Available-to-Promise, Able-to-Promise, Advanced Able-to-Promise, Capable to Promise, Profitable to Promise: all are catchphrases describing different offerings that support the order commitment process. Such a proliferation of jargon makes it harder to understand the various levels of support for order commitment and the tools and technologies available to deliver them.
ATP, AATP, CTP, AND PTP: Order Commitment Alphabet Soup
Why the interest in order commitment?