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      How to manually blend your coffee

      This article introduces the Post-roast blend inventory overview page and also explains how to manually blend your coffee to adjust your Post-roast blend inventory.

      This particular article is intended for customers who use Commerce. 

      The Post-roast blend inventory overview page

      By following the steps below you can navigate to the Post-roast blend overview page:

      1. Log into the online platform C-sar.
      2. Navigate to Roasted Inventory on the main menu bar.
      3. Select Inventory. You will be directed to the Loose inventory overview page.
      4. Select Post-roast blend inventory on the top left side of the page. 
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      5. Displayed below is the following information:
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        • On-hand: The total weight of all post-roasts (PB lots) that have been blended within the past 30 days. 
        • Ordered: The total weight of all orders received within the past 30 days but that have not yet been fulfilled.
        • Allocated: The weight allocated for packaging by manually selecting blends in a packaging plan.
        • To blend: The weight that must be blended to fulfill the ordered amount using both on-hand and newly blended quantities. The calculation is the following: Ordered - (minus) On-hand
        • In packing: The total weight of blends that are included in a packaging plan before being executed in the last 30 days. (Excluding manual packaging plans where roasts were selected.)
        • Available: The available amount is calculated by On-hand - (minus) Allocated
      6. Clicking on the FilterIcon-png-1Filter icon allows you to apply the Blend profile filter for more specific search results.
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      The steps of manually blending your coffee

      After you added your Order Fulfillment and Packaging Plans, you need to manually blend your coffee. 


      There are three ways to manually blend your coffee:
      1. Via the Post-roast blend inventory overview page. 
      2. Via the Roasts overview page.
      3. Via the Post-roast blend profiles overview page

      Via the Post-roast blend inventory overview page 

      By following the steps below you can manually blend your coffee via the Post-roast blend inventory overview page:

      1. Complete the steps 1-5 written above. 
      2. Click on the green Blend coffee button on the top right side of the page.
      3. You will be directed to the Create a blend page.
      4. Enter the following details:
        * is indicating mandatory fields
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        • Blend name*
        • Date*
        • Time*
        • Roasts*
        • Weight in blend*
        • Blend notes
        • Project
      5. Click on Create blend to submit. 
       

      Via the Roasts overview page 
      By following the steps below you can manually blend your coffee via the Roasts overview page:

      1. Log into the online platform C-sar.
      2. Navigate to Roasts on the main menu bar.
      3. You will be directed to the Roasts overview page. 
      4. Click on the green Add button on the top right side of the page. 
      5. Select Blend. 
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      6. You will be directed to the Create a blend page. 
      7. Enter the details listed above. 
      8. Click on Create blend to submit. 

      💡 By clicking on the "Create & Add new" button you will be able to add further new blends and stay on the same page. 


      Via the Post-roast blend profiles overview page 
      By following the steps below you can manually blend your coffee via the Post-roast blend profiles page:

      1. Log into the online platform C-sar .
      2. Navigate to Roasts on the main menu bar. 
      3. Select Post-roast blend profiles. 
      4. You will be directed to the Post-roast blend profiles overview page. 
      5. Clicking on the EditIcon (1)-png-2 Edit icon on the right side of the page at the Post-roast blend profile you wish to manually adjust.
      6. You will be directed to the Edit blend profile page. 
      7. Enter the following details:
        * is indicating mandatory fields
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        • Name*
        • Blend profile components ratio:
          • Percentage*
          • Weight* 
      8. Click on Update blend profile to submit. 

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      Congratulations! You are now know how to use the Post-roast blend inventory overview page and also how to manually blend your coffee. 

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