| # ATP Handling (tdsls4899m000) 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 sites. Note If a specification is linked to the sales order line, or you manually enter allocation fields in this session, this information is taken into account during the ATP check. Procedure Suppose you have the following ATP quantity in your sites and warehouses on 02-01-2000:
Site | Warehouse | ATP (02-01-2000)
100 | A1 | -
100 | A2 | 100
200 | B1 | 80
200 | B2 | 30
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 2000-01-02. But there is not enough inventory available in warehouse A1. If you click Where Available, LN screens all defined supply sites and warehouses, determines inventory level and available to promise (ATP) for the specified date. LN displays the current ATP for all supply sites or warehouses sorted by supply priority. As a result, you can determine whether or not the needed goods are available somewhere in the supply chain on 2000-01-01. 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 disabled. To use goods from other sites or warehouses 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 sites or warehouses (in another logistic company). As a result, a transfer order must be created. If you click Fixed Dt ATP check, LN screens all supply sites and checks whether inventory is available on the specified date. Lines that do not fulfill the entered lot size are skipped. The search process stops when all supply sites are checked or when the needed quantity is completely covered. All defined supply sites are checked again in sequence of supply priority. However, LN only displays those sites/warehouses that fulfill the following conditions: ATP is not equal to zero. ATP is greater than or equal to the defined lot size. Note If you click Fixed Dt ATP check, 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 Fixed Dt ATP check button is disabled. If you agree with the composed list of supply sites/warehouses, click Accept Check. LN then checks if a goods transfer relationship is defined between the warehouse in one logistic company and the warehouse in another logistic company in the Entity - Entity Relationships (tcemm2110m000) session. If yes, a warehouse transfer order is created. If not, a purchase order advice is created. Note The Accept Check button is only available under the following conditions: This session is activated from sales order line entry. A fixed date check was previously performed. To use goods from warehouse A1: If you only want the goods to be supplied from warehouse A1, you can create a proposal for a delivery schedule. If you click Fixed WH Check, LN proposes a delivery schedule. If inventory is not available on the specified date, inventory can be available on one or more dates after this date. In our example, LN determines the date after 2000-01-02, on which the inventory is available in warehouse A1. The result is a delivery schedule that can consist of one or more dates with an available quantity by date. Note If the Delivery Schedule based on Warehouse Calendar check box in the EP Parameters (cprpd0100m000) session is selected, and a planned delivery date falls on a non-workable moment of the warehouse specified on the sales order line, LN shifts that delivery date forward to the next workable date and time. You can create a delivery schedule from another site or warehouse. If your sales clerk agrees with the proposed delivery schedule, the schedule can be accepted by clicking Accept Check. LN then sends the delivery schedule to the sales order. On sales order level, this schedule is processed. This can result in additional (sub)deliveries or transfer orders between warehouses. Note The Accept Check button is only available under the following conditions: This session is activated from sales order line entry. A delivery schedule was previously created. Related topics Capable-to-promise, an overview Types of ATP and CTP checks Item ATP Allocation and hard pegging overview Scenario This code identifies the scenario for the plan item. Related topics Scenarios in Enterprise Planning Plan 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. Related topics Channels in Enterprise Planning 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. Site The company from which you want the item to be delivered. Warehouse The warehouse from which you want the item to be delivered. Quantity The quantity ordered on the sales order, expressed in the inventory unit. Unit The physical quantity in which an item or good is managed. For example, a quantity of wood can be expressed as a length by using the unit of one meter, or as a volume by using the unit of one cubic meter. Planned Delivery Date The planned delivery date for which the ATP/CTP must be checked. Change Warehouse 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 line's warehouse. 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 Family CTP 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 and Fixed Dt ATP check buttons are disabled. Related topics Capacity CTP 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 and Fixed Dt ATP check buttons are disabled. The component CTP check ignores the specification, regardless of the value of the Hard Peg Propagation field in the Bill of Material (tibom1110m000) session. LN simply presumes that all of the ATP of the components is available. Related topics Component CTP 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 EP 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 Channel ATP Site The company from which you want the item to be delivered. Note The warehouse is defaulted from the Site in the Ordering Data group box. However, if you want to perform a Fixed Dt ATP check or a Fixed WH Check, you can change the default warehouse into a company number for which a supplying relationship exists with the item. Warehouse The preferred warehouse from which you want the item to be delivered. Note The warehouse is defaulted from the Warehouse in the Ordering Data group box. However, if you want to perform a Fixed Dt ATP check or a Fixed WH Check, for instance when you want to perform an ATP check for the item in a warehouse that is situated close to the customer's site, you