ATP Vs GATP

Detail Comparison of Availability
Check with SAP R/3 vs. SAP APO

Global Available to Promise
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Contents
Background
Overview of ATP check

System benefits of APO (GATP) check
High level comparison of APO GATP vs. R/3 ATP

Prerequisite for APO Global Available to Promise
Prerequisite for R/3 ATP check

Product Availability Check
Comparison APO GATP vs. R/3 ATP check
Gaps where R/3 short falls
Product Allocation Check
Comparison APO GATP vs. R/3 ATP check
Product Substitution
Comparison APO GATP Product substitution vs. R/3 Material determination
Backorder Processing (BOP)

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Background
Sole purpose of this presentation is to compare Basic Methods of

availability check available in ECC SD and APO GATP, and to
prepare a case for GATP.
Why Client should go for GATP even when they are planning to
implement only Basic Methods of Availability check?
In R/3 few method of ATP check are available, but no new

developments are taking place in this area, wherein in APO these
methods are continuous evolving.
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Overview
An ATP check is an online search used for verifying that the requested
product can be provided by the company in the quantity and on the date
requested by the customer
Availability check is the integral part of the business process which

determines if the desired delivery qty can be met on the desired date. this
includes scheduling for picking and packing time and the time taken to
produce or obtain the material as well.
Availability checks are triggered as events in the OLTP system - either by the
R/3 System or a legacy system - and an ATP request is sent to APO for all
APO relevant products in the order .
In many OLTP systems, ATP functions are limited or nonexistent. Previous

ATP functionality as known from R/3 allowed product selection, single
substitution on plant level (one item during ATP check). In assembly order
processing normally infinite capacity had to be assumed, only in case of
direct generation of production orders or production order networks the
capacity check could be carried out.
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APO GATP vs. R/3 ATP check - System benefits of APO
System benefits
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Fast response through liveCache* use for ATP check
High performance even with a high volume of data
Rich, state-of-the-art functionality in APO
* High performance, memory

resident data processor to perform
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APO GATP vs. R/3 ATP check High level comparison

ATP using ECC (R/3) SD
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Basic availability check

Product allocation Check
Material Substitution
Back Order Processing and Order re-scheduling
Delivery scheduling and Transportation scheduling
ATP using APO GATP

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Basic availability check

Enhanced Product allocation check
Advance level Product Substitution or Interchangeability
Enhanced Backorder processing.
Advance Transportation and shipment scheduling
Check Instruction to define steps of availability check (for e.g. First step as
Basic availability check or Product allocation check)
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Advance Methods of Availability Check in APO GATP
Advance methods have clear cut edge over R/3 ATP check, and
not covered in this presentation .
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Powerful new order promising functionalities delivered by Global ATP

Rule-based ATP (RBATP)
- Alternative locations, consolidation locations
Capable To Promise (CTP)
- Integrated check against production plan, considering finite
constraints
Multi level ATP (MATP)
- Check across BOM levels and confirming a cumulated availability
date after BOM explosion
Characteristic based ATP
- Checking for availability
of items matching certain characteristics
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ATP check for orders in question must be set to take
place in APO
R/3, mySAP ERP, or SAP CRM as an order
management system
What does that mean?!
Typically, in the setup of Global Available-to-Promise (GATP), you

specify (once) in the SAP APO Core Interface (CIF) that you want
your ATP customizing settings transferred from R/3 (or mySAP
ERP) to SAP APO
Then, in another integration model of the CIF, you must have
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Prerequisite for R/3 ATP Prerequisite for R/3 ATP

ATP check must be set to occur in R/3
What does that mean?!
Youre using R/3 and not APO for ATP checks
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Product Availability Check (ATP check) the Basics
Product Availability check?

Product Availably check is done on Available to Promise (ATP) qty.
This type of check is performed dynamically for each transaction, taking
into account the relevant stock and planned goods movements with or
without replenishment lead time
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What Product Availability check should do?

