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title: Switching workshop software – moving customers, vehicles and history to MGX ERP
url: https://mgxtechnology.com/en/switching-workshop-software/
lang: en
description: How switching workshop systems works: your own instance from day one, import of customers and vehicles, duplicate checks, connection to your accounting and running in parallel until you are ready.
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1. [MGX Technology](https://mgxtechnology.com/en/)
2. Switching workshop software

Switching workshop software

# Switch workshop software without losing your history.

Switching systems is hard mostly because it feels big. This is how a workshop moves to MGX ERP, and what to check whichever system you choose.

[Talk about your switch →](https://mgxtechnology.com/en/contact/)
[See the steps](#steg)

Start
:   Your own system with its own database from day one

Move
:   Customers, vehicles and history

Transition
:   Run in parallel until you are ready

Accounting
:   Stays in Fortnox, Accounted, Bokio or Visma

Step by step

## How the switch works.

1. Start

   ### You get your own system

   Your own MGX ERP at your own address, with its own database. No other workshop’s data is mixed with yours.
2. Move

   ### Customers, vehicles and history move in

   Vehicles are imported in bulk. Duplicate customers and items are found automatically, so the register ends up cleaner than it was.
3. Finance

   ### Accounting is connected

   Customers and items are linked to Fortnox, Accounted, Bokio or Visma. Your bookkeeping stays in the software you already use.
4. Transition

   ### Running in parallel

   New work orders go into MGX while the old system stays for what is already in progress.
5. Done

   ### The old system is closed

   When you are ready, not when a contract says so.

Checklist

## Five questions to ask before you switch.

Whichever workshop system you look at, these are the questions that decide how it feels in three years.

- **Who owns the data, and how do you reach it?** Ask whether you can always take your data out, and what happens to it if you leave.
- **Does it fit your vehicles?** A boat with two engines, a snowmobile and a golf car are not a car.
- **How does it tie in with accounting?** Customers, items and invoice data should not be typed twice.
- **Can it handle the season?** Storage, keys and jobs done in several sessions during the spring rush.
- **Can an AI assistant help?** A system with a built-in AI assistant can book, search and prepare for you, with the same permissions as the user.

[Common questions about switching →](https://mgxtechnology.com/en/faq/#byte)

## See MGX in a working workshop.

Book 30 minutes and we’ll show you how it works for real, with real work orders.

[Book a demo →](https://mgxtechnology.com/en/contact/)[FAQ](https://mgxtechnology.com/en/faq/)