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   <Header>
      <Title>Channel ATP check</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e156728">
         <Level1>ATP check</Level1>
         <Level2>channel</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e156733">
         <Level1>Channel ATP check</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You can use the channel concept to assign part of the total
		production volume and purchase volume to a group of customers.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For example, you can designate all customers from a particular
		country to a channel code. In that case you can apply <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.chat" role="manual">Channel ATP</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If you enter a sales order line item for a customer (business
		partner) that belongs to a specific channel, LN checks the channel
		ATP. To check the channel ATP, instead of the ATP quantity for the item, LN uses the channel ATP
		quantity for the item in the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/dsp/cpdsp5130m000" role="session">Channel Master Plan (cpdsp5130m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>However, the quantity that you can promise to a customer in a
		channel is restricted to a maximum value, which is the item’s CTP. In other
		words, in addition to the general CTP restriction, the channel ATP
		functionality imposes an additional restriction to the quantity that you can
		promise to a customer.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Enabling channel CTP check</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>LN stores the channel ATP in a channel master plan. If an item has no master plan, LN cannot perform a
		channel ATP check for the item.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To enable channel CTP checking, specify the following in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>On the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd1101sDF3" role="groupbox">Master Plan</GUIRef> tab, select the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.osys" role="formfield">Maintain Master Plans</Link> check box.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>On the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd1101sDF4" role="groupbox">CTP</GUIRef> tab, select the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.chat" role="formfield">Channel ATP</Link> check box.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>