what is ATP

[Former Member]

please explain what is ATP?

[Former Member]

ATP stands for Available to Promise.

Availability check is an integral part of the business process that determines if the required delivery quantity can be met on a required delivery date. For this purpose the system takes into account pre-delivery activities such as scheduling for picking or packing times and the time taken to produce or obtain the material. It also performs several background functions such as Backorder processing, rescheduling and ATP quantities.

There are three types of availability checks –

Check on basis of ATP quantities.

Check against product allocation.

Check against planning.

Regards

AK

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[Former Member]

ATP: - Avail to promise.

Path of Availability Check: -

SPRO

Sales and Distribution

Basic Functions

Availability check and Transfer of requirements

Availability check

Availability check with ATP Logic

ATP: stands for Available to Promise. It is the process of checking the available quantities of a material. The ATP quantity is equal to warehouse stock plus the planned receipts (incoming stocks). ATP takes in to account all movements into and out of the warehouse. If selected, it can check the stock examined for ATP that can be safety stock, stock in transfer, stock in quality inspection, & blocked stock, although the planned receipts & planned issues of the stock associated with ATP may be purchase orders, purchase requisition, planned orders, prodn orders, reservations, dependent reservations, dependent requirements, sales requirements & delivery requirements.

[Former Member]

hi,

ATP means available to promise. it essentially deals with cheking the stocks at the sales order level. it takes in to considerations all the open goods movements like stocks intransit, deliveries pending goods issue, time to replenish etc (this can be user defined)this is wat gives the ATP qty. then the system compares the asked qty in the sales order and the ATP. and throws a screen which summarises this comparison. a delivery may or may not be created (reasons related to stock availabity only) depending on the config.

the schedule lines and the delivery item categories each need to be active for the availability check.

this feature is closely related to the PP and MM modules and concepts like mat. type, MRP, strategy group have a close bearing to it. also refer to the the MRP view of the material master.

Saurabh

[Former Member]

Hi,

Available to promise (ATP): is a process of checking the available quantities of a material. The ATP quantity consists of warehouse stock + planned receipts (incoming stock) – planned issues (outgoing stock). to examine stock on hand (CO09) proceed to logistics – sales & distribution – sales – environment – availability overview in SAP EASSY ACCESS

Menu in SPRO --IMG --> S&D --> Basic Funcitions --> Availabiltity and Tranfer of Requiremnts --> Availability Check --> Avaiability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning.

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Sateesh.Kandula

[Former Member]

For every item of a sales order or delivery, the SAP system checks availability if the appropriate configuration is set in sales order processing and shipping.

Process the following points to control the availability check:

1. For the sales document types you must determine for each schedule line type whether an availability check should be carried out or not.

2. The availability check should be switched on at requirements class level and at schedule line level for sales documents.

3. You can define a checking group which can be proposed, depending on the material type, when a new material master record is created.

4. The requirements types used must each be allocated to a requirements class.

5. Note that a plant must be available if an availability check is to be carried out at document item level.

Available to promise (ATP): is a process of checking the available quantities of a material. The ATP quantity consists of warehouse stock + planned receipts (incoming stock) – planned issues (outgoing stock). to examine stock on hand (CO09) proceed to logistics – sales & distribution – sales – environment – availability overview in SAP EASSY ACCESS

Menu in SPRO --IMG --> S&D --> Basic Funcitions --> Availabiltity and Tranfer of Requiremnts --> Availability Check --> Avaiability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning.

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[Former Member]

<b>ATP</b>

Types of Availability Check in Sales and Distribution

Processing

There are three types of availability check:

_ Check on the basis of the ATP quantities

_ Check against product allocation

_ Check against planning

The following SD-specific control features need to be maintained in Customizing:

_ <b>Checking group</b>

The checking group controls whether the system is to create individual or collective

requirements in sales and shipping processing. In addition, a material block for the

availability check with transfer of requirements can be set here. The checking group can

also be used to deactivate the availability check. This option was created especially for

the assembly order so that when the bill of material is exploded in the assembly order,

the individual components, if necessary, can be classified as non-critical parts as far as

procurement is concerned.

The checking group specifies in combination with the checking rule the scope of the

availability check. It is proposed in the material master record on the basis of the material

type and the plant, and copied into the sales and distribution documents.

_ <b>Checking Rule</b>

You use the checking rule to control the scope of the availability check for each

transaction in sales and distribution. You also specify whether the check should be

carried out including or excluding replenishment lead time. The individual checking rules

define by transaction, which stock and inward and outward movement of goods should

be taken into account for the availability check.

_ <b>Schedule line category</b>

You can control with the schedule line category whether an availability check and

transfer of requirements should be carried out in the sales documents. The possible

settings for this at schedule line level are dependent on the settings in the requirements

class which is determined from the requirements type of the material.

_ <b>Delivery item category</b>

The delivery item category can be used to control whether an availability check takes

place in deliveries.

