GATP

Introduction : Global Available To Promise

(GATP) in APO supports online searches to determine if requested products are available at
specific times in quantities that satisfy customer demand. GATP processes are run via SAP live
Cache, which processes large volumes of data and enables data sharing across several
applications. GATP meets the challenge of providing availability information across a global
enterprise. The concept of available to promise (ATP) used in Sales and Distribution (SD)
module in SAP R/3 provides check capabilities that deliver results for basic business scenarios.
More complex scenarios, however, require more robust capabilities to make delivery
commitments that are in line with the real-world demands. In short, global scenarios require
global solutions.  Global ATP — or GATP — takes advantage of SAP APO technology and picks up
where the SAP R/3 ATP solution leaves off.

Following are the functionalities using GATP allows you to answer questions related to
promising products to your customers. GATP quickly makes information available to provide
real-time optimized decision support.  It offers the functionality to perform availability checks
which consist of online searches that determine if requested products are available at
requested times in the quantities that satisfy customer demand. GATP can be used for Sales
Order, Scheduling Agreement, Delivery, stock transfer orders and production orders (for their
input components).
GATP Methods can be classified into three areas:
1. Basic methods and their combination (product check, product allocation, and check
against forecast)
2. Rules-based ATP (RBA)
3. ATP integrated with production

You can combine several GATP methods to provide more advanced capabilities.