Exercise 2: Configure the product catalog

Scenario: Contoso Home Security

Contoso Home Security is a direct-to-consumer home security equipment and monitoring company. Their products include smart doorbells, smart thermostats, security systems, moisture sensors, and more. Since they are direct to consumer, their products are sold either online or in their retail stores across 11 major US cities. Online customers are assigned an account representative. Their role is to follow up with the customer and attempt to provide them with additional products and services.

The Contoso product catalog

Contoso home security sells a variety of products and services. These are automatically added to deals so pricing can be calculated based the prices of the specific items each customer needs.

Contoso sells the following products:

Product Product Number Est. Retail Price
A-100 Control Unit A100-CU $2200.00
A-101 Smart Doorbell A101-SD $500.00
A-102 Security Sensor A102-SS $150.00
A-103 Thermostat A103-T $450.00
A-104 Moisture Sensor A104-MS $150.00
A-105 Wired Outdoor Camera A105-WOC $750.00
A-106 Solor Outdoor Camera A106-SOC $1500.00
A-107 Indoor/Outdoor Camera A107-IOC $500.00
A-108 Motion Detectors A108-MD $750.00
A-109 Motion Activated Flood Light A109-MAFL $900.00

Contoso has two different ways that they price products. Individuals who purchase from the website or retail store get retail pricing. Corporate organizations receive corporate pricing which is 10% less than retail pricing.