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Connect ShipOut to Katana

Map ShipOut warehouses to Katana locations, import products by SKU, and see read-only stock and inbound shipments.

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Written by Argo Ohvril

What the Katana–ShipOut integration does

ShipOut is a cloud-based warehouse management system (WMS) and order management platform for 3PL warehouses and e-commerce businesses. It handles receiving, picking, packing, shipping, and inventory in one workflow.

By connecting Katana with ShipOut, you can:

  • Map warehouses to locations: each ShipOut warehouse is linked to its own dedicated Katana location, and only mapped warehouses sync.

  • Import products by SKU: ShipOut products match existing Katana products by SKU, unknown SKUs are created automatically, and SKU aliases bridge mismatched SKUs.

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

  • Track inbound shipments as stock transfers: each ShipOut inbound shipment becomes a Katana stock transfer that updates as goods are received.

sync diagram showing data flowing one way from ShipOut into Katana: ShipOut warehouses mapped to Katana locations, ShipOut products to Katana products by SKU, ShipOut stock levels to read-only external inventory in Katana, and ShipOut inbound shipments to Katana stock transfers

Before you start

  • An active ShipOut account.

  • Your ShipOut API key, which the Katana connection form asks for. Contact your ShipOut account representative to enable and obtain it.

  • A Katana account with permission to manage integrations.

Connect ShipOut to Katana

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

  2. Click Connect.

  3. Enter your ShipOut API key in the connection form and confirm.

    the Katana connection form for ShipOut showing the API key field and the confirm button

  4. Once ShipOut 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 ShipOut warehouse to its own Katana location. Click Add to Katana to create a new location automatically.

    the Location tab of the ShipOut configuration screen in Katana, listing ShipOut warehouses each mapped to a Katana location, with Add to Katana and Remove options, the status showing Connected with Sync inactive, and the Activate sync button in the header

  5. Click Activate sync to start syncing data with ShipOut. Nothing syncs before you activate sync.

How your daily workflow looks

  1. ShipOut manages the physical stock in your mapped warehouses.

  2. New ShipOut products are imported into Katana by SKU, or matched to existing products.

  3. ShipOut inbound shipments appear in Katana as stock transfers into the mapped location.

  4. As ShipOut receives goods, the stock transfer quantities and status update in Katana.

  5. ShipOut stock levels appear as read-only external inventory, and reconciliation adjusts Katana's stock to match ShipOut's on hand.

  6. You plan purchasing and production in Katana using up-to-date stock figures.

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