Overview
Ongoing WMS is a cloud-based warehouse management system used by logistics-intensive companies and 3PLs to increase efficiency, transparency, and control in their warehouse operations.
It offers rich features for order processing, real-time inventory updates, and seamless integration.
API Genie sits in the middle of your stack, standardizing all that warehouse data from Ongoing WMS into a single canonical model—then syncing it to your online stores, ERPs, and shipping systems.
How it Works
Connect your warehouse operations in Ongoing WMS to every store, ERP, and shipping tool you rely on through a single, standardized API Genie hub.
API Genie connects Ongoing WMS to your e-commerce, ERP, and shipping stack, translating warehouse data into a clean, canonical model for real-time inventory, faster fulfillment, and fewer integration headaches.
# What this integration does
- Sync products and stock levels between Ongoing WMS and your sales channels
- Orchestrate inbound and outbound flows (purchase orders, inbound shipments, sales orders, and picks)
- Centralize shipments, tracking, and labels in a unified format
- Give operators and merchants a single source of truth across all systems
# High-level flow
1. Inbound to warehouse
- API Genie receives new products, purchase orders, and inbound shipments from your ERP / e-commerce.
- Data is mapped into Ongoing objects (articles, inorders, inventory transactions).
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2. Operations in Ongoing WMS
- Ongoing WMS manages receiving, putaway, picking, packing, and internal movements.
- Automation or scanning flows (handhelds, lift systems, conveyors) can run independently but still surface their results via the Ongoing APIs.
3. Outbound & fulfillment
- Confirmed picks and shipments are read by API Genie (via polling or webhooks).
- API Genie translates them into Fulfillment & Shipment objects and syncs back to ERPs, webshops, and carrier platforms.
4. Labels & tracking
- If you generate labels via carrier platforms (e.g. nShift) connected to Ongoing WMS, API Genie can ingest those label numbers and tracking URLs and surface them in a unified Label model.
# Key Benefits
1. Real-time, channel-wide inventory
- Keep stock levels from Ongoing WMS in sync with all of your webshops and marketplaces.
- API Genie’s canonical Inventory model aggregates multi-warehouse stock and safety buffers before sending availability back to channels.
2. Clean separation between 3PL and client systems
- Ongoing WMS is popular among 3PLs and logistics providers.
- Connect many client storefronts (e.g., multiple Shopify stores) to one Ongoing WMS instance
- Maintain clean per-client data boundaries via goods owner and customer mappings
- Provide each client with their own normalized data feed (orders, inventory, shipments) without rebuilding integrations per client
3. Faster, less fragile integrations
- Use API Genie’s canonical models instead of building directly to every Ongoing endpoint.
- Swap or add ERPs, ecommerce platforms, or carrier systems without touching the Ongoing WMS side.
- Manage transformations, filters, and workflows in one place.
4. Better fulfillment visibility
- Turn Ongoing order and shipment events into clear Fulfillment & Shipment objects.
- Expose consistent tracking events to customers and support teams—even if different carriers or warehouses are involved.