can change the default warehouse. Lot Size The lot size derived from the supplying warehouse. Ignore Supplying Relations If this check box is selected, LN checks the ATP of items with the same general item code (clustered, and non-clustered). However, this check is not performed on a multi-site 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 logistic site. If this check box is cleared, LN checks the ATP for the item, as well as for all supplying items on a multi-site level. The ATP check includes all the nettable warehouses of the non-clustered plan item plus all non-nettable 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 sites/warehouses that have a valid supplying relation to the warehouse in which the shortage was detected. Ship-to Business Partner The business partner to which you ship the ordered goods. This usually represents a customer's distribution center or warehouse. The definition includes the default warehouse from which you send the goods, the carrier who carries out the transport, and the related sold-to business partner. Sold-to Business Partner Usually a customer's purchase department, the business partner who orders goods or services from your organization, that owns the configurations you maintain, or for whom you perform a project. Details of the agreement with the sold-to business partner can include the following: Default price and discount agreements Sales order defaults Terms of delivery The related ship-to and invoice-to business partner Order A unique control number assigned to each new customer order, usually during order entry. A sales order number is often used by order promising, master scheduling, cost accounting, invoicing, and so on. For some make-to-order products, a sales order number can also take the place of an end item part number by becoming the control number that is scheduled through the finishing operations. Position The number used to identify the position of the order line on the sales or purchase order. Hard Copy If this check box is selected, the generated report is printed to a device. If this check box is cleared, the generated report is displayed on your screen. Accept Available Quantity If this check box is selected, LN automatically accepts the proposed quantity. Show CTP Details If this check box is selected, and you perform a Fixed WH Check or a Fixed Dt ATP check, 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 Delivery Lines (tdsls4101m100) session. Note For To Order items and generic items that are not customized yet, this check box is unavailable and selected. The reason for this is that a proposed (ATP) delivery schedule can only be accepted for these items 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) Structure for Sales Orders (tdsls4244m000) session, sales order delivery lines can be created that represent the delivery schedule. Business Partner The supply that fills this demand must have been allocated or hard pegged to the sold-to business partner displayed in this field. LN uses this characteristic to find a matching supply for this demand. Related topics Allocation and hard pegging overview Business Object Type The supply that fills this demand must have been allocated or hard pegged to the type of order displayed in this field. LN uses this characteristic to find a matching supply for this demand. 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 Allowed values Allocated to Business Object Type Related topics Allocation and hard pegging overview Business Object The supply that fills this demand must have been allocated or hard pegged to the order, or order line, displayed in this field. LN uses this characteristic to find a matching supply for this demand. 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 Related topics Allocation and hard pegging overview Business Object Reference The supply that fills this demand must have been allocated or hard pegged to the order, or order line, displayed in this field. LN uses this characteristic to find a matching supply for this demand. 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 Related topics Allocation and hard pegging overview Reference The supply that fills this demand must have been allocated or hard pegged to the reference code displayed in this field. LN uses this characteristic to find a matching supply for this demand. 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. Related topics Allocation and hard pegging overview Use Unallocated Inventory If this check box is selected, unallocated inventory can be allocated and used to supply the demand order. First, allocated inventory is used, then unallocated inventory. If this check box is cleared, only allocated inventory can be used. Related topics Allocation buffers Where Available LN screens all defined supply sites and warehouses, determines inventory level and available to promise (ATP) for the specified date. LN does not check on component and capacity. Fixed Dt ATP check LN screens all supply sites and checks if inventory is available on the specified date. Lines that do not fulfill the entered lot size are skipped. The search process stops when all supply sites are checked or when the needed quantity is completely covered. LN does not check on component and capacity. Accept Check If you choose Accept Check, you indicate that you agree with: The composed list of supply sites/warehouses. LN then checks if a goods transfer relationship is defined between the warehouse in one logistic company and the warehouse in another logistic company in the Entity - Entity Relationships (tcemm2110m000) session. If yes, a warehouse transfer order is created. If not, a purchase order advice is created. The proposed delivery schedule. LN then sends the proposed delivery schedule to the sales order. On the sales order level, this schedule is processed. When you choose Accept Check, LN automatically generates order lines in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session, or delivery lines in the Sales Order Delivery Lines (tdsls4101m100) session. Fixed WH Check LN proposes a delivery schedule. If inventory is not available on the specified date, inventory can be available on one or more dates after this date. |