What does order promising do when Promising Mode is set to Supply Chain Availability Search in the ATP rule definition?

When the Promising Mode is set to "Supply Chain Availability Search," Global Order Promising (GOP) performs a comprehensive check across the defined supply chain network. Its primary behavior is to first identify and consume existing sources of supply—such as on-hand inventory, scheduled purchase orders, transfer orders, and work orders—before it considers creating new supply. This ensures that current inventory and in-transit materials are prioritized for fulfillment, optimizing the use of existing assets to meet demand.

A. Promises on the requested date: This is a general goal of order promising, not the specific mechanism of the "Supply Chain Availability Search" mode. The ability to promise on the requested date depends on whether supply is found.
B. Assumes supply of item is infinitely available: This describes the "Infinite Availability-Based" promising mode, which ignores on-hand balances and supply schedules, relying solely on lead times.

1. Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM

Using Global Order Promising (Release 24B)

Chapter: Set Up Promising and Sourcing Rules

Section: ATP Rules.

This section details the different promising modes. For "Supply Chain Availability Search

" it states

"Order promising searches for supply across the supply chain and promises against collected supply data. It considers on-hand inventory

purchase orders

transfer orders

and work orders." This confirms the mode's function is to find and use existing supplies first.

2. Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM

Implementing Order Management (Release 24B)

Chapter: Global Order Promising

Section: Overview of Global Order Promising.

This document explains that GOP can promise orders by checking for availability of supplies in the supply chain. The "Supply Chain Availability Search" is the mode that explicitly performs this check against existing and scheduled supplies before considering other options.