SAP ERP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD):

Available to Promise (ATP) in SAP-SD

Posted by Manu Bhatia Mar 23, 2009
One short note before we start off the subject: Availability refers to the projections of future material stock
availability based on the rules we define. It is not directly related to the actual stock. I have seen people
confusing availablity with stock situation in MMBE. These are different things. As we will see, it is seen from
CO09 according to the applicable Checking Rule. Also it is not directly related to Material Reservations, though
we can see reserved materials in CO09.

What do we need to know?

Dates:Order Date - Date on which the sales order is entered. System proposes the current date by default.
Material Availability Date - The date on which the material must be available. On the material availability date,
the vendor must start the activities relevant for delivery, such as picking and packing the goods. The material
availability date must be sufficiently early enough so that the goods are prepared by the loading date.
Transportation Planning Date - We must arrange transportation by this date, so that the delivery can be
sent to the customer. The date from which the organization of goods transport must begin. The transportation
planning date must be selected early enough so that the transport is available on the loading date to load the
goods.
Loading Date - Picking and packing must be completed by this date so that the goods are ready for loading.
Goods Issue Date - Goods must physically leave the shipping point by this date. The date on which the goods
must leave the company to arrive at the customer location in time.
Delivery Date - Customer should receive delivery of the goods by this date. The date on which goods are
to arrive at the customer's premises. Example: The delivery date can be the delivery date requested by the
customer (desired delivery date) or the date confirmed in the vendor's order acknowledgment or shipping
confirmation (confirmed or acknowledged delivery date).
Times:Pick/Pack Time - Difference between the material availability date and loading date.
Transportation Lead Time - Number of days required for organizing a shipment for an item to be delivered.
Loading Time - Difference between loading date and goods issue date.
Transit Time - Number of days required for delivering an item from your company to the customer via a certain
route.

How do we View Availability Situation?

Run Transaction: CO09 Enter Plant & Checking Rule, against which the Availability is to be checked. Checking
Rule for Sales Order = A, Delivery = B, Back Order = BO

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In this screen, we can see:
> Availability Checking Group (Avail Check): 02
> Check Rule : A

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> End Lead Time Refers to the end of Replenishment Lead Time. If that is not included in the Configuration,
then this field is not visible.
> Totals Display:
> Receipts = Sum of all +ve Quantities in Rec./Reqd qty Column
(Leave out the last row, MRP Element 001, since it is a total)
These are all the Planned Incoming Movements
> Issues = Sum of all -ve Quantities in Rec./Reqd qty Column
These are all the Planned Outgoing Movements
> Confirmed issues = Sum of all (+ve) Quantities in Confirmed Column
These are the confirmations against ATP.

When is Availability Check Triggered?

While creating a Sales Order, Production Order, Delivery, etc. Below is a screen from Sales Order. At the
bottom is a button for Check Material Availability. Also while creating the order, if the Availability situation
cannot meet the requested delivery date, the system goes to Availability screen automatically.

How we arrive at a Confirmed Delivery Date?

Below is the logic the system uses to check availability:
> Using the Scheduling data from Delivery & Transportation Scheduling, the system does the backward
calculation from the Requested Delivery Date. This is used to arrive at Material Availability Date.
> On the Material Availability Date, system checks the Available Qty, as seen in CO09 in column ***. ATP Qty.
If the Available Qty is > than Required Qty, Requested Delivery Date is confirmed. Otherwise,
> System moves into the future till it finds the required Available Qty. The new date is then the new Material
Availability Date.
> On getting the confirmed Material Availability Date, system does the Forward Scheduling to arrive at a
Confirmed Delivery date.

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Result of Availability Check

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Above is the Availability Screen as seen in Sales Order. It has following Buttons:
One-time delivery - In the results of Availability, we have 3 options to choose from. This is Case 1, when
we can confirm the Customer's Requested delivery Date. The details of this are visible in the first sub screen
below.
Complete dlv. - This is Case 2, when we can confirm the Customer's Requested complete delivery at a future
Date. The details of this are visible in the second sub screen below.
Delivery proposal - This is Case 3, when we can confirm the Customer's Requested delivery in partial
quantities at future dates. The details of this are visible in the third sub screen below.
Continue - If we select one of the above options, the same gets saved in the ATP results. Otherwise, we can
select this button. In that case, system leaves the ATP screen without saving the ATP results.

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Control of Availability Check

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Scope of Check - This shows the Stocks & Movements that system considers for availability.

What Configuration & Data do we need?

Controlling Elements:Requirements Type - Strategy to Determine Requirements Type:
Using Strategy Group from Material Master (IMG Guide > Production > PP > DM > PIR > Planning Strategy >
Define Strategy Group > Define Strategy)
Else, Determine Strategy Group using MRP Group (IMG Guide > Production > MRP > MRP Groups > Overall
Maintenance > Strategy Group; IMG Guide > Production > PP > DM > PIR > Planning Strategy > Assign MRP
Group to Strategy Group)
Else, In place of MRP Group, Material Type is used (IMG Guide > Production > MRP > Define MRP Groups
for each Material Type)
Else, Item Category + MRP Type > (determines) > Req. Type (OR) Item Category > (determines)> Req. Type
(IMG Guide > SD > BF > AC & TOR > TOR > Determination of Requirements Type using Transaction)
Then, Transaction not relevant for Availability Check.