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Check against available to Promise: warehouse stock, the planned

inward movements of stock (production orders, purchase orders,
planned orders) and the planned outward movements of stock (sales
orders, deliveries, reservations).
Consider Replenishment Lead time
Note that both solutions R/3 and SAP APO can satisfy
all these items, to some extent
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Product Availability Check in APO Key Capabilities -Time

Series
Product availability check
Time series
Checking horizon
Characteristics (Advance Method)
Time Series
The Product Availability Check uses time series, that represent the
incoming and outgoing movements (receipts and issues) for a specific
product. Individual time series exist per ATP category on the product,
location, sub-location, and version level.
In order to distinguish between ATP checks with different degrees of,

certainty (risky vs. conservative), i.e. whether or not a product will be in
stock in the future, a time series exists for every type of ATP category.
For example, a conservative availability check can exclude purchase
requisitions from consideration.
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Product Availability Check in APO Key Capabilities -Time

Series
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Product Availability Check in APO - Key Capabilities

Checking Horizon
Checking horizon:
A method to check against replenishment lead time

Checking horizon, defines a time interval (checking date + period) in which
a product availability check can be carried out.
1) No checking horizon: The product availability check considers all receipt
elements and requirements elements within the scope of check.
2) Confirmation in checking horizon : A virtual, infinitely large requirement
in the checking horizon has the effect that all requirements can be confirmed
at the end of the checking horizon, and that receipt elements far in the future
have no influence on the short-term availability situation.
3) End check without confirming in the checking horizon: Receipt
elements and requirements elements after the end of the checking horizon
are ignored. Requirements that cannot be confirmed within the checking
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Product Availability Check in APO - Key Capabilities

Checking Horizon
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Product Availability Check in R/3 - Key Capabilities

Checking Horizon
Product Availability check
Check on the Basis of the ATP Quantities

Product Availability check is performed dynamically for each transaction,
taking into account the relevant stock and planned goods movements with or
without replenishment lead time
Replenishment lead time (RLT): Replenishment lead time is the time that is
needed to order or produce the requested material
1) Availability Check Including Replenishment Time (RLT) : Availability is
only checked up to the end of replenishment lead time. After RLT, it is
assumed that goods will be available, and order can be confirmed with full
quantity
2) Availability Check Excluding Replenishment Lead Time (RLT) : If
replenishment lead time is not to be taken into account in the availability
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an unrestricted availability check.
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Product Availability Check - Comparison APO vs. R/3
APO
R/3 and mySAP ERP
Time series, (Fast response through

liveCache* use for ATP check)
Check Horizon
3 options Available
Normal database, reduced

performance
Replenishment lead time

2 options available
i) Don't include RLT
Ii) Include RLT
No new development in R/3
i) No Check
Ii) Consider Checking horizon,
Iii) End check without confirming
in the checking horizon
Characteristic based Planning

Parameter-Dependent Safety Stock
(PASS)
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Product Availability Check: Gaps where R/3 falls short

Advantages of APO
Time Series
Check Horizon with Calendar
New Features in APO

Parameter-Dependent Safety Stock (PASS)
Characteristic Based Planning (Advance Method)
No new developments in R/3
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Product Availability Check: Gaps where R/3 falls short

( cont.)
Business requirement for PASS:
Safety stock quantity will be calculated dynamically

Calculation of PASS depends on customer master data
Calculation depends on parameters of the field catalog
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Product Allocations - the Basics
When to go for Product allocation?
What Product allocation check does?
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Product allocation allows you to manage the supply of scarce

products to customers so that each customer receives an allocated
amount
Allows to confirm Sales Order to the extent that particular customer has
an allocation.
Using product allocations in situations in which a product is in short
supply, you can avoid allocating the entire available quantity to the first
customer
Work only on selected product/ material where it is defied in master
data.
Allow to perform Allocation check on Material Availability date,
Requested delivery date etc.
Follows allocation procedure, which can be defined as per clients
requirement
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Product Allocations in APO
Product allocation functionality
It allows you to manage the supply of scarce products to customers so

that each customer receives an allocated amount.
How is it used?
A product allocations check can act as a secondary check against the

sales order requested quantity. At first a basic ATP check against stock
and supply, can be performed, possibly resulting in a lower confirmed
quantity due to inadequate stock. This confirmed quantity can then be
checked against the allocation quota, further reducing the confirmed
quantity.
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Product Allocations in APO Field Catalogue and Product

Allocation Object
Field Catalogue
The field catalog contains the fields that are can be used for product
allocations and rules-based availability check.
For e.g. Product Hierarchy, Sales District etc.
Product Allocation Object
The reason for allocating products in the characteristics combination.

