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Unit 4: Product Availability Check in Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP)

Available-to-Promise (ATP) Time Series in the liveCache

Figure 25: ATP Time Series in the liveCache

The product availability check uses time series that represent a product’s receipts and issues.
Individual time series exist at the levels of product, location, sublocation, version,
characteristic, and category. In the SAP ERP system, the levels of sublocation and version,
respectively, correspond to the storage location and the batch.
In SAP APO, planning is executed at the product location level. The identification of ATP time
series is also primarily based on this fact. In SAP APO, ATP supports the following additional
organizational levels:
● Sublocation is a storage location in SAP ERP.
● Product version is a batch in SAP ERP.
● Characteristics combination is not available in SAP ERP.

Various time series are evaluated during the check. They are evaluated according to the level
of detail of the inbound demand. All organizational levels that may contain elements are taken
into account, with the minimum quantity on each date being finally confirmed. The following
are some examples:

1. A sales order specifies a product version but no sublocation is given. The product is not
configured; therefore, no characteristics exist. In this case, the ATP check is carried out at
these levels:

● Product/location

● Product/location/product version

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