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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Item ATP</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Item ATP</Level1>
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		<Keyword><Level1>ATP</Level1>
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		<Keyword><Level1>CTP</Level1>
			<Level2>Item ATP</Level2>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000030" role="glossary">Available-to-promise (ATP)</Link> information represents the balance of planned supply and actual demand. You can use ATP information to determine how much you can still sell to customers.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>You can find ATP information in:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">item master plan</Link> (master-plan-based ATP)</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The item order plan (order-based ATP)</ListItem>
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		<Paragraph>Master-plan-based ATP gives ATP information by plan period, while order-based ATP is calculated for a particular point in time. Both types of ATP are computed by considering existing inventory, actual demand, and (planned and actual) supply.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>You can complement ATP with advanced <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000029" role="glossary">capable-to-promise (CTP)</Link> techniques:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000035" role="glossary">Component CTP</Link>: SSA ERP takes into account the available components of an end item and translates these components in the number of end items you can make of them.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000034" role="glossary">Capacity CTP</Link>: SSA ERP takes into account the available capacity on the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000008" role="glossary">resources</Link> used to produce the end item and translates the item in the number of end items that you can make with that capacity.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000037" role="glossary">Channel ATP</Link>: SSA ERP takes into account a limit for ATP value of an end items for a specific <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000121" role="glossary">sales channel</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000032" role="glossary">Family CTP</Link>: SSA ERP takes into account the availability of the family item to which a specific end item belongs.</ListItem>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000037" role="manual">Types of ATP and CTP checks</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000118" role="manual">To compute item ATP</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000315" role="manual">Extended CTP checks</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000125" role="manual">Channel ATP</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000120" role="manual">Family CTP</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000332" role="manual">To compute cumulative ATP</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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