Enabling Available to Promise

Enable the Available to Promise feature to check inventory and assembly item availability.

Note:

To use this feature, enable Demand Planning.

To enable the Available to Promise feature:

1. Go to Setup > Company > Enable Features.

2. On the Items & Inventory subtab, check the Available to Promise box.

3. Click Save.

After the feature is enabled, you can set up item records for it.

To set up an item record for Available to Promise:

1. Go to Lists > Accounting > Items.

2. Beside the name of an inventory or assembly item, click Edit.

3. On the item record, click the Purchasing/Inventory subtab.

4. In the Inventory Management section, select a Default ATP Method.

   For more information, see Available to Promise Methods.

5. In the ATP Lead Time field, enter a lead time to use in Available to Promise calculations.

   ATP lead time is used as a planning horizon for supply and demand in the ship date recommendation calculations. ATP lead time also provides a ship date on an order when no inventory is available based on future supply and demand.

   If you use the Multi-Location Inventory feature, the Locations subtab shows an ATP Lead Time column. You can enter a distinct ATP lead time for each location in the fields in this column.

6. Enter additional data in fields as necessary.

7. Click Save.

Related Topics

Available to Promise Methods

Checking Item Availability

Available to Promise Earliest Availability

Available to Promise

General Notices