What is the difference between the expedited and enterprise implementation tracks?

Dealerships under 20 users at a single location almost always run the fixed five-week expedited program. Dealerships over 30 users always run a custom enterprise implementation. Between 20 and 29 users it depends on location count and how many integrations are involved, so a single-location dealership with a light integration footprint runs expedited while a multi-location dealership runs enterprise.

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Q: How accurate is the DMS migration and implementation timeline?

It is a planning estimate, not a quote. Flyntlok runs two implementation paths: a fixed five-week expedited program that covers implementation and post go-live support, and a custom enterprise plan that typically runs two to six months. The planner routes a dealership based on user count, location count, and how many systems need to stay connected. Any dealership over 30 users runs as an enterprise implementation. Discovery is what turns a range into a date.

Q: Can we run our old DMS alongside Flyntlok during the transition?

Yes, and it is a required phase rather than an option. During the parallel run, both systems operate on the same real transactions. Every parts sale, repair order, and invoice gets entered twice, compared daily, and reconciled until discrepancies hit zero. This is the step most legacy implementations skip, and skipping it is why previous switches went badly.

Q: How much of a DMS implementation falls on my team?

Most of the work is on Flyntlok's side. Flyntlok pulls the data, validates records, configures the platform, sets up supported OEM integrations, and runs the parallel testing period. Your team joins kickoff and discovery, spot-checks validation reports, attends department training, runs the parallel period, picks the go-live date, and flags edge cases Flyntlok would not know about. The planner estimates those hours based on user count and location count.

The biggest risk isn't switching. It's staying on a system that can't keep up. Walk through four short steps about how your dealership runs and get a phased migration and implementation timeline, built around your busy season and the systems you depend on.

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The process

How Flyntlok makes the switch painless

Every dealership is different, but the migration and implementation path isn't. We've done this enough times to know what happens in each phase, how long it takes, and what your team needs to do.

Discovery and planning

We map what you run today and write the plan before anything moves.

Data migration and validation

Your records move into staging and get checked against the originals.

Configuration and training

Integrations get set up and teams train by department.

Parallel run and testing

Both systems, the same transactions, reconciled every day.

Go-live and support

Cutover on a date you pick, with support that continues after.

The parallel run is standardBoth systems run the same transactions until discrepancies hit zero.

Support does not stop at go-liveIt is part of the engagement, not a separate line on the invoice.

Decades of history come with youWe have moved dealerships off systems dating to 1981, hard-coded customizations and all.

Build your migration and implementation plan

Four short steps about how your dealership runs

You get a phased timeline with real dates, planned around your busy season.

Step 1. What industry do you serve?

Select your primary business

Outdoor Power EquipmentHeavy EquipmentAgricultureCommercial Vehicle

Why we askEvery vertical has months where a bad week costs real money. This is how we know which ones to keep your go-live out of.

Step 2. Tell us about your dealership today

Number of locationsWhy we askMultiple locations mean transfers, shared inventory, and location-level reporting. It is the single biggest driver of which implementation track you land on.

Number of usersWhy we askHeadcount sets your training load and your permission structure. Over 30 users always runs as an enterprise implementation.

Current DMS typeWhy we askGetting data out is usually harder than getting it in. Undocumented customizations are where timelines slip.

Age of data history in your current systemWhy we askDecades of records take longer to validate, not to move. Old data also tends to hide duplicates and dead part numbers.

Dealership back office running on outdated systems, stacked paper files and legacy terminals

If this looks like your back office, you already know what the old system costs you.

Step 3. What moves over & what stays connected

All of it moves

Every department comes across, because they were never separate to begin with

PartsServiceSalesRentalAccountingReporting

There is nothing to pick here. Flyntlok is one system on one database, so you are not choosing modules and you are not paying per department. That is the difference: legacy platforms quote you department by department, then charge again to make those departments talk to each other.

One caveat, and it is deliberateAccounting is the exception. Rather than ship a second-rate general ledger, Flyntlok runs the dealership end to end and integrates with best-in-class accounting, QuickBooks Online and Sage Intacct. Your controller keeps the system they already trust, and nobody rekeys anything.

Connected dealership running parts, service, sales, rental, and accounting on one system

Current accounting setupWhy we askIf your books live inside the old DMS, the chart of accounts has to be rebuilt rather than reconnected. That is real time, and it is better known now than in week three.

Select your common OEM connections

John DeereAGCOBobcatStihlVolvoHitachiDevelonPeterbilt / PACCARAnother OEM

Select your common third-party systemsAnything that reads from or writes to your DMS today.