The product allocations object can be changed by the product
allocations control to reflect a change in the reason for allocating
products.
The product allocation object is assigned to a product allocation
procedure in the product allocations control. This assignment is a
prerequisite for product allocations.
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Product Allocations in APO Key capabilities - PAG
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Product Allocations in APO Key capabilities - PAG
The product allocations functionality combines planning tools with real-time

ATP functionality. The info structure (used in R/3) has been partially replaced
by the product allocation group (In APO).
The product allocation group defines a group of characteristics and is used

for saving product allocation quantities with their assignments.
Within the product allocation group, the planning hierarchy is replaced by

the characteristics combination. The characteristics combination contains
the values of the characteristics from the current sales order, and, as such,
corresponds to the lowest level of the planning hierarchy in which all
characteristics are assigned.
Using a characteristics combination in product allocation, a product

allocation time series is chosen. The check is then carried out against this
time series.
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Product Allocations in APO Key capabilities Product

Allocation Procedure
Product allocation procedures are defined as multiple steps of product

allocations groups.
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step (product allocation group) is evaluated
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Allocation Sequence
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Allocation Sequence (contd.)
The remaining open quantity of the previous check of the product
allocation procedure is cumulated to the next entry in the sequence of
product allocations procedures.
The system ignores the entry for the product allocation procedure in
the product master if it is also included in the sequence of product
allocation procedures.
The final result of the allocation check in the product allocation
procedure is calculated as the logical OR' offered by each of the
product allocation procedures.
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Product Allocations in R/3
Availability Check Against Product Allocation in R/3
If an ATP (available to promise) check is carried out during order entry, a

product allocation check is also carried out using the confirmed
quantity from the ATP check. If an ATP check is not carried out, the
product allocations are checked using the order requirement.
Overview of the control elements for the product allocation check
1. The product allocation determination procedure determines how

product allocation is carried out. It must be entered in the material
master record in the basic data screen.
2. The product allocation object is used by the availability check to

check against product allocations. During the product allocation check,
the system checks the product allocations stored in the planning
hierarchy that are created for each product allocation object.
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Product Allocations in R/3 (cont.)
3. In the product allocation hierarchy, an info structure is assigned to

the product allocation determination procedure. This info structure
influences the criteria which determine how the product allocations are
stored in the planning hierarchy.
4. In the "Control product allocation" node, one or more product

allocation objects are assigned to the product allocation determination
procedure. Every object has its own validity period.
During the availability check, the relevant object is determined using the
delivery date from the order. The object and the info structure from the
product allocation hierarchy are used to determine the planning
hierarchy in which the product allocations (being checked against) are
stored.
5. Similar to the availability check against ATP quantities, you must

specify whether a product allocation check is to be carried out at
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Product Allocations: Comparison APO vs. R/3

APO
R/3 and mySAP ERP
Define Product Allocation globally

or Location specific
Once Product Allocation is defined

in Mater Master, its applicable for all
plants.
Product Allocation Check at

different date (Material Availability
Date, Requested Delivery date or
Goods Issue date)
Only Requested Delivery date

option is available
Product Allocation Sequence is

available.
Userexits are available to fine tune

clients requirements
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Allocation can be easily managed/

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LIS Info structure are used to store

allocations
Product Allocations : Gaps where R/3 shorts fall

Advantages of APO
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option to carry out product allocation for a material only in selected

plants.
Plant-specific use of product allocation is a standard function, in the R/3
System it is NOT. In ECC the product allocation determination procedure is
entered in the basic data for the material master and applies to all plants for
the material, where in APO allocation procedure can be define at plant level
or global level. [oss note 607036]
option to carry out product allocation check on different dates

