Free goods master data must be maintained before automatic free goods determination can be carried out. The condition technique is used for free goods in the same way as for pricing.

The free goods master data has the following features:

• Free goods can be maintained as either inclusive or exclusive.

• You can set the requirements governing when free goods are granted at as many levels as required, e.g. at customer/material level or customer hierarchy/material level. Just as in pricing, condition tables are used for this which you can enhance according to your own requirements.

• You can specify a validity period for the free goods agreement.

• You can specify a minimum quantity for which free goods is to be granted.

• Stages can be defined with regards to the minimum quantities and their dependent free goods.

• For exclusive free goods, you can define a material other than the material sold to be granted as free goods.

• You can define different rules for determining the free goods quantity:

• proportional (rule 1)
• related to number of units (rule 2)
• only for whole units (rule 3)

• You can enhance the rules for determining the free goods quantity with your own routines (Transaction VOFM in menu point Formulas).

• Delivery controlling