This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 1.
The sixteenth of the new functionality in the Application section is Demo tool and data for warehouse and inventory scenarios.
To help partners demonstrate the advanced capabilities of Business Central, we’re making a demo tool that provides setup and data for warehouse and inventory scenarios.
Enabled for: Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically
Public Preview: Mar 2023
General Availability: Apr 2023
Feature Details
The Contoso Coffee app provides a demo tool and a related set of demo data for warehousing scenarios. You can install the extension in any environment. Presales specialists can run the tool on Cronus or MyCompany and get the setup and demo data needed to demonstrate various scenarios. For Business Central on-premises, the demo tool and data are available on the product media as source code.
The Contoso Coffee app provides three locations that are optimized for different scenarios:
- SILVER: This location is configured to use bins. It can be easily configured to support basic or advanced warehouse flows.
- YELLOW: This location uses the advanced warehouse configuration, but doesn’t use bins. It can be reconfigured to support basic configurations.
- WHITE: This location uses the advanced warehouse configuration with directed put-aways and picks. Directed put-aways and picks let businesses use rules to control how items move throughout a warehouse.
Scenarios
The Contoso Coffee warehousing demo data supports the following scenarios for testing and training:
- Walkthrough of inbound and outbound flow in basic warehouse configurations.
- Walkthrough of inbound and outbound flow in mixed warehouse configurations.
- Walkthrough of inbound and outbound flow in advanced warehouse configurations with directed put-away and pick.
To learn more about the Contoso Coffee extension, go to Introduction to Contoso Coffee Demo Data.
My Opinion
It will be interesting to take a detailed look at this. On the surface it seems like it could be quite beneficial when it comes to conducting demos by reducing the effort required on configuration and data setup.
New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 1
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