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   <Header>
      <Title>Item ATP</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e210174">
         <Level1>Item ATP</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e210177">
         <Level1>ATP</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e210180">
         <Level1>CTP</Level1>
         <Level2>Item ATP</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <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>
      </List>
      <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>: ERP Enterprise 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>: ERP Enterprise 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>: ERP Enterprise 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>: ERP Enterprise takes
        into account the availability of the family item to which a specific end item
        belongs.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <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>
</ManualTopic>