<b>Requirements type</b>

The various requirements are identified by their requirements type. The requirements

type refers to the requirements class and its control features.

_ <b>Requirements Class</b>

The requirements class contains all control features for planning such as relevance for

planning, requirements planning strategy and requirements consumption strategy. In

addition, it is specified at a global level whether an availability check is to take place for

the material in the sales and distribution documents on the basis of the ATP quantity

(ATP = available to promise) and whether requirements are to be passed on. A finer

degree of control can be obtained for sales documents using the schedule line category.

Replenishment lead time is only included in the check performed on the basis of the

ATP quantity.

<b>Prerequisites</b>

An availability check can only be carried out if the following prerequisites have been fulfilled:

_ The control elements described above for the availability check must be maintained in

Customizing for Sales and the relevant assignments made to the sales transactions

_ The availability check must be switched on at requirements class level and - for the

availability check in the sales documents - at schedule line category level

A requirements type must exist by which the requirements class can be found

_ A plant must be defined. It can either be proposed from the customer or material master

record or can be entered manually in the document.

_ A checking group must be defined in the material master record on the Sales/plant data

screen in the Availability check field

<b>Configuring entries of the Availability Check</b>

IMG&#61664;SD&#61664;Basic fncs&#61664;Availability check and TOR&#61664;Availability check&#61664;Availability check with ATP logic or against planning&#61664;Define checking groups

You can use SAP std checking groups of 01 for summarized reqts or 02 for daily reqts or u can create ur own.

The columns total sales and total deliveries are selection options whereby u can configure a checking rule to sum up reqts to post to MRP either individually or by day or week.

Column 5, Block qty; set this block if u want several users to be able to process the material simultaneously in different transactions without blocking each other. The No Check indicator is used when u want a material to not be relevant for an ATP check.

Defining a material block for other users. The Block checkbox is an indicator that enables u to block the particular material from being checked for availability if it is already being checked at the same time by another user.

Defining the default value for checking groups. However should no entry exist for the checking group in the material master record, one can set a default value per material type and plant.

Controlling the availability check. In this section, u tell the system what stock on hand and what inward and outward movements of stock it must take into account when performing the availability check. These settings are based on the checking group that is assigned to the material master record and the checking rule that is predefined and assigned to the sd transaction. The carry out control for the availability check must be maintained for both the sales order and delivery.

<b>TOR</b>

IMG &#61664; SD &#61664; Basic fncs &#61664; Availability check and TOR &#61664; TOR

A line item in the sales order creates a schedule line. The schedule lines in the sales order transfer the requirements through to MRP. You can select the docs on which you want the TOR to happen. For ex, not for quotations.

The TOR aims to ensure the ordered materials are available for the requested delivery date. The TOR can be set for individual or for collective requirements (materials master&#61664;sales/plant view).

<b>The TOR is dependent on the following data</b>:

The reqts type, reqts class, checking group and schedule line category.

The reqts type and class are determined in the strategy group (material master&#61664;MRP3)

<b>For TOR to be carried out, a few criteria need to be met</b>:

Plant assigned to line item level, schedule line category should be switched on at TOR, TOR must be switched on at the reqts class level, checking group must be defined and allocated to the material master record (sales/plant view in the availability check field)

The reqts class is the controlling factor for the availability check and the TOR for all sd types.

Configuring the TOR:

1) Use std 041 reqts class or copy and rename it. Use the indicators to select if this reqts class must carry out an availability check and/or a TOR.

2) Define the reqts types. A reqts type is allocated to a single reqts class and not vice versa. It is based on the item category and the MRP type of the material.

3) Assign the rqts type to the relevant item category in the sales order and the MRP type found on the material master record.

You can select an alternative search strategy where u assign the reqts type to item category and MRP type. Can select source as 0, 1 or 2. (1 = Item type and MRP type strategy).

4) The TOR and Availability check can be selected/de-selected at the schedule line category level.

5) Block qty confirmation in delivery blocks. This is used to block the reservation of the TOR from MRP.

6) Maintain requirements for TOR. Requirements can be used to determine that the TOR to MRP is not carried out unless a number of conditions are met.

Availability Overview = CO09 &#61664; order qty, sd doc no, item no, requirements class.

Stock requirements list = MD04 &#61664; sd no or dly no, line item, schedule line placing the demand

Stock overview = MMBE &#61664; total stock per company, then plant followed by storage location, and finally a breakdown per batch.

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rajesh banka

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[Former Member]

Hi,

Details are in the liks below:

Complete details about linking Availability and Availability to Promise..

SD material Determination based on availability check:

http://www.sap-img.com/sd028.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/sap-sd/link-between-sap-sd-mm-and-fi.htm

http://www.geekinterview.com/question_details/22367

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/espackages/atp+check&;

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/espackages/home&;

Hope this will help you out !

Regards,

Syed Nasir