diff --git a/rattail_corepos/config.py b/rattail_corepos/config.py
index 1e3e9e9..1d9994b 100644
--- a/rattail_corepos/config.py
+++ b/rattail_corepos/config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2020 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2021 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -35,18 +35,33 @@ class RattailCOREPOSExtension(ConfigExtension):
     key = 'rattail-corepos'
 
     def configure(self, config):
-        from corepos.db.office_op import Session as CoreSession
-        from corepos.db.office_trans import Session as CoreTransSession
 
+        # office_op
+        from corepos.db.office_op import Session
         engines = get_engines(config, section='corepos.db.office_op')
+        config.core_office_op_engines = engines
+        config.core_office_op_engine = engines.get('default')
+        Session.configure(bind=config.core_office_op_engine)
+        # TODO: deprecate / remove these next 2 lines
         config.corepos_engines = engines
         config.corepos_engine = engines.get('default')
-        CoreSession.configure(bind=config.corepos_engine)
 
+        # office_trans
+        from corepos.db.office_trans import Session
         engines = get_engines(config, section='corepos.db.office_trans')
+        config.core_office_trans_engines = engines
+        config.core_office_trans_engine = engines.get('default')
+        Session.configure(bind=config.core_office_trans_engine)
+        # TODO: deprecate / remove these next 2 lines
         config.coretrans_engines = engines
         config.coretrans_engine = engines.get('default')
-        CoreTransSession.configure(bind=config.coretrans_engine)
+
+        # lane_op
+        from corepos.db.lane_op import Session
+        engines = get_engines(config, section='corepos.db.lane_op')
+        config.core_lane_op_engines = engines
+        config.core_lane_op_engine = engines.get('default')
+        Session.configure(bind=config.core_lane_op_engine)
 
