Customer Onboarding Checklist

Use this checklist to guide the first pilot or customer setup. It keeps account setup, location setup, templates, training, testing, and go-live readiness organized.

1. Customer Account Setup

  • Confirm company/customer name
  • Confirm primary billing contact
  • Confirm main admin contact
  • Confirm support contact
  • Confirm billing start date
  • Confirm pricing plan
  • Confirm number of locations
  • Confirm number of users

2. Location Setup

  • Add location name
  • Add location address if needed
  • Assign location to customer/company account
  • Confirm timezone
  • Confirm departments/areas if applicable
  • Confirm first inspection/log types needed

3. User Setup

  • Add Admin user
  • Add Manager/Supervisor users if needed
  • Add Inspector/Cleaner users
  • Assign each user to correct location
  • Confirm each user role
  • Confirm users can log in
  • Confirm password reset works

4. Template / Checklist Setup

  • Identify first templates/logs to build
  • Create or import first checklist
  • Add sections
  • Add questions
  • Configure required questions
  • Configure photo requirements if needed
  • Configure Low/Critical failed-question severity behavior
  • Confirm Finding / Comment field
  • Confirm Correction / Corrective Action Taken field
  • Assign template to correct location
  • Test template with safe test report

5. Workflow Testing

  • Start a test report
  • Complete passing questions
  • Test Failed + Low
  • Confirm Low creates finding/comment only
  • Test Failed + Critical
  • Confirm Critical creates CAPA
  • Test missing severity validation
  • Test missing Critical notes validation
  • Submit report
  • Review report
  • Return Needs Correction if applicable
  • Resubmit corrected report if applicable
  • Generate PDF
  • Archive test report
  • Archive test CAPA if created

6. Training

  • Train Admin user
  • Train Manager/Supervisor user if applicable
  • Train Inspector/Cleaner user
  • Show how to complete a report
  • Show how to add photos
  • Show how to document findings
  • Show how to document corrections
  • Show how to review reports
  • Show how to use Needs Correction
  • Show how to archive records
  • Show how to find archived reports

7. Go-Live Readiness

  • Confirm first live templates are ready
  • Confirm users are assigned correctly
  • Confirm role/facility scoping works
  • Confirm support contact is known
  • Confirm billing/pricing is agreed
  • Confirm first live use date
  • Confirm customer understands test vs live records

8. Pricing and Billing Setup

  • Confirm approved locations for billing
  • Confirm approved users for billing
  • Confirm subscription details during onboarding or in a written agreement with FSSYNC
  • Confirm billing start date
  • Confirm support contact for billing questions
  • Confirm cancellation requests are handled manually through FSSYNC support