Enhancing traditional ATP functionality in open source ERP systems: A case study from the food & beverages industry

Christou, IT; Ponis, S

dc.contributor.author	Christou, IT	en
dc.contributor.author	Ponis, S	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:28:16Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:28:16Z
dc.date.issued	2008	en
dc.identifier.issn	15481115	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/18792
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dc.subject	Available-to-promise	en
dc.subject	ERP systems	en
dc.subject	Open source	en
dc.subject	Production scheduling	en
dc.subject	Supply chain management	en
dc.subject.other	Administrative data processing	en
dc.subject.other	Beverages	en
dc.subject.other	Canning	en
dc.subject.other	Chlorine compounds	en
dc.subject.other	Enterprise resource planning	en
dc.subject.other	Food preservation	en
dc.subject.other	Information systems	en
dc.subject.other	Sales	en
dc.subject.other	Available-to-promise	en
dc.subject.other	Business rules	en
dc.subject.other	Case studies	en
dc.subject.other	Commodity-off-the-shelf	en
dc.subject.other	Customer services	en
dc.subject.other	Enterprise Information Systems	en
dc.subject.other	ERP systems	en
dc.subject.other	Food industries	en
dc.subject.other	Open source	en
dc.subject.other	Open sources	en
dc.subject.other	Production capacities	en
dc.subject.other	Production scheduling	en
dc.subject.other	Prototype tools	en
dc.subject.other	Real time	en
dc.subject.other	Sales personnel	en
dc.subject.other	Supply chain management	en
dc.subject.other	Time windows	en
dc.subject.other	Customer satisfaction	en
dc.title	Enhancing traditional ATP functionality in open source ERP systems: A case study from the food & beverages industry	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2008	en
heal.abstract	Available-to-promise (ATP) procedures in today's enterprise information systems usually involve a simple search for available or planned inventory of a particular product in a particular depot at a particular time. In this article, ATP is viewed as a dynamic and more complex problem of deciding whether to accept a customer order request given the available inventory and planned production plus the remaining production capacity and business rules for covering demand from certain customer classes, for given products and time window. Whenever this is not possible, the production schedule is modified, by utilizing ""reserved"" capacity and resources, to cover extra demand. A prototype tool has been designed and implemented based on this approach, that can be easily integrated into existing ERP systems enhancing their functionality and increasing the level of customer service. The elaborated prototype is pilot tested in a case company in the food industry and is loosely integrated within the Open Source Compiere 2, ERP system extended to handle manufacturing. The prototype produces almost real time results on modern commodity-off-the-shelf computers, thus enhancing sales personnel performance and efficiency and increasing the level of customer service and satisfaction. Copyright © 2008, IGI Global.	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems	en
dc.identifier.volume	4	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	18	en
dc.identifier.epage	33	en