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POS & Inventory Integration Checklist

A practical, step-by-step interactive checklist to prepare for POS, inventory, and payroll integrations — covering master data, test plans, fallback procedures, responsibilities, and post-go-live monitoring.

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POS & Inventory Integration Checklist

This checklist prepares your team for a POS & inventory integration. Use it to reduce risk, ensure clean master data, plan realistic tests, assign responsibilities, and set up monitoring and rollback procedures. Complete each step before go-live and save notes for future audits.

Are item identifiers and SKUs aligned across POS, inventory, and purchasing systems?
List exceptions, planned mapping rules, aliases, and who will resolve mismatches.
Have duplicate records, inactive items, outdated modifiers, and test records been removed or reconciled?
Describe major cleanup actions and remaining risks.
Do prices, tax rules, and modifiers (e.g., toppings, sizes) map correctly between systems?
Select tests to run at scale
How many transactions per scenario to run during testing.
Run EOD and compare POS sales to inventory usage and expected COGS.
Set a numeric tolerance for acceptable differences between systems.
Describe manual workarounds, how to process orders, and who authorizes manual adjustments during outages.
Person ultimately responsible for the integration and post-go-live decisions.
Technical contact for API, middleware, and server issues.
On-site operations or manager responsible for training and SOPs.
Select monitoring and reporting that will run after go-live
Define conditions that trigger rollback and steps to execute it.
Planned cutover date, time, and expected quiet hours for go-live.
Document permissions, PII handling, and retention policy for transferred data.
List stakeholders who must sign off before go-live.
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