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Available-To-Promise Order Promising 1 1 Order Promising, Inventory, Availability, Supply Chain, Automation The order promising practice to reserve available inventory or supply and calculate a schedule shipment date
ATP
Available-To-Promise
Available-To-Promise is a term describing the Order Promising practice to reserve available inventory or supply and calculate a schedule shipment date based on the reserved supply and order characteristics. ATP is typically receiving input from Plan Deliver. ATP enables a response to the customer and/or initiating fulfillment of the order prior to the next run of the Plan Deliver process.
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Use Cases
ATP is typically applied where a customer requires an instantaneous response to a newly submitted order or where Pick, Pack and Ship may need to occur before the next occurrence of Plan Deliver.
- Order Promising; Instantaneous response to new orders
- Rescheduling; Making changes to the order date, quantity and/or ship-to
- Order Cancellation; Optionally inventory put-back ('unreserving')
- High velocity, same day Make-to-Stock products
- In a Distribution Center: Same day shipping option
Available-To-Promise may also be applied to quotations, optionally reserving inventory/supply until the quote expires. Orders On-time Ratio
Community Importance Rating: Process(es)
| ID | Name | Level | x |
|---|---|---|---|
| P403 | Calculate Delivery Plan | 3 | P403 |
| D101 | Process Inquiry | 3 | D101 |
| D103 | Reserve Inventory | 3 | D103 |
| D201 | Process Inquiry | 3 | D201 |
| D203 | Route & Schedule Order | 3 | D203 |