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Introduction to Contoso Coffee Manufacturing

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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 manufacturing capabilities in Business Central.

The app provides four products that are optimised for different scenarios:

  • SP-SCM1009 Airpot

    This product is a bill of material (BOM) with a subassembly, Routing. Use it to demonstrate the standard production flow. It's set up with alternative routings that you can use to demonstrate various scenarios that involve subcontractors. The costing method is Standard.

  • SP-SCM1011 Airpot Duo

    This product requires item tracking and has a component that also requires item tracking. The costing method is Specific.

  • SP-SCM1004 Autodrip

    This product is a BOM with a subassembly, Routing. We recommend it to demonstrate the various flushing methods both for components and operations. The costing method is Standard.

  • SP-SCM1006 AutoDripLite

    This product has three variants and three bills of material (BOMs) that can be assigned to stockkeeping units. The product uses the phantom BOM concept. The costing method is Standard.

The manufacturing activities for all scenarios use the MAIN location.

Important

Before you run any of the scenarios for Contoso Coffee, post any item journal lines with opening balances. For more requirements, see the Set up Contoso Coffee data section.

Set up Contoso Coffee Manufacturing 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 company in a paid subscription or as part of a trial. Add the apps from the marketplace if they are not already listed in the Extension Management page.
Field Description
Manufacturing Location Specifies the warehouse that you want to use for production operations. The default is MAIN, but you can change it to suit your needs.

Once you're ready, choose the Create Demo Data action. It takes a few minutes to add the data to the underlying database, but then you're ready to run the various scenarios.

Scenarios

The Contoso Coffee manufacturing demo data currently supports the following scenarios for test and training:

  1. Create a New Production BOM and BOM Version
  2. Create a New Routing
  3. Create a Firm Planned Production Order and Change It
  4. Combine Automatic and Manual Flushing
  5. Use Order Planning to Create and Reserve Supply
  6. Set Up and Process a Subcontracting Operation
  7. Set Up New Capacity
  8. Forecast demand for item variants with different BOMs assigned

Read the steps for each scenario in the relevant article.

Important

These walkthroughs require that the user experience is set to Premium in the Company Information page.

See also

Manufacturing
Production Reports and Analytics in Business Central