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ATP Rule
To implement available to promise, you begin by defining your ATP rules.
ATP rules let you tailor the ATP calculation to suit your business needs. Each
rule is a combination of ATP computation options, time fence options,
and supply and demand sources to use during an ATP inquiry. You cannot
delete an ATP rule, but you can rename or redefine existing rules by
updating fields.
You can define multiple ATP rules to reflect the specific needs of your
organization, and then use different rules to calculate availability for
different items or groups of items. Each time you run an ATP check, the rule
determines how existing supply and demand are matched. You can choose
one of the ATP rules you define as the default ATP rule for your organization.
You can update the item attribute ATP Rule to specify a default ATP rule for
each item.
If you choose to accumulate expected surplus in one ATP period to the next,
you can limit this accumulation to a specific number of workdays. Oracle
Inventory does not treat excess supply as available supply beyond this
accumulation window. Oracle Inventory also uses this option in backward
consumption calculations, preventing excess supply from a period beyond
the accumulation window from covering a shortage in a future period.
You can use the accumulation window to prevent the commitment of supply
to satisfy demand with requirement dates far into the future. This is
particularly useful if you have an item with high turnover and would likely be
able to sell it quickly.
ATP Supply Source Options
You can choose the supply sources for each ATP rule. The ATP rule you use
during the ATP inquiry then determines which sources of supply to include in
the ATP calculation. Note that supply that falls on a nonmanufacturing
workday is considered available on the next manufacturing workday. All
supply must have a scheduled due date within the ATP rules past due supply
days window.
Calculating ATP requires as input the item, the order quantity, the order
quantity unit of measure and the request date. In general the user will enter
the item and order quantity on every order line. The request date and order
quantity unit of measure may be defaulted or manually entered. ATP may be
calculated for a single line, a group of lines, or a complete order. The results
for a single line are displayed in a single column in a small window. The
results for multi-line ATP are displayed in a table
Warehouse:
Item Onhand
Total On hand - Sum of unreserved and reserved items in inventory.
Available to transact - Sum of unreserved and soft reserved items in
inventory (items against which reservation and scheduling is done but pick
confirm not)
Available to transact - Only unreserved quantity
Relationship Total On hand >= Available to transact >= Available
to reserve