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Connect I-Fulfilment to Katana

Send Katana sales orders to I-Fulfilment, import its orders with carrier tracking, and see stock and inbound shipments.

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Written by Argo Ohvril

What the Katana–I-Fulfilment integration does

I-Fulfilment's BladePRO is a cloud-based warehouse and fulfilment platform that manages orders, inventory, shipments, and fulfilment operations across sales channels and warehouses.

By connecting Katana with I-Fulfilment, you can:

  • Import orders as sales orders: I-Fulfilment orders become Katana sales orders, with each shipped package recorded as a fulfillment with carrier and tracking.

  • Send sales orders to I-Fulfilment: Katana sales orders are pushed to I-Fulfilment for fulfillment when they reach Ready for fulfillment.

  • Import products by SKU: Existing Katana products are matched by SKU, and SKU aliases bridge mismatched SKUs.

  • See warehouse stock levels: I-Fulfilment stock appears as read-only external inventory at each warehouse's mapped Katana location.

  • Track inbound shipments: Each I-Fulfilment inbound shipment becomes a Katana stock transfer that updates as goods are received.

sync diagram showing Katana and I-Fulfilment side by side: arrows from I-Fulfilment to Katana labeled orders and fulfillments with tracking, products by SKU, read-only stock levels, and inbound shipments as stock transfers; one arrow from Katana to I-Fulfilment labeled sales orders at Ready for fulfillment

Before you start

  • An active I-Fulfilment account.

  • The Username and Password you normally use to log in to the I-Fulfilment portal. The connection form asks for these.

  • A Katana account with permission to manage integrations.

Connect I-Fulfilment to Katana

  1. In Katana, open the Integrations page and find the I-Fulfilment tile.

  2. Click Connect.

  3. Enter your I-Fulfilment Username and Password, then confirm.

    the Katana I-Fulfilment connection form showing the Username and Password fields and the confirm button

  4. Once I-Fulfilment has approved the connection, the configuration screen opens on the Location tab. The integration status shows Connected with Sync inactive, and an Activate sync button appears in the header. Map each I-Fulfilment warehouse to a Katana location. Use Add to Katana to create a dedicated location for a warehouse.

    the I-Fulfilment configuration screen on the Location tab, listing I-Fulfilment warehouses with their mapped Katana locations, Add to Katana buttons for unmapped warehouses, status Connected with Sync inactive, and the Activate sync button in the header

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

How your daily workflow looks

  1. You move a Katana sales order to Ready for fulfillment, and Katana sends it to I-Fulfilment as an outbound order.

  2. I-Fulfilment picks, packs, and ships the order.

  3. Orders and their status changes land in Katana as sales orders. Each shipped package appears as a fulfillment with carrier and tracking.

  4. Inbound shipments to I-Fulfilment warehouses appear in Katana as stock transfers and update as goods are received.

  5. Stock levels from I-Fulfilment update as read-only external inventory at your mapped locations.

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

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