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Connect TPS to Katana

Push Ready for fulfillment orders to TPS, import TPS orders with tracking, and view its stock and inbounds in Katana.

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Written by Argo Ohvril

What the Katana–TPS integration does

TPS Fulfil is TPS Global Logistics' ecommerce fulfilment and warehouse-management service. Its customer portal offers dashboards, order and inventory queries, batch tracking, purchase orders, and advance shipping notices.

By connecting Katana with TPS, you can:

  • Import orders as sales orders: TPS orders become Katana sales orders, with each shipped package added as a fulfillment with carrier and tracking.

  • Send sales orders to TPS for fulfillment: Katana pushes a sales order to TPS when it reaches the Ready for fulfillment status.

  • Import products by SKU: Products match by SKU, and SKU aliases bridge mismatched SKUs.

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

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

sync diagram showing Katana and TPS side by side: arrows from TPS to Katana labeled Orders and fulfillments, Products, Inventory, and Inbound shipments as stock transfers, and one arrow from Katana to TPS labeled Sales orders at Ready for fulfillment

Before you start

  • An active TPS account. TPS sets up access for each client individually.

  • The two values the Katana connection form asks for: your API URL and API Key. TPS issues both for the environment you want to connect, either sandbox or production.

  • A Katana account with permission to manage integrations.

Connect TPS to Katana

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

  2. Click Connect.

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

    the TPS connection form in Katana with two fields, API URL (example <a href="https://your-tps-api.example.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://your-tps-api.example.com</a>) and API Key, and a Connect button

  4. Once TPS 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 TPS warehouse to its own Katana location. You can use Add to Katana to create a new location for a warehouse.

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

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

How your daily workflow looks

  1. When a Katana sales order reaches Ready for fulfillment, Katana sends it to TPS.

  2. TPS picks, packs and ships the order.

  3. The order's progress updates in Katana, and each shipped package becomes a fulfillment with carrier and tracking.

  4. TPS inbound shipments appear in Katana as stock transfers that update as stock is received.

  5. Stock levels at your mapped locations update in Katana from TPS.

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

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