| Types of ATP and CTP checksLN offers a set of order-promising techniques
that ranges from standard item ATP to advanced CTP techniques. Standard ATP check An item master plan
contains available-to-promise (ATP) information. ATP represents the balance of planned supply and actual demand.
You can use ATP information to determine how much you can still sell to
customers. Extended CTP checks Component CTP and capacity CTP are extensions
of standard ATP, and are used to determine how many items you can produce in
addition to the existing production planning. Family CTP For planning on
longer term, working with detailed ATP and CTP information is not always
useful. LN offers the
option of redirecting ATP checks and extended CTP checks to a higher
product-family level. Channel ATP checks are always carried out at the level of the item
itself. Channel ATP If you maintain channel master plans, you can constrain the allowed volume that is delivered to
each channel. LN uses channel ATP to determine how
much can still be sold in a particular channel.
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