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   <Header>
      <Title>Application of CTP checks</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e185228">
         <Level1>CTP checks</Level1>
         <Level2>applying</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e185233">
         <Level1>ATP</Level1>
         <Level2>applying CTP checks</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You can use the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000029" role="glossary">capable-to-promise (CTP)</Link> functionality in LN in a
      variety of ways.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If you want to base the
      order-acceptance process on the existing planning for an item, you can use
      basic <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000030" role="glossary">ATP</Link> functionality.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>However, you can also
      supplement this with extended CTP checks. This way, the sales process can take
      into account your capability to produce extra quantities of an item. If you
      wish, you can even base all sales on extended CTP checks, so you do not need to
      create any production planning in advance.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The sales process can be
      further enhanced with <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000037" role="glossary">channel ATP</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Finally, the family CTP
      functionality in LN allows you to carry out longer-term order promising on
      a more general product-family level. In fact, you can redirect the ATP and CTP
      checks for a plan item to any other plan item.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Immediate versus offline checks</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>For order acceptance, you can use CTP checks in two ways:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Immediate CTP check:
          if you select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd0100m000#cprpd000.atpq" role="manual">CTP Check for Sales (for EP and OPS)</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session, LN checks CTP during sales-order entry.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Offline CTP check: you
          can collect multiple orders in written form, and then use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls4899m000" role="session">ATP Handling (tdsls4899m000)</GUIRef> session to carry out CTP checks.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>CTP checks carried out
        during the sales process are always based on the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000093" role="glossary">actual scenario</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Handling of an anticipated inventory shortage</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>If the CTP on the planned delivery date is insufficient, LN offers a number of possibilities to handle the shortage, such as:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Decrease the order
          quantity.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Choose a later
          delivery date.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Select an alternative
          item.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Distribution planning</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>LN can also use CTP functionality when it generates
          planned distribution orders. If you use a supply strategy with an allocation
          rule that involves the internal supplier's capability, the selection of
          suppliers is constrained by:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>The supplying item's
          CTP , depending on the CTP settings for this item.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>The supplying item's
          ATP .</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000115" role="manual">Capable-to-promise, an overview</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000037" role="manual">Types of ATP and CTP checks</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000116" role="manual">CTP Checking Procedure</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000059" role="manual">To compute distribution order quantities</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>