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Connect Peoplevox to Katana

Bring Peoplevox orders, inbound shipments, and warehouse stock into Katana to plan purchasing and production.

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Written by Argo Ohvril

What the Katana–Peoplevox integration does

Descartes Peoplevox is a cloud warehouse management system (WMS) for ecommerce, direct-to-consumer, multichannel, and 3PL operations. It covers inventory control, goods-in, picking, packing, and shipping.

By connecting Katana with Peoplevox, you can:

  • Import orders as sales orders: Each Peoplevox order becomes a Katana sales order, and shipped packages arrive as fulfillments with carrier and tracking details.

  • Import products by SKU: Existing Katana products are matched by SKU, and SKU aliases bridge SKUs that differ between the two systems.

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

  • Turn inbound shipments into stock transfers: Each Peoplevox inbound shipment becomes a Katana stock transfer that updates as goods are received.

  • Map warehouses to locations: Each Peoplevox warehouse syncs to its own dedicated Katana location.

sync diagram showing data flowing one way from Peoplevox to Katana: orders and fulfillments with tracking into Katana sales orders, products by SKU into Katana products, inbound shipments into Katana stock transfers, and stock levels into read-only external inventory at mapped Katana locations

Before you start

  • An active Peoplevox account.

  • The credentials the connection form asks for: your Peoplevox Client ID, plus the Username and Password you use to log in to Peoplevox.

  • A Katana account with permission to manage integrations.

Connect Peoplevox to Katana

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

  2. Click Connect.

  3. Enter your Peoplevox Client ID, Username, and Password, then confirm.

    the Katana Peoplevox connection form showing the Client ID, Username, and Password fields and the confirm button

  4. Once Peoplevox 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 Peoplevox warehouse to a Katana location. Use Add to Katana to create a dedicated location automatically.

    the warehouse location mapping panel on the Location tab, listing Peoplevox warehouses next to their mapped Katana locations with Add to Katana, Remove, and Restore options, and the Activate sync button in the header

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

How your daily workflow looks

  1. Orders reach Peoplevox, and Peoplevox picks, packs, and ships them.

  2. Once orders reach the configured import-from status, they arrive in Katana as sales orders. They keep updating through later status changes.

  3. Each shipped package lands in Katana as a fulfillment with carrier and tracking details.

  4. Inbound shipments to your warehouse appear as Katana stock transfers and update as goods are received.

  5. Peoplevox stock levels update in Katana 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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