RE: Promotional Give-away

We track promotional allowances in a similar manner.  The PA is set up as a
non inventory (credit) item and gets added to the order.  What I would be
tempted to do is set up a new item with the suffix P and for the BOM have
the original item.  I haven't used substitute items here so I don't know how
they would be tracked in history, but it would seem that you might be able
to have the new item number with the substitute of the original item.

Just some ramblings before I take the kids out for their annual candy
begging.

Doug Ritsema
Holland American Wafer Co
3300 Roger B Chaffee
Grand Rapids, MI  49548
doug.ritsema@wafers.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Shrader, Patrick [mailto:pshrader@wkep.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 4:20 PM
To: mapics-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Promotional Give-away


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I am leaning towards creating a new item number in the system (going on the
promotion item idea) and selling the "new" item as a free one, doing IA
transactions before the pick is created. Then I can track what customers
received this particular item. Item and order comments will let everyone
know that this was a free item, inventory will be controlled through the IA
transaction, and I can track the performance of the promotion to how many
"free" items are shipped out.