Introduction to Contoso Coffee Demo Data
Contoso Coffee is a fictitious company that produces consumer and commercial coffee makers. The Contoso Coffee apps for Business Central add demo data that you can use to learn how to use the capabilities in Business Central.
Set up Contoso Coffee data
To use the Contoso Coffee demo data, you must install two apps in the relevant company in Business Central:
Contoso Coffee Demo Dataset
This app delivers demo data for the base application.
Contoso Coffee Demo Dataset (country ID)
This app adds country-specific content on top of the base application.
Add the apps to an empty company in a paid subscription or as part of a trial. For example, create a new company with no sample data from the Create New Company assisted setup guide that you can open from the Companies list. Then add the apps from the marketplace if they are not already listed in the Extension Management page.
You then should complete:
- The Manufacturing Setup to prepare for use of the Manufacturing Scenarios
- The Warehousing Setup to prepare for use of the Warehousing Scenarios
Manufacturing Scenarios
The Contoso Coffee demo data currently supports the following manufacturing scenarios for test and training:
- Create a New Production BOM and BOM Version
- Create a New Routing
- Create a Firm Planned Production Order and Change It
- Combine Automatic and Manual Flushing
- Use Order Planning to Create and Reserve Supply
- Set Up and Process a Subcontracting Operation
- Set Up New Capacity
- Forecast demand for item variants with different BOMs assigned
Read the steps for each scenario in the relevant article.
Important
The Manufacturing walkthroughs require that the user experience is set to Premium in the Company Information page.
Warehousing Scenarios
The Contoso Coffee demo data currently supports the following warehousing scenarios for test and training:
- Configure default bins, receive and put-away with inventory put-away, pick and ship with inventory pick in order-by-order fashion with Walkthrough of inbound and outbound flow in Basic Warehouse Configurations
- Receive and put-away multiple inbound orders at once with warehouse receipt, ship multiple orders at once with warehouse shipment, pick with warehouse picks with Walkthrough of inbound and outbound flow in mixed Warehouse Configurations
- Configure fixed bins for item unit of measure, user cross-docking to reduce physical movements of goods, optimize placing of goods with bin replenishment, break-bulk large units of measure into smaller ones, distribute picking among warehouse employes with picking worksheet with Walkthrough of inbound and outbound flow in Advanced Warehouse Configuration with Directed Put-away and Pick
Read the steps for each scenario in the relevant article.