Data
Preserve exports and field mapping
Keep original exports, transformation notes, counts, and reconciliation results.
POS SWITCHING PLAN
Treat the move as an operating cutover: protect data, prove the workflow, board payments, configure devices, train staff, preserve a fallback, and reconcile the result.
Cutover sequence
Do not retire the current system until the new one can complete and reconcile the required business day.
Export products or menu, customers, inventory, employees, taxes, gift or loyalty obligations, reports, and required integrations.
Validate hardware, network, user access, catalog, tax, receipts, terminal flow, refunds, closeout, and merchant-account setup.
Practice common sales, exceptions, manager controls, opening, closing, support escalation, and offline or fallback procedures.
Monitor first transactions, refunds, batch close, settlement, inventory, reports, and any remaining data or device tasks.
Failure prevention
A good launch plan says what happens when a device, network, configuration, payment account, or training assumption is wrong.
Data
Keep original exports, transformation notes, counts, and reconciliation results.
Operations
Confirm devices, cabling, network, paper, accessories, support contacts, and an approved contingency.
Money
Compare transactions, batch totals, fees where available, and the first funded deposit.