ATP Overview screen
If the goods that have been ordered by the customer are not available at the requested delivery date, the system automatically goes to a specific AFS overview screen, when entering the sales document. Here you can select different delivery proposals (one-time delivery, total quantity, delivery proposal). On this screen you can get information on the scope of check, the current ATP quantity or alternative availability situation in different plants, materials and grid values. The replenishment degree is displayed in percent values in the ATP overview screen. By displaying the replenishment degree in percentage and the alternative availability situation, you can inform the customers of possible delivery dates or alternatives. Thus you can contribute to a timely execution of business processes, which leads to a high level of customer satisfaction. The following options are available on the overview screen (see also Material Determination):

If you have defined categories for your material (see Categories), you can use the categories to assign the stock to the requirements. The assignment of the requirements to the stock categories is carried out by the coverage strategy during the MRP. The results of the ATP check are based on the settings of the coverage strategy, among others.

The stock is displayed in the ATP order entry screen according to the settings of the coverage strategy. If a customer accepts quality 2 so that they can get the requested delivery quantity on the requested delivery date, the stock equals the total of the stock categories. In the AFS additional data (view Sales à Environment à AFS additional data à field: requirements category from ATP assignment) you can determine whether such a consumption of stock categories is permitted for this customer or whether the results of the ATP check are fixed. In the latter case you ensure that the customer gets the categories that have been determined by the ATP check (see AFS Additional Data in the Customer Master).

The order scheduling (see Order Scheduling) is an additional process in the AFS sales processing to optimize the delivery dates of the schedule lines in the sales order. For this you can create and use rules so that special customer requests or general business requirements are taken into account. You can use the order scheduling to influence the confirmed delivery dates that result from the ATP check.

The main task of the material requirements planning in the AFS system is to ensure the material availability at SKU level. The AFS requirements planning uniquely assigns requirement quantities to the available stock with the help of grid values and categories, or it creates procurement proposals at SKU level for non-existing stock (see Requirements Planning). Depending on the settings of the master data and the scope of check the availability check determines one or several delivery dates.

The stock is displayed in the availability check according to different rules than in the AFS stock/ requirements list. In the ATP check the display of the ATP stock depends on the scope of check (see Availability Check – Control Parameters) and the requested delivery date. If the requested delivery date is outside the replenishment lead time, sufficient stock is always displayed. It is assumed that the required stock can be replenished. In the AFS stock/ requirements list the stock (and also the created procurement proposals) can be distributed via different statuses (for example in status A – unrestricted-use or F – fixed: shipping). The display of the stock can therefore be different in the ATP and the AFS stock/ requirements list.