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Connect Evolve to Katana

Push orders to Evolve at Ready for fulfillment and import tracking, inbound transfers, and stock into Katana.

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Written by Argo Ohvril

What the Katana–Evolve integration does

Evolve Fulfilment is a UK third-party logistics and e-commerce fulfilment provider. It offers warehousing, inventory management, order fulfilment, shipping, and real-time dashboard visibility.

By connecting Katana with Evolve, you can:

  • Import orders as sales orders: Evolve orders become Katana sales orders, and each shipped package adds a fulfillment with carrier and tracking details.

  • Send sales orders to Evolve for fulfillment: A Katana sales order is pushed to Evolve as an outbound order when it reaches the Ready for fulfillment status.

  • Import products by SKU: Products match existing Katana items by SKU, and SKU aliases can bridge SKUs that don't match.

  • See stock levels at mapped locations: Evolve stock numbers appear in Katana as read-only external inventory at each warehouse's mapped location.

  • Track inbound shipments as stock transfers: Each Evolve inbound shipment becomes a Katana stock transfer that updates as stock is received.

sync diagram showing Katana and Evolve side by side: an arrow from Katana to Evolve labeled 'Sales orders (Ready for fulfillment)', and arrows from Evolve to Katana labeled 'Orders and fulfillments with tracking', 'Products by SKU', 'Inventory (read-only, at mapped locations)', and 'Inbound shipments → stock transfers'

Before you start

  • An active Evolve account.

  • Your Evolve API Key, which is the credential the Katana connection form asks for. Evolve support provides it.

  • A Katana account with permission to manage integrations.

Connect Evolve to Katana

  1. In Katana, open the Integrations page and find the Evolve tile.

  2. Click Connect.

  3. Enter your API Key in the connection form and confirm.

    the Katana connection form for Evolve, showing a single API Key input field and the confirm button

  4. Once Evolve has approved the connection, the configuration screen opens on the Location tab. At this point:

    • The integration status shows Connected with Sync inactive.

    • An Activate sync button appears in the header.

    Map each Evolve warehouse to a Katana location. Use Add to Katana to create a dedicated location for a warehouse.

    the warehouse location mapping panel on the Location tab, listing Evolve warehouses with their mapping status (Not mapped, mapped Katana location) and an Add to Katana button, with the status Connected / Sync inactive and the Activate sync button visible in the header

  5. Click Activate sync to start syncing data with Evolve. Nothing syncs until you do this.

How your daily workflow looks

  1. Your sales order in Katana reaches Ready for fulfillment, and Katana sends it to Evolve as an outbound order.

  2. Evolve picks, packs, and ships the order.

  3. The order and its updates land in Katana as a sales order. Each shipped package adds a fulfillment with carrier and tracking details.

  4. When Evolve receives inbound shipments, they appear in Katana as stock transfers into your mapped locations.

  5. Stock levels from Evolve update as read-only external inventory at each mapped location.

  6. You plan purchasing and production in Katana using this up-to-date picture.

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