How to Switch from LaceUp to Sanji in Under 30 Minutes

Why Distributors Leave LaceUp

LaceUp has served the wholesale delivery industry for years, and it handles the fundamentals. But distributors who outgrow it tend to hit the same walls:

• Discount engine failures — volume discounts, BOGO promotions, and customer-specific pricing frequently miscalculate at point of sale, forcing drivers to apply manual corrections or call the office
• No delivery window management — every morning, the dispatch manager rebuilds routes based on which customers accept deliveries at which times, relying entirely on tribal knowledge
• Outdated mobile experience — flat action sheets instead of context-aware screens, too many taps for simple operations, poor offline behavior
• Limited customization — reporting and workflows are rigid, with limited ability to adapt to your specific operation

If any of these sound familiar, you are not alone. These are the most common reasons distributors start looking for an alternative.

Before You Start: What You Need

The migration requires just two things:

• Your QuickBooks credentials — Sanji imports customers, products, and pricing directly from QuickBooks Online or Desktop
• 30 minutes of uninterrupted time — ideally after deliveries are done for the day

You do not need to export data from LaceUp. You do not need CSV files. Everything Sanji needs lives in QuickBooks already.

Step-by-Step Migration (30 Minutes)

Step 1: Create Your Sanji Account (2 minutes)

Go to sanjisolutions.io and create your account. Enter your company name, your name, and your email. No credit card required. You are in.

Step 2: Connect QuickBooks (5 minutes)

From the dashboard, click Connect QuickBooks. Authorize the connection using your Intuit credentials. Sanji will immediately begin importing:

• All active customers with addresses, payment terms, and balances
• Your complete product catalog with SKUs, prices, and categories
• Price levels and customer-specific pricing
• Open invoices and payment history

This import runs in the background. For a typical distributor with 200-500 customers and 300-800 products, it completes in under 3 minutes.

Step 3: Set Up Your Routes (10 minutes)

Create your route templates in the Routes section. For each route, add stops (customers), assign a driver, and set the day of week. If you know your customers' delivery windows, enter them now. This is the step that gives you immediate improvement over LaceUp — once windows are set, routes auto-sequence to hit every window.

Tip: start with your most complex route first. If it works smoothly, the rest will be even easier.

Step 4: Add Your Drivers (5 minutes)

Create user accounts for each driver. They will receive a login for the mobile app. Each driver can be assigned to one or more routes by day of week.

Step 5: Install the Mobile App (3 minutes)

Have your drivers download the Sanji app. They log in, and immediately see their assigned routes, customer list, and product catalog — all synced from the setup you just completed. The app caches everything locally, so it works even in areas with no cell service.

Step 6: Run a Test Delivery (5 minutes)

Before going live, create a test order on the mobile app. Verify that:

• Customer-specific pricing applies correctly
• Discounts calculate properly
• The invoice syncs back to QuickBooks
• Bluetooth printing works with your Zebra printer

If everything checks out, you are ready for your first real delivery day on Sanji.

Recommended: Parallel Run for One Week

While the migration itself takes 30 minutes, we recommend running both LaceUp and Sanji in parallel for one week. During this period:

• Drivers use LaceUp for official deliveries as usual
• At the same time, they enter the same data into Sanji for practice
• At the end of the week, compare totals between both systems
• Once you are confident the numbers match, cut over completely

Most distributors find that their team prefers the Sanji mobile experience after the first day and wants to switch immediately. The parallel run is a safety net, not a requirement.

What Happens to Your LaceUp Data?

Nothing. Your LaceUp account and historical data remain untouched. Sanji does not connect to LaceUp at all. All data flows through QuickBooks, which is your system of record. After you are fully running on Sanji, you can cancel your LaceUp subscription whenever you are ready.

What You Gain on Day One

• Working discount engine — volume discounts, BOGO, mix-and-match, and customer-specific pricing that actually calculates correctly at delivery
• Delivery window management — per-customer windows by day of week with auto-sequenced routes
• Modern mobile app — context-aware screens, large buttons, minimal taps, full offline support
• Real-time dispatch board — see every driver, every delivery, every payment from the web dashboard
• Spanish language support — native i18n for bilingual teams