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ATP Rule Options

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. See: Defining ATP Rules.

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. See: Defining Organization Parameters and Defining Items.

The ATP options you can set are:

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