Capability To Promise

Capability to Promise (CTP) is run to find out the capability of the plant to manufacture and deliver the requested product in required quantity at the requested date. Tell me more

Select the “Capability To Promise ” link under the “Work Order Management“ business component.

The “Capability To Promise” page appears.

Enter the following details:

Item Code	The unique code identifying the item for which a work order is being created. Mandatory. Enter the code if the same is known or make use of the help facility. For the Item Code and Variant combination, the system validates the item to get the item details.
	Help facility available.

Note: For the Business Unit, Item code and Variant combination, the system checks for the validity of the item. If the item has variants, then the variant should be specified.

Variant Code

The number or code identifying the variant of an item being created.

Note: The system retrieves the item details for the specified item code and variant combination and also validates the item for the business unit, item code and variant combination.

The system displays the following:

Desc.	The description of the item or item variant.
	Zoom facility available.

Enter the following details:

Qty.

The quantity of the item that is required to be manufactured.

The system displays the following:

UOM

The production unit of measure of the selected item.

Enter the following details:

Warehouse Code	The warehouse where the work order for the item specified is to be received. Mandatory. Enter the warehouse if the same is known or make use of the help facility. For the specified warehouse, the system validates the warehouse.
	Help facility available.

Note: If the warehouse field is not specified, the system generates the standard warehouse for the selected item.

Requested Date

The requested date on which the item specified is required.

The system displays the following:

Material Planner

The material planners defined in the control unit for which the login user has access permission.

The system displays the following:

CTP Results

The problems related to the items and resources. It can be “No Problem”, “Material Problem”, “Capacity Problem”, “Matl & Cap. Problem” or “Engineering Change Problem”.

Enter the following details:

Status

Use the drop-down list box to select the status of the work order. The system displays “First Value” by default on launch of the page. You can select from “Requested”, “Accepted”, “Firmed” or “Released”.If “Requested” value is not valid, then the other value in order is taken up as the default value.

Click the “Create Work Order” pushbutton to create a work order for the item, variant, quantity, requested date which is equal to due date and for the warehouse and the work order no displayed in the header.

The source of item is checked by the system to be “Manufactured” for the warehouse Organization Unit. The system ensures that at least one row should have the values entered in the multiline and also displays Created By with login ID and Created Date with System Date.

The system displays the following:

Work Order No.

The unique number identifying the work order to be created for the selected item

Note: The work order no will be generated only of the “Create Work Order” pushbutton is used.

The system displays the following in the “Material Problem” multiline:

Item Code	The code identifying the input item that has material problem.
Variant Code	The number or code that identifies the variant of the item that has material problem.
Desc.	The description of the item/item variant.
Required Date	The date on which the item is required.
UOM	The unit of measure of the item.
Required Qty.	The quantity of the item required to be manufactured.
Shortage	The shortage quantity of the item that has material problem. This field is the difference between the required quantity and available quantity.
Material Planner	The material planner of the item variant.
Parent Item Code	The code identifying the parent item.
Parent Variant Code	The code identifying the parent variant of the item.

The system displays the following in the “Capacity Problem” multiline:

Resource No.	The number identifying the resource that has capacity problem.
Desc.	The description of the resource.
Required Date	The date on which the resource is required.
Required Capacity	The capacity of the resource required during manufacture of the item.
UOM	The unit of measurement of the resource.
Available Capacity	The capacity of the resource available during production.
Shortage	The shortage of the resource that has capacity problem. This field is the difference between the required capacity and available capacity.
Department	The department defined in the control unit responsible for the resource.
Parent Item	The code identifying the parent item.
Parent Variant Code	The code identifying the parent variant of the item.

Click the “Run CTP” pushbutton to execute the capability to promise created for the specified item.

The system displays the corresponding CTP Results in the header, the items that have material problems in the “Material Problem” multiline and the resources that have capacity problems in the “Capacity Problem” multiline. The source of item is checked by the system to be “Manufactured” for the warehouse Organization Unit. The system ensures that at least one row should have the values entered in the multiline.

The login user ID and the system date are updated in the “Created By” and “Created Date” fields.

The system displays the following:

Created By	The login user ID of the person who has created the capability to promise.
Created Date	The date on which the capability to promise was created.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Create Work Order” link to create the work order by copying all the header details on to the Create Work Order screen.

Select the “Edit Work Order” link to modify the work order details for the selected item and quantity combination.

Select the “Create Sale Order” link to create sale order details for the selected item.

Select the “Inquire Company Stock” link to view the free stock information of the specified item.

Select the “Resource Loading” link at the bottom of the page to view the resources attached to the item.

Prerequisites

Mandatory

Item code must be defined for the Business Unit.

Product structure and/or Process plan must be available for the item.

Warehouse must be defined in the “Maintain Item-Basic Information” activity of the “Storage Administration” business component.