In APO, Product allocation check can be performed at Material Availability
Date, Delivery Date or Good Issue date of sales order, where as in ECC its
only Deliver date.
option to use sequence of steps for allocation check

In APO, Product allocation sequence can be defined so that multiple steps of
Product allocation procedure can
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Product Allocations : Gaps where R/3 shorts fall (cont.)
Manage Product allocations

In APO, Product Allocation are managed in DP Planning books, so all DP
functionally can be leveraged. Product allocations are easily managed in
DP Planning book, as compared to ECC LIS info structure
View consumption of Allocation from Sales Order

How Allocations are consumed by each sales Order can be viewed in
Product Allocation Group (PAG).
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Product Substitution the Basics
When is Product Substitution is used?
What should a Product Substation solution do?
Product substitution is used for checking for alternative products,

when originally ordered product is not available.
Look for alternate Product.

Product Interchangeability
all these items, to some extent, but in R/3 has very limited
functionality as compared to APO
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Product Substitution (RBA) in APO key Capabilities
Product Determination Procedure

or Interchangeability Master Data
Rule Control
Calculation Profile
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Product Substitution in APO key Capabilities- Product

Substitution procedure
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Product Substitution in APO key Capabilities- Rule

Control
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Product Substitution in APO key Capabilities- Rule

Control Access Strategy
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Product Substitution in APO key Capabilities- Calculation

Profile
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Material Determination in R/3 key Capabilities
In SAP R.3 only Material determination/ Product selection is

available, which is approximation of Product substitution
functionality of APO.
Material determination enables the automatic substitution of

materials in sales documents during sales order processing. For
e.g. if a product is phased out and replaced by its successor
product. In sales Order, system will replace successor product if
predecessor product is out of inventory
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Product Substitution: Comparison APO vs. R/3

APO
R/3 and mySAP ERP
Global-multi location and system

check
Single Location Check

Manual Multi-plant availability view
Rules-based ( alternative products,

calculation rules)
Material Determination (Product

Substitution only)
Rule Control:
Complex Access Strategy
available for e.g. Work
forward, Work backward etc.
Works in One direction only
Calculation Profile
Allowed Delay
Allowed early confirmation
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consumption limit:
number of partial deliveries

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Product Substitution: Comparison APO vs. R/3 (contd.)
We have presented another paper on this topic
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Backorder Processing (BOP) the Basics
When is an order a backorder?
What should a backorder processing solution do?
Simulate results.
Lend visibility to the situation
Run in a reasonable amount of time

Allow selection of orders based on business requirements
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When a schedule line doesnt have a confirmed quantity.
Allocate product in a prioritized way

Allow results to be sorted in a meaningful way
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BOP in APO key capabilities
Multiple Operating Modes
Batch
Interactive
Simulative
Filter
Sorter
Support for Product Allocations
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BOP in APO Batch Backorder Processing - key

capabilities
2 modes:
Direct update of batch backorder processing
BOP runs and immediately updates the results to the database without
an intermediate step
Batch backorder processing with post processing
BOP runs, saves the results to a buffer, and protects the assigned
quantities with temporary quantity assignments
The results can be updated or rejected. If rejected, the temporary

quantity assignments are deleted
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BOP in APO Interactive Backorder Processing key

capabilities
Similar to batch backorder processing with postprocessing,
except for the addition of a pre-configured worklist
It can be accessed directly from the menu structure within
SAP APO, or used as a postprocessing function of Batch
backorder processing
Filters and sorts are available to both operating modes
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BOP in APO Interactive Backorder Processing with a

worklist key capabilities
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BOP in APO Interactive Backorder Processing without a

worklist key capabilities
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BOP in APO Simulative Backorder Processing key

capabilities
No temporary quantity assignments are written to liveCache
No orders are updated in R/3
The results can be viewed in a log but cannot be
updated interactively
The results can be saved in the buffer or deleted
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BOP in APO BOP Filter key capabilities
Plus a Userexit!
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BOP in APO BOP Sort key capabilities
Plus a Userexit!
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BOP in R/3 key capabilities - The selection screen
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BOP in R/3 key capabilities - The Result
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BOP : Comparison APO vs. R/3

