple order lines are created. As a result, sales order lines are generated with different dates and/or warehouses.
  • For customized items, a delivery schedule can be set up. As a result, after a product/project structure is generated for the lines in the Generate (Project PCS) Structure for Sales Orders (tdsls4244m000) session, sales order delivery lines can be created that represent the delivery schedule.
Unit is Binding for Planning

If this check box is selected, the selected plan unit is binding for all further planning for the order.

Specification
Business Partner

The sold-to business partner to which the inventory that can fill this demand must have been allocated or to which the order that can fill this demand must have been demand pegged.

If you enter a business partner here, LN searches for supply that is allocated or demand pegged to this business partner.

Business Object Type

The type of order to which the inventory that can fill this demand must have been allocated or to which the order that can fill this demand must have been demand pegged, for example, Sales Order, or Service Order.

If you enter a business object type and business object here, LN searches for supply that is allocated or demand pegged to this business object.

Note

The following fields are always used in combination; together, they identify the relevant order or order line:

  • Business Object Type
  • Business Object
  • Business Object Reference
Business Object

This field indicates the order, or order line, to which the inventory that can fill this demand must have been allocated or to which the order that can fill this demand must have been demand pegged.

If you enter a business object type and business object here, LN searches for supply that is allocated or demand pegged to this business object.

Note

The following fields are always used in combination; together, they identify the relevant order or order line:

  • Business Object Type
  • Business Object
  • Business Object Reference
Business Object Reference
Reference

This field indicates the reference code to which the inventory that can fill this demand must have been allocated or to which the order that can fill this demand must have been demand pegged.

If you enter a reference here, LN searches for supply that is allocated or demand pegged to this reference code.

LN can use this field in two ways:

  • If the Business Partner field is filled, LN uses the Reference field to record a reference code defined by a customer.
  • If the Business Partner field is empty, LN uses the Reference field to record an internal reference.

You can use a reference code to keep a collection of parts linked together, even if they follow different routings, for example, if some of the parts are transported to a subcontractor to be returned later.

Use Unallocated Inventory

If this check box is selected, Enterprise Planning can use unallocated inventory to supply the demand. Enterprise Planning uses allocated inventory first. If there is not enough allocated inventory, Enterprise Planning also uses unallocated inventory.

If this check box is cleared, Enterprise Planning can use only allocated inventory to fill the demand.

Note

If the plan item has the supply source Repetitive, this field cannot be selected.

Project Peg
Project

A collection of manufacturing and purchasing actions that are performed especially for a particular customer order. A project is initiated to plan and coordinate the production of these items.

For a standard-to-order production, the project is only used to link the item with the customer order. Otherwise, a project can include:

  • Customized item data (BOMs and routings)
  • Project planning (activity planning)
Element
Activity
Lead times
Inbound Lead Time

The time interval between the arrival of the items and the actual storage in the warehouse.

Outbound Lead Time

The time interval between taking the items out of the warehouse and the departure of the carrier on which the items are placed.

Safety Time

The time that you can add to the normal lead time to protect delivery of goods against fluctuations in the lead time so that an order can be completed before the order's real need date.

Example

The duration of the linked activity is 30 days, and the earliest finish date of the activity is Jan, 30. If you specify 10% safety time, then GOP will plan the material on 3 working days before Jan, 30.

Extra Lead Time

Time reserved for extra activities that are necessary to fully complete a planned order.

Enterprise Planning treats the extra lead time in the same way as the safety time: the order must be delivered earlier based on the extra lead time.

The extra lead time is expressed in days or in hours.

Fixed Delivery

A code that identifies a collection of fixed dates and times on which external suppliers and internal suppliers are expected to make their deliveries to your address.

For each plan item you can select the appropriate fixed delivery code.

Lot Size Rules
Use Item Ordering Data

If this check box is selected, default ordering data, as specified in the Item - Ordering Defaults (tcibd2101m000) session, is used for the item.

If this check box is cleared, default ordering data is not used or available for the item.

Note
  • This check box enables you to use or not use the default item data without having to remove and redefine the data.
  • This check box is enabled only if the Ordering Data check box is selected.
Order Method

The order parameter that controls the ordered quantities of recommended purchase and production orders.

Economic Order Quantity

The economic order quantity for the item.

Example

LN generates a planned order for 20 units of an item with a SIC order system and the Economic Order Quantity order method.

  • The economic order quantity is 30 units.
  • The minimum order quantity is 25.

As a result, the order is adjusted to 30 units.

Fixed Order Qty

A predetermined, fixed quantity of an item for which planned or actual orders are generated. If the net requirements for the period exceed the fixed order quantity, a multiple of the fixed quantity is ordered.

Generated orders always have a fixed order quantity.

Minimum Order Quantity

The minimum quantity of items to be purchased or produced. When planned orders are generated, the quantity of items to be purchased or produced is never less than the minimum order quantity. The minimum order quantity prevents the purchase or production of this item in quantities that are too small.

Maximum Order Quantity

The maximum quantity of items to be purchased or produced at once.

When planned orders are generated, the quantity of items to be purchased or produced at once is never more than the maximum order quantity. The maximum order quantity prevents the purchase or production of an item in quantities that are too large.

Order Quantity Increment

The size of the step by which the order quantity can be increased.

The recommended order quantity must be a multiple of the quantity that you specify as the order quantity increment. LN verifies this when planned orders are generated.

Example

If the required order quantity is 62 and the order quantity increment is 8, then LN recommends an order quantity of 64.