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# Warehousing

> Contoso Coffee warehousing demo data in Business Central, covering three warehouse locations that show basic, mixed and advanced configurations. It answers questions about how receiving, put-away, picking, moving and shipping work in each setup.

Path: [Get started](../../../get-started.md) > [Learn](../../learn.md) > [Contoso Coffee demo data](../contoso-coffee-demo-data.md) > Warehousing · tier official · system none · narrative reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

This section uses the Contoso Coffee demo data to walk through warehouse processes in three configurations. An introduction page describes the three demo locations: one basic with bins, one advanced without bins, and one advanced with directed put-away and pick.

Three walkthroughs follow. The SILVER location shows the basic configuration (Order-by-Order) with inventory put-away and inventory pick. The YELLOW location shows a mixed setup with basic inbound and advanced outbound flows. The WHITE location shows the advanced configuration with directed put-away and pick.

Start with the introduction to see which location fits your scenario, then open the walkthrough for that location.

## Key points

- The demo data provides three warehouse locations for different configuration scenarios.
- SILVER: basic warehouse configuration (Order-by-Order) with bins, default bins, inventory put-away and inventory pick.
- YELLOW: mixed configuration with basic inbound and advanced outbound flows.
- YELLOW walkthrough covers an over-receipt code, warehouse receipts, warehouse shipments and warehouse picks.
- WHITE: advanced configuration with directed put-away and pick.
- WHITE walkthrough covers cross-dock, bin replenishment, break-bulk, warehouse receipts, put-aways and picks.
- The introduction page covers demo data setup, location configuration and bin management.

## Learn pages

- [Introduction to Contoso Coffee](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/contoso-coffee/warehousing/contoso-coffee-warehousing-intro): Overview of scenarios for how Contoso Coffee demo data can help you learn how to use the warehousing capabilities in Business Central.
- [Receiving, Puting-away, Picking and Shipping in Basic Warehouse Configuration](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/contoso-coffee/warehousing/warehouse-basic-flow-putaway-pick): In Business Central, the inbound and outbound processes can be performed in different ways depending on the warehouse complexity level.
- [Receiving, puting-away, picking, and shipping in a mixed warehouse configuration](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/contoso-coffee/warehousing/warehouse-mixed-flow-receive-pick-ship): In Business Central, the inbound and outbound processes can be done in different ways depending on the warehouse complexity level.
- [Receiving, putting-away, moving, picking and shipping in advanced warehouse configuration](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/contoso-coffee/warehousing/warehouse-directed-flow): Inbound and outbound processes can be performed in different ways depending on the warehouse complexity level.

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- [Page 4764 "Jobs Module Setup"](../../../../../objects/page/4764.md) · captioned "Contoso Coffee Project Demo Data" · on [Table 4771 "Jobs Module Setup"](../../../../../objects/table/4771.md)

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