APO
R/3 and mySAP ERP
Redistribution flag
Redistribution for each basic
No redistribution flag releases all

orders assigned quantities, then
rechecks them if they didnt have a
check before
No redistribution
method
Filter has 28 fields plus userexit
Fixed filter with <10 fields
Sorter has 25 fields plus

userexit
Fixed sorter
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Able to confirm new results

with old prior to database
commit
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Changes are committed to

database with no comparison
BOP: Comparison APO vs. R/3 (cont.)

APO
R/3 and mySAP ERP
Schedule line check available

for all documents
Date configuration material
availability or goods Issue
Schedule line checks for stock

transport orders only
Date configuration No
option (material availability date
Possible to preserve the lesser

quantity that has been agreed
upon without giving more
is used)
R/3 and mySAP ERP do not
differentiate between confirmed
quantity and requested quantity
Possible to improve and not

degrade confirmations
No opportunity to preserve
what
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was done previously
confirmations
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BOP : Gaps where R/3 shorts fall

Advantages of APO
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option to carry out selections criterion to select and sort orders for
BOP.
R/3 and mySAP ERP have limited sort and filter fields, With no user exits
available to expand the selection
R/3 and mySAP ERP are not as flexible as SCM APO
Dates arent configurable
Operating modes are selectable
Schedule line checks are limited to one document type.
option to use Logs of BOP to analyzed results of BOP
No way to preserve previous check.
option to analyze run time of BOP
In APO, BOP run time can be analyzed, for each step of BOP, and further
based on analyses, selections criterion of BOP can be changed to get
optimized BOP run time
Parallel Processing of BOP in
APO
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Detail Comparison of Availability

Check with SAP R/3 vs. SAP APO

Overview of ATP check

High level comparison of APO GATP vs. R/3 ATP

Prerequisite for R/3 ATP check

Comparison APO GATP vs. R/3 ATP check

Gaps where R/3 short falls

Product Allocation Check

Comparison APO GATP vs. R/3 ATP check

Gaps where R/3 short falls

Comparison APO GATP Product substitution vs. R/3 Material determination

Backorder Processing (BOP)

Comparison APO GATP

Gaps where R/3 short falls

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Sole purpose of this presentation is to compare Basic Methods of

In R/3 few method of ATP check are available, but no new

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Availability check is the integral part of the business process which

In many OLTP systems, ATP functions are limited or nonexistent. Previous

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APO GATP vs. R/3 ATP check - System benefits of APO

Fast response through liveCache* use for ATP check

High performance even with a high volume of data

Rich, state-of-the-art functionality in APO

* High performance, memory

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APO GATP vs. R/3 ATP check High level comparison

Basic availability check

ATP using APO GATP

Basic availability check

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Advance Methods of Availability Check in APO GATP

Powerful new order promising functionalities delivered by Global ATP

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Prerequisite for APO Global Available to Promise

What does that mean?!

Typically, in the setup of Global Available-to-Promise (GATP), you

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Prerequisite for APO Global Available to Promise

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Prerequisite for R/3 ATP Prerequisite for R/3 ATP

What does that mean?!

Youre using R/3 and not APO for ATP checks

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Product Availability Check (ATP check) the Basics

Product Availability check?

What Product Availability check should do?

Check against available to Promise: warehouse stock, the planned

Consider Replenishment Lead time

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Product Availability Check in APO Key Capabilities -Time

In order to distinguish between ATP checks with different degrees of,

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Product Availability Check in APO Key Capabilities -Time

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Product Availability Check in APO - Key Capabilities

A method to check against replenishment lead time

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Product Availability Check in APO - Key Capabilities

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Product Availability Check in R/3 - Key Capabilities