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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Channel ATP</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Channel ATP</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>CTP</Level1>
			<Level2>channel ATP</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>ATP</Level1>
			<Level2>channel ATP</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000037" role="glossary">channel ATP</Link> to constrain an item's sales volume for a particular channel.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>This function has two purposes:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Assure that important customers are at least delivered a certain amount, by restricting the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000025" role="glossary">allowed demand</Link> of other channels.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Assure that certain channels are not supplied with more than a certain maximum quantity.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>If you primarily use channels for channel ATP, you do not necessarily have to group all your customers into channels. Only those customers for which you want to limit the maximum sales volume must be in a channel.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Required data</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>To use channel ATP, you must provide the following data:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The ATP period length in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/dsp/cpdsp5100m000" role="session">Plan Item - Channels (cpdsp5100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The allowed demand in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/dsp/cpdsp5130m000" role="session">Channel Master Plan (cpdsp5130m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>As a rule, a channel ATP period consists of several plan periods. The allowed demand is specified by plan period. The total value of the allowed demand in one channel ATP period is the basis for the channel ATP. For more information, see <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000085" role="manual">Channel ATP periods</Link>.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Channel ATP checks</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>During a CTP check for an item, SSA ERP can also carry out a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000076" role="glossary">channel ATP check</Link>. In this case, the quantity that can be promised to a customer is the smaller of the following quantities:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The result of the normal <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000029" role="glossary">CTP</Link> check.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The result of the channel ATP check.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>Channel ATP checks are carried out for items for which the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.chat" role="formfield">Channel ATP</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session is selected. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls4899m000" role="session">ATP Handling (tdsls4899m000)</GUIRef> session, you can temporarily disable the channel ATP check.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Updating channel ATP</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>The channel ATP can be updated in two ways:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Offline: the channel ATP is recomputed when SSA ERP updates the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000020" role="glossary">channel master plan</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Online: SSA ERP automatically updates the channel ATP as soon as a customer order is accepted. See: <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000039" role="manual">Online ATP update</Link>.</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000080" role="manual">Channels in Enterprise Planning</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000085" role="manual">Channel ATP periods</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000115" role="manual">Capable-to-promise, an overview</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000039" role="manual">Online ATP update</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000332" role="manual">To compute cumulative ATP</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
