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Connect Pulpo WMS to Katana

Map Pulpo WMS warehouses to Katana locations, import products by SKU, and turn inbound shipments into stock transfers.

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Written by Argo Ohvril

What the Katana–Pulpo WMS integration does

Pulpo WMS is a cloud warehouse-management platform for D2C brands, e-commerce businesses, wholesalers, and fulfillment providers. It handles warehouse operations such as picking, packing, shipping, and multi-client 3PL workflows.

By connecting Katana with Pulpo WMS, you can:

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

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

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

  • Read customer records: Katana reads customer information from Pulpo WMS. It never sends customer data back.

sync diagram showing data flowing one way from Pulpo WMS into Katana: Pulpo WMS warehouses mapped to Katana locations, Pulpo WMS products imported into Katana by SKU, Pulpo WMS inbound shipments becoming Katana stock transfers, and Pulpo WMS customer records read into Katana; no arrows from Katana back to Pulpo WMS

Before you start

  • An active Pulpo WMS account with admin access, so you can create a dedicated API user.

  • The Username and Password of a dedicated Pulpo WMS API user. These are the details the Katana connection form asks for. See How to find your Pulpo WMS credentials for setup steps.

  • A Katana account with permission to manage integrations.

Connect Pulpo WMS to Katana

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

  2. Click Connect.

  3. In the connection form, enter the Username and Password of your Pulpo WMS API user, then confirm.

    the Katana connection form for Pulpo WMS showing two credential fields labeled Username and Password, with the confirm button

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

    the warehouse location mapping panel on the Location tab of the Pulpo WMS configuration screen, listing Pulpo WMS warehouses each mapped to a Katana location with Add to Katana options, status showing Connected and Sync inactive, and the Activate sync button in the header

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

How your daily workflow looks

  1. Pulpo WMS warehouses stay mapped to their dedicated Katana locations. Only those mapped warehouses sync.

  2. Products in Pulpo WMS import into Katana by SKU. New SKUs are created as Katana products just in time.

  3. When an inbound shipment is created in Pulpo WMS, Katana creates a matching stock transfer into the warehouse's mapped location.

  4. As Pulpo WMS receives the goods, the stock transfer's received quantities and status update in Katana.

  5. You plan purchasing and production in Katana using the up-to-date product and transfer data.

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