Field and equipment

SamsaraMotiveGeotabTrackunitRecord360OEM telematicsSomething else

Web and storefront

ShopifyTrue Radius MarketingDealer SpikeARISandhills listingsWebsiteSomething else

Money and back office

Payment ProcessorInterstate Billing ServiceFloor plan financingSales taxPayrollE-signatureSomething else

Why we askThird-party connections are the most common source of surprise in a migration and implementation, and the count feeds directly into which track fits you. OEM links get configured and tested before go-live, not after, so naming them now keeps warranty claims and parts ordering from breaking on day one.

Step 4. When is your ideal kickoff date?

Target kickoff monthWhy we askKickoff sets everything downstream. If it pushes go-live into your busy season, we will show you that and offer a cleaner month.

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Your migration and implementation plan

Kickoff

Target go-live

Your team's time

Spread out across the duration of your migration and implementation

The calendar, with your busy season on it

Phases run left to right. The striped band is when your dealership cannot afford a bad week.

ImplementationGo-liveYour busy season

The five phases

Your dates on the path every Flyntlok migration and implementation follows.

hours your team owes across the project, outside the parallel run

Integrations to map in discovery

Next step

Ready to pressure-test this?

Bring this plan to a call. We will tell you where your dealership is easier than average and where it is harder, before you commit to anything.

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This planner produces an estimate for planning purposes only, based on how Flyntlok implementations typically run. Every dealership is different. Flyntlok provides a specific timeline after discovery, not before.

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The Dealer's Problem

We know why you haven't switched yet

We've talked to hundreds of dealers. The hesitation is always one of these four, and they're all valid.

“My team is already stretched thin.”

You can't pull your service writers and parts counter staff off the floor for a six-month implementation. Most legacy migrations assume you can. We don't.

“We can't afford downtime during peak season.”

For OPE, that's spring. For construction, summer. For ag, harvest. A bad go-live in the wrong month doesn't just cost money. It costs customers. We schedule around your season, not ours.

“Our data is decades old and messy.”

Twenty years of inventory, customers, repair history, and warranty records: some of it accurate, some of it not. We've migrated dealerships running 1981 systems with 25-year-old hard-coded customizations. We know what to do with messy data.

“Last time we switched software, it was a disaster.”

Probably because there was no parallel run. Most legacy implementations skip it. We run both systems side-by-side before cutover, reconciling daily until the discrepancies are zero.

Migration and Implementation

Common questions about switching

How accurate is this timeline?

It's a planning estimate, not a quote. Flyntlok runs two implementation paths: a fixed five-week expedited program that covers implementation and post go-live support, and a custom enterprise plan that typically runs two to six months. The planner routes you based on user count, location count, and how many systems you need connected. Anything over 30 users runs as enterprise. Discovery is what turns a range into a date.

Why does the planner care about my busy season?

Because pushing a go-live into peak season is how implementations turn into disasters. For outdoor power equipment that's spring. For heavy equipment, summer. For agriculture, planting and harvest. If your go-live lands inside your window, the planner flags it and shows you the clean month instead. We schedule around your season, not ours.

Can we run our old DMS alongside Flyntlok during the transition?

Yes, and it's a required phase rather than an option. During the parallel run, both systems operate on the same real transactions. Every parts sale, repair order, and invoice gets entered twice, compared daily, and reconciled until discrepancies hit zero. This is the step most legacy implementations skip, and skipping it is why previous switches went badly.

What happens to our third-party integrations?

They get mapped during discovery, before anything moves. Telematics, inspection tools, your dealership website and inventory feeds, payments, sales tax, payroll, e-signature, and customer texting all count. Third-party connections are the most common source of surprise in a migration and implementation, so list every system that touches your DMS today, including the ones you're not sure are still in use.

Will we lose any historical data?

No. Customer records, equipment history, repair orders, parts inventory, warranty data, and accounting records all migrate. We've moved dealerships running 1981 systems with 25 years of hard-coded customizations. Every record gets validated in staging, and anything below confidence threshold is flagged for human review before it touches production. If a record can't migrate cleanly, we tell you before go-live, not after.

How much of this falls on my team?

Most of the work is on our side. Flyntlok pulls the data, validates records, configures the platform, sets up supported OEM integrations, and runs the parallel testing period. Your team joins kickoff and discovery, spot-checks validation reports, shows up to department training, runs the parallel period, picks the go-live date, and flags the edge cases we wouldn't know about. The planner estimates those hours based on your user count and location count.

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