Actions

OP

Order Promising

Order Promising is the practice of the Seller determining an estimate of the delivery dates and communicating these dates to the Buyer. Typically the output of the Order Promising process results in an Order Confirmation message to the Buyer.

Use Cases

Notes

ATP is sometimes mistaken for Order Promising, however the use cases offer alternatives.

Hierarchy

IDNameLevelx
OPOrder Promising0OP
ATPAvailable-To-Promise1ATP

Term(s)

IDNameClearx
ATPAvailable-To-PromiseATP
SOCOrder ConfirmationSOC
Order Promising 0 0 Supply Chain, Order Management, Order Promising, ATP, CTP, Promise, First Commit, Committing, Order Confirmation, Sales & Support The practice of determining an estimate of the delivery dates by the seller/supplier and communicating these dates to the buyer/customer. Typically the output of the this process results in an order confirmation message to the buyer/customer