 
 def core_office_url(config, require=False, **kwargs):
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/common/__init__.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/common/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/common/importing.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/common/importing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8b3ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rattail_corepos/corepos/common/importing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+################################################################################
+#
+#  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
+#  Copyright © 2010-2021 Lance Edgar
+#
+#  This file is part of Rattail.
+#
+#  Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+#  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+#  Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+#  version.
+#
+#  Rattail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+#  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+#  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+#  details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+#  Rattail.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+################################################################################
+"""
+Common importing logic for CORE-POS
+"""
+
+from rattail import importing
+
+
+class ToCore(importing.ToSQLAlchemy):
+    """
+    Base class for all CORE model importers; i.e. anything which uses
+    a CORE DB for the local side.
+    """
+
+    def create_object(self, key, host_data):
+
+        # NOTE! some tables in CORE DB may be using the MyISAM storage engine,
+        # which means it is *not* transaction-safe and therefore we cannot rely
+        # on "rollback" if in dry-run mode!  in other words we better not touch
+        # the record at all, for dry run
+        if self.dry_run:
+            return host_data
+
+        return super(ToCore, self).create_object(key, host_data)
+
+    def update_object(self, obj, host_data, **kwargs):
+
+        # NOTE! some tables in CORE DB may be using the MyISAM storage engine,
+        # which means it is *not* transaction-safe and therefore we cannot rely
+        # on "rollback" if in dry-run mode!  in other words we better not touch
+        # the record at all, for dry run
+        if self.dry_run:
+            return obj
+
+        return super(ToCore, self).update_object(obj, host_data, **kwargs)
+
+    def delete_object(self, obj):
+
+        # NOTE! some tables in CORE DB may be using the MyISAM storage engine,
+        # which means it is *not* transaction-safe and therefore we cannot rely
+        # on "rollback" if in dry-run mode!  in other words we better not touch
+        # the record at all, for dry run
+        if self.dry_run:
+            return True
+
+        return super(ToCore, self).delete_object(obj)
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/__init__.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/importing/__init__.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/importing/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/importing/op/__init__.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/importing/op/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dbd5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/importing/op/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+################################################################################
+#
+#  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
+#  Copyright © 2010-2021 Lance Edgar
+#
+#  This file is part of Rattail.
+#
+#  Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+#  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+#  Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+#  version.
+#
+#  Rattail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+#  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+#  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+#  details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+#  Rattail.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+################################################################################
+"""
+Importing "operational" data into CORE Lane
+"""
+
+from . import model
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/importing/op/model.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/importing/op/model.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9f4163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/importing/op/model.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+################################################################################
+#
+#  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
+#  Copyright © 2010-2021 Lance Edgar
+#
+#  This file is part of Rattail.
+#
+#  Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+#  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+#  Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+#  version.
+#
+#  Rattail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+#  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+#  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+#  details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+#  Rattail.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+################################################################################
+"""
+"operational" model importers for CORE Lane
+
+.. warning::
+   All classes in this module are "direct DB" importers, which will
+   write directly to MySQL.  They are meant to be used in dry-run mode
+   only, and/or for sample data import to a dev system etc.  They are
+   *NOT* meant for production use, as they will completely bypass any
+   CORE business rules logic which may exist.
+"""
+
+from rattail import importing
+from rattail_corepos.corepos.common.importing import ToCore
+
+from corepos.db.lane_op import model as corepos
+
+
+class ProductImporter(ToCore):
+    model_class = corepos.Product
+    key = 'id'
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/importing/op/office.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/importing/op/office.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43756f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rattail_corepos/corepos/lane/importing/op/office.py
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+################################################################################
+#
+#  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
+#  Copyright © 2010-2021 Lance Edgar
+#
+#  This file is part of Rattail.
+#
+#  Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+#  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+#  Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+#  version.
+#
+#  Rattail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+#  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+#  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+#  details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+#  Rattail.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+################################################################################
+"""
+CORE Office -> CORE Lane import
+"""
+
