Free Goods & Sample

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

Plase letme know what is the difference between Free good customization and Sample Customization....

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi Ravi Kumar,

Free goods - In SAP there are two types Exclusive and Inclusive.

Exclusive - Buy 2 and get 1 free. This means you have to buy minimum 2 pieces then on that you will get 1 piece absolutely free.

Inclusive - Buy 2 get 1 free. In this case it means you are paying for only 1 item and the other item is absolutely free.

Configuration:

IMG - Sales & Distribution - Basic Functions - Free Goods - condition technique for free goods -

1. create the condition table.

2. maintain access sequence and assign the condition table to the access sequence.

3. maintain condition type and assign the access sequence to the condition type.

4. maintain the procedure for free goods and assign the condition type to the free goods procedure.

5. Activate free goods determination. In this enter sales org., dis channel, division , docu pri pro, cust pri pro and the free goods procedure.

6. now go to VBN1 - create free goods determination. Select your condition type, key combination and enter. Here you enter sales org, dis channel, customer no., Valid from and Valid to dates. Then you first select whether it is exclusive or inclusive free goods determination. By default it will be inclusive if you click on exclusive it will become exclusive and on top it will display inclusive. Here you enter minimum quantity for free goods and from what order quantity the number of free goods. You can control the delivery also in the second last column(free goods delivery control).

Save the record. Go to VA01 create the sales order , enter the item and the minimum quantity for free goods to be applicable and observe the results.

SAMPLE -

sample is normally given to a new customer. We give customer a sample of our finished item, the customer will use it at his/her site and if approved then he will start ordering for the finished item. You give samples to existing customers also when you come up with a new product and you want to sell it to your old customer.

For sample it is like free of charge delivery. Sales document type is FD. The item category for FD item is KLN and it is not relevant for pricing. so when you create the sales order in VA01 you will not get any price.

I hope I have answered your query. Please reward valuable points if solution helps.

Regards,

Allabaqsh G. Patil

[Former Member]

hi,

Free goods is a strategy to increase sales volume by luring the customer that if he buys 10 products one will be absolutely free.

Samples are free products given to customer to try for. In SD, the sales document type is FD(Free of Charge).

chan

[Former Member]

Free goods is something that the customer is given after he buys certain quantity of the product/material.

Sample is something that is given without having the customer to buy anything.

Regards

AK

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[Former Member]

Hi

Free Goods:Goods that are given as additional goods as part of the ordered goods are called as free goods.Here the unit of measure of free goods should be the same as standard goods.

Example:If you are are ordering 10 maggi sauce bottle you will be paying for only 8 bottles 2 is given as freegoods.

price will not be reflected in pricing or billing.this is inclusive freegoods

Exclusive freegoods.

wherein the freegoods are given as additional good to that of the ordered goods

Example:For 4 coffee vending machine 1 kg coffee powder isgive as free goods

Sample goods:these are the goods which are given as pert of the promotional activity to increase the sales.

here the customer is not paying money.

Regards

Hema