Available-to-promise

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Available-to-promise ( German  zusicherbarer stock ) means the economic question of whether a certain quantity of material or product is a requirement date is available or whether the material can be provided at a later time or in a small amount, if necessary. To determine whether a material is available, in addition to the inventory, other receipts can also be taken into account, such as purchase orders and production orders , and it can be taken into account whether competing orders have already been guaranteed quantities.

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literature

  • Ball, MO et al. (2004), Available to Promise in Handbook of Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis - Modeling in the E-Business Era , Kluwer.
  • Li Ling (2007): Supply Chain Management: Concepts, techniques and practices: Enhancing the value through collaboration, World Scientific Publishing (15 Aug 2007), ISBN 9812700722 .