+from corepos.db.office_op import Session as CoreOfficeSession, model as coreoffice
+from corepos.db.lane_op import Session as CoreLaneSession
+
+from rattail import importing
+from rattail.importing.handlers import FromSQLAlchemyHandler, ToSQLAlchemyHandler
+from rattail.util import OrderedDict
+from rattail_corepos.corepos.lane.importing import op as corepos_importing
+
+
+# TODO: this surely belongs in some other/common place? (is not lane-specific)
+class FromCoreOfficeHandler(FromSQLAlchemyHandler):
+    """
+    Base class for import handlers which use CORE Office as the host.
+    """
+    host_title = "CORE Office"
+
+    def make_host_session(self):
+        return CoreOfficeSession()
+
+
+# TODO: this surely belongs in some other/common place? (is not office-specific)
+class ToCoreLaneHandler(ToSQLAlchemyHandler):
+    """
+    Base class for import handlers which target CORE Lane on the local side.
+    """
+    local_title = "CORE Lane"
+
+    def make_session(self):
+        return CoreLaneSession()
+
+
+class FromCoreOfficeToCoreLane(FromCoreOfficeHandler, ToCoreLaneHandler):
+    """
+    Handler for CORE Office -> CORE Lane data export.
+    """
+    direction = 'export'
+
+    @property
+    def local_title(self):
+        return "CORE Lane ({})".format(self.dbkey)
+
+    def make_session(self):
+        return CoreLaneSession(bind=self.config.core_lane_op_engines[self.dbkey])
+
+    def get_importers(self):
+        importers = OrderedDict()
+        importers['Product'] = ProductImporter
+        return importers
+
+
+class FromCore(importing.FromSQLAlchemy):
+    """
+    Base class for CORE Office -> CORE Lane data importers.
+    """
+
+
+class ProductImporter(FromCore, corepos_importing.model.ProductImporter):
+    host_model_class = coreoffice.Product
+
+    # these fields are held in common, between Office and Lane tables
+    common_fields = [
+        'id',
+        'upc',
+        'description',
+        'brand',
+        'formatted_name',
+        'normal_price',
+        'price_method',
+        'group_price',
+        'quantity',
+        'special_price',
+        'special_price_method',
+        'special_group_price',
+        'special_quantity',
+        # 'special_limit',
+        'start_date',
+        'end_date',
+        'department_number',
+        'size',
+        'tax_rate_id',
+        'foodstamp',
+        'scale',
+        'scale_price',
+        'mix_match_code',
+        # 'created',
+        # 'modified',
+
+        # TODO: what to do about this 'replaces' thing?
+        # 'batchID'=>array('type'=>'TINYINT', 'replaces'=>'advertised'),
+        # batch_id = sa.Column('batchID', sa.SmallInteger(), nullable=True)
+        # advertised = sa.Column(sa.Boolean(), nullable=True)
+
+        'tare_weight',
+        'discount',
+        'discount_type',
+        'line_item_discountable',
+        'unit_of_measure',
+        'wicable',
+        'quantity_enforced',
+        'id_enforced',
+        'cost',
+        # 'special_cost',
+        # 'received_cost',
+        'in_use',
+        'flags',
+        'subdepartment_number',
+        'deposit',
+        'local',
+        'store_id',
+        'default_vendor_id',
+        'current_origin_id',
+        # 'auto_par',
+        # 'price_rule_id',
+        'last_sold',
+    ]
+
+    @property
+    def supported_fields(self):
+        return self.common_fields
+
+    def normalize_host_object(self, product):
+        data = dict([(field, getattr(product, field))
+                     for field in self.common_fields])
+        return data
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/office/__init__.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/office/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/office/commands.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/office/commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4995a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rattail_corepos/corepos/office/commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+################################################################################
+#
+#  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
+#  Copyright © 2010-2021 Lance Edgar
+#
+#  This file is part of Rattail.
+#
+#  Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+#  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+#  Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+#  version.
+#
+#  Rattail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+#  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+#  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+#  details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+#  Rattail.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+################################################################################
+"""
+CORE Office commands
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+from rattail import commands
+from rattail_corepos import __version__
+from rattail.util import load_object
+
+
+def main(*args):
+    """
+    Entry point for 'core-office' commands
+    """
+    if args:
+        args = list(args)
+    else:
+        args = sys.argv[1:]
+
+    cmd = Command()
+    cmd.run(*args)
+
+
+class Command(commands.Command):
+    """
+    Primary command for CORE Office
+    """
+    name = 'core-office'
+    version = __version__
+    description = "core-office -- command line interface for CORE Office"
+    long_description = ""
+
+
+class ExportLaneOp(commands.ImportSubcommand):
+    """
+    Export "op" data from CORE Office to CORE Lane
+    """
+    name = 'export-lane-op'
+    description = __doc__.strip()
+    default_handler_spec = 'rattail_corepos.corepos.lane.importing.op.office:FromCoreOfficeToCoreLane'
+    default_dbkey = 'default'
+
+    def get_handler_factory(self, **kwargs):
+        if self.config:
+            spec = self.config.get('corepos.lane.importing', 'office.handler',
+                                   default=self.default_handler_spec)
+        else:
+            # just use default, for sake of cmd line help
+            spec = self.default_handler_spec
+        return load_object(spec)
+
+    def add_parser_args(self, parser):
+        super(ExportLaneOp, self).add_parser_args(parser)
+        parser.add_argument('--dbkey', metavar='KEY', default=self.default_dbkey,
+                            help="Config key for database engine to be used as the "
+                            "\"target\" CORE Lane DB, i.e. where data will be "
+                            " exported.  This key must be defined in the "
+                            " [rattail_corepos.db.lane_op] section of your "
+                            "config file.")
+
+    def get_handler_kwargs(self, **kwargs):
+        if 'args' in kwargs:
+            kwargs['dbkey'] = kwargs['args'].dbkey
+        return kwargs
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5dcc8b4..2d32337 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ setup(
 
         'console_scripts': [
             'crepes = rattail_corepos.corepos.commands:main',
+            'core-office = rattail_corepos.corepos.office.commands:main',
+        ],
+
+        'core_office.commands': [
+            'export-lane-op = rattail_corepos.corepos.office.commands:ExportLaneOp',
         ],
 
         'crepes.commands': [