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Requirements Class - Requirements Type > (determines) > Requirements Class

(IMG Guide > Sales & Distribution > Basic Functions > Transfer of Requirements > Define Requirements Type)
Schedule Line Category
(IMG Guide > SD > BF > AC & TOR > AC > AC with ATP > Define Procedure for each Schedule Line
Category)
Delivery Item Category
(IMG Guide > SD > BF > AC & TOR > AC > AC with ATP > Define Procedure for each Delivery Item Category)
Checking Group - Material type + Plant > (determines) > Checking Group
Checking Rule - For Sales Orders : A; For Deliveries : B; For Back Orders, we can define from: (IMG Guide >
SD > BF > AC & TOR > AC > AC with ATP > Checking rule for Updating Back Orders)
Scope of Check - Checking Group + Checking Rule > (determines) > Scope of Check
Strategy Group - Used in the determination of Requirements Type
Partial Delivery Agreement - From customer master
Replenishment Lead Time - From material master
Material Master Data:MRP 1 > MRP Group
MRP 2 > Planned Delivery Time
MRP 2 > GR Processing Time
MRP 3 > Checking Group for Availability Check
MRP 3 > Strategy Group
MRP 3 > Total Replenishment Lead Time
Scheduling Data:- (IMG Guide > Sales & Distribution > Basic Functions > Delivery Scheduling &
Transportation Scheduling > Maintain Duration)
Transit Time
Loading Time
Pick/Pack Time
Transportation Planning Lead Time
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Ashutosh Tol
Oct 1, 2014 3:50 PM
It's very nice document
Fuji_ Sky
Jan 8, 2014 4:28 AM
Thank you. It's very helpful with me.
Santosh Verma
Jan 6, 2014 6:00 AM
Good Document
Regards
Santosh Verma

Thank you for sharing

Siva Prasad Vasireddy

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Jan 6, 2014 5:28 AM

Fine Explanation
Thank you for sharing
Ju Yang
Jan 6, 2014 2:58 AM
Dear Manu,
Thanks for the knowledge sharing. One more question in case you have time:
Checking Rule - Checking rule for Updating Back Orders, where we can use this, in V_V2? if not, what is the
difference compared with Sales order ATP.
Thanks in advance.
Sachin Jagdale
Dec 17, 2013 9:00 AM
Very informative document.
Kishor Patil
Oct 21, 2013 8:52 AM
Nice Document. It will surely help frehers like me to learn a lot.
Thanks for sharing.
Pradeep Mani
Sep 24, 2013 6:35 AM
Good work,pictorial representation makes complex matters to understand in a simple way
Thanks,
Pradeep
Khushi Mughal
Sep 8, 2013 9:27 AM
Thanks a lot for Great information n explanation.
Congratulation!
Best Regards,
Khushi
pankaj labhasetwar
Sep 6, 2013 11:21 AM
Thanks Manu for such informative document.......
Regards,

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Pankaj
Glaucia Favaretto
Aug 30, 2013 9:13 PM
Hi!
Very good explanation about ATP and Scheduling!
Congratulation!
Regards,
Glaucia
KRISHNA KUMAR
Aug 22, 2013 11:00 AM
Hi Manu,
Nice explanation.
Regards,
Krishna.
Pillamgolla Amala Srinivasa Rao
Aug 18, 2013 2:12 PM
Good piece of work dear
Suman Sardar
Aug 18, 2013 10:28 AM
Hi Manu,
Nice contribution! Keep sharing.
Thanks,
Suman$
Srinu S
Aug 14, 2013 2:58 PM
Very nice document. thank you for sharing it.
Regards,
Srinu.
naga suribabu
Jul 31, 2013 6:49 PM
Good Document.Thank you for sharing it.

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Thanks and Regards

suribabu
Narendra Konnipati in response to Ritesh Kumar on page 10
Jul 25, 2013 3:18 PM
Hi,

I am very sorry Ritesh

.I didnt see this blog after I commented .I think ,you would have waited so much time

for my reply .
Thanks,
Narendra Konnipati
SREEDHAR REDDY
Jul 25, 2013 1:40 PM
Great Job With Screen shots.
Thanks & Regards,
Sreedhar Reddy
Manu Bhatia in response to SAP User on page 10
Aug 21, 2012 3:33 PM
Hi SAP User (didn't get your name in the bio),
If you have worked in ATP, you would appreciate the importance and complexity of availability check. This is
an attempt to collate and simplify all the relevant information spread out in mutiple places.
SAP User
Aug 21, 2012 1:28 PM
What is the point in copying and pasting an SAP documentation and making it your supposed contribution ?
This doesn't add any value and just makes it more difficult for people to find the right information, having to go
through the same docs pasted by different persons.
Manu Bhatia in response to Ritesh Kumar on page 11
Mar 26, 2012 11:12 AM
Thanks Ritesh.
I had used the IMG Activity documentation and help.sap.com documentation to get a handle of ATP.
Ritesh Kumar in response to Manu Bhatia on page 11
Mar 26, 2012 9:58 AM
Hi Naren,
I am SD consultant in IBM and new to ATP, recently my client planed to configure ATP in my project. I wonder
if you will explain me all required configuration steps (Including cross module like MM and PP (is FI there?))
and what are prerequisite for ATP settings. I be pleased about your help.

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Thanks
Ritesh
Ritesh Kumar
Mar 26, 2012 6:49 AM
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It seems very good Document to me.
Cheers
Ritesh
Manu Bhatia in response to Narendra Konnipati on page 11
Mar 26, 2012 6:35 AM
Thanks Naren
Narendra Konnipati
Mar 25, 2012 6:02 PM
Good document dear
Naren

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