__**Price/Rate Generation**__

The Price Sale tier employs automated price generation derived from sales transaction data. Prices are calculated for defined timeframes based on sales data occurring within those periods.

**Price Generation Period Type**

Defines the temporal granularity for price calculation:
  * Week
  * Month
  * Quarter

**Price Generation Strategy**

Determines the calculation methodology applied to sales data within each period:
  * Average: Calculates a volume-weighted average price
  * Minimum: Applies the lowest price observed during the period
  * Maximum: Applies the highest price observed during the period

**Freight Handling**

The system generates two distinct price points to accommodate different shipping terms:
  * Price excluding freight (FOB pricing)
  * Price including freight (Delivered pricing)

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**Price Generation Look-back Period**

__Function__: Enables the system to reference historical pricing when current period data is unavailable.

__Behavior__:
  * Does not influence price calculation for periods with active sales data
  * Does not populate periods lacking sales data with interpolated or estimated prices
  * Searches backward N periods to identify the most recent valid price for application

**Average Sale Price Change Tolerance**

__Function__: Establishes a threshold for price recalculation to prevent unnecessary updates from marginal data changes.

__Behavior__:
  * Below Threshold: New sales data causing price variations within the configured tolerance percentage will not trigger recalculation
  * Above Threshold: Sales data resulting in price changes exceeding the tolerance percentage will invalidate the current period price and generate a corrected value

**Calculation Example**

Configuration Assumptions:
  * Period Type: Monthly
  * Product: 5432
  * Company: XYZ
  * Sales Data Timeline:
April 5: Sales transaction recorded at $10.00/case

April 15: Delivery date on claim (claim processed in May)

April 25: Sales transaction recorded at $20.00/case