What a Khaos Control integration gives you.
With a governed flow from commerce into Khaos Control, orders reach the warehouse within seconds of confirmation. No queue delays, no data entry rework, no lost orders due to address or item mismatches.
Despatch confirmations and carrier tracking numbers flow back to your commerce platform and customer notifications without manual intervention. Customers see their shipment in real time.
Warehouse picks, adjustments and write-offs flow back to your ERP inventory in real time. Stock counts reconcile at month-end, preventing oversell and improving forecast accuracy.
When a customer initiates a return, the RMA flows into Khaos Control, the warehouse inspects and restocks, and your commerce and ERP systems reflect the refund. No lost returns, no stranded credit notes.
iWeb surfaces despatch exceptions, label failures and stock shortfalls to your operations dashboard so teams can intervene before customers are impacted.
Where a Khaos Control integration earns its place.
If two or more of these are true, the integration usually pays for itself quickly.
Where off-the-shelf connectors fall short.
Vendor connectors are fine for simple cases. Here's where the real ones need more.
Khaos Control requires manual configuration of which carrier handles which postcode, weight or service level. When your contracts or rates change, someone must update the rules in the system; there is no dynamic negotiation with live carrier APIs.
Without a direct webhook or real-time event bridge, commerce orders arrive in Khaos Control on a polling schedule. Peak trading or platform downtime can create gaps where orders are not visible to the warehouse team for several minutes.
Khaos Control focuses on UK warehouse operations. International address formats, currency conversions and locale-specific label requirements often need custom mapping or post-processing.
When an order must split across multiple warehouses or shipments, Khaos Control expects manual intervention or external orchestration. The system does not natively decide which warehouse ships which line items.
When picking fails, stock is unavailable or a label cannot generate, Khaos Control logs the event internally. Commerce platforms and your support team may not see the exception immediately, leading to silent order delays.
The gap between order confirmation and despatch visibility is where customer complaints originate; orders must reach the warehouse within moments and exceptions must surface within minutes, or your SLA deteriorates silently.
Where this integration sits in your estate.
Khaos Control holds the commercial record. The iWeb integration layer manages the rules, mappings, monitoring and exceptions. The commerce platform presents the customer-facing experience. The estate map helps agree ownership before anything is built.
Commerce platform agnostic. Connect Khaos Control across your entire technology stack.
- Despatch instructions and pick lists
- Label generation and carrier handoff
- Return authorisation and inbound inspection
- Warehouse stock adjustments and write-offs
- Carrier selection rules and service levels
- Exception recording and queue management
- Order capture and confirmation
- Shipping option display and selection
- Despatch and tracking visibility to customers
- Return request initiation
- Order status and notification flow
Systems this integration usually sits next to.
Examples, not a closed list. iWeb is platform-agnostic on both sides: we wire this integration into whatever ecommerce platform and surrounding systems your estate already runs.
- Adobe Commerce
- Magento Open Source
- Shopify Plus
- BigCommerce
- Other storefronts
- ERP (stock, locations, financial reconciliation)
- Order management system (OMS or middleware)
- Carrier and shipping APIs
- Customer notification and email platform
- Accounting and finance system
- Marketplace connectors (Amazon, eBay, etc.)
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The data flows we wire.
Each flow has a direction and an owner. We agree both before a line of code is written.
How iWeb configures the integration around your business.
Same method on every integration. The decisions come before the code.
- 01Design and build the full order-to-dispatch flow
We map your commerce platforms, ERP and warehouse processes into a single configuration. Orders move from confirmation to picking instruction with all context in place. Returns flow back with full traceability.
- 02Set up carrier rules and label generation
iWeb configures Khaos Control to select the right carrier based on geography, weight, service level and contractual rules. Labels generate correctly on first print, reducing manual reprinting and delays.
- 03Build real-time order and exception queues
We create event-driven flows so Khaos Control ingests orders as soon as they are confirmed in your commerce platform. Despatch, label and tracking exceptions are visible to your team immediately.
- 04Integrate stock and location master data
iWeb feeds your ERP stock, warehouse locations and availability rules into Khaos Control so the warehouse team always picks from current, accurate reference data.
- 05Monitor and support the live integration
We provide dashboards, alerting and support for order throughput, despatch latency, label success rates and reconciliation gaps so your team can manage the warehouse estate with confidence.
Who owns what.
The single most important table in any integration. One system owns each field; everything else reads it.
Built this before
iWeb has designed and deployed Khaos Control integrations for multi-channel retailers and logistics operations across the UK. We understand how Khaos Control sits in the fulfilment estate and how despatch flows must connect to commerce platforms, ERP systems and carrier networks without dropping orders or visibility.
What we test before launch.
Every one of these is rehearsed before a customer ever sees the integration.
Common risks and where they bite.
We name these on day one. A risk written down is a risk you can plan around.
If the commerce-to-Khaos flow relies on batch polling or has latency, orders can sit unprinted and unstarted for several minutes during peak trading. Despatch times slip, customers complain about tracking delays, and peak-day throughput suffers.
Carrier contracts, rates and postcodes are updated in Khaos Control but the commerce platform continues to display shipping options based on stale rules. Customers select a carrier that is no longer available, causing despatch rework and customer dissatisfaction.
Picks, adjustments and write-offs happen in the warehouse but the ERP inventory does not update in real time. Month-end stock count reconciliation fails, revealing large discrepancies between physical and system inventory.
An inbound return arrives at the warehouse but the RMA does not flow back to your commerce platform or ERP. The customer sees no refund progress, your finance team has no credit note, and the stock count is wrong.
Khaos Control fails to generate a label or the carrier scan does not reach the system, but no alert is sent to your operations team. Orders sit unseen in the warehouse, customers receive no tracking, and despatch metrics deteriorate silently.
An order needs to ship from two locations but Khaos Control receives only a single pick instruction. The warehouse either holds the entire order waiting for stock, or ships it incompletely without notifying the customer or commerce system.
Relevant services and sectors.
Common questions about Khaos Control integrations.
How quickly do orders appear in Khaos Control after a customer completes checkout?
iWeb builds the integration to capture orders from your commerce platform as soon as they are confirmed and payment is authorised. Depending on your architecture, orders typically reach Khaos Control within 30 seconds to 2 minutes. We use event-driven queues where possible to minimise polling delays, and we monitor end-to-end latency so any slowdowns are caught before despatch is impacted.
What happens if the Khaos Control system goes down during a peak trading period?
iWeb designs the integration with a fallback queue so orders continue to arrive in a temporary buffer while Khaos Control is offline. Once the system is back online, orders are replayed in sequence so no orders are lost. We also set up monitoring and alerting so your team is notified immediately and can escalate if the outage extends beyond 15-30 minutes.
How do we handle orders that must split across multiple warehouse locations?
If your business requires split shipments, iWeb configures an orchestration layer that decides which warehouse location ships which line items based on stock availability and carrier routing rules. The commerce order splits into multiple despatch instructions in Khaos Control, one per location. Tracking numbers are consolidated back to the customer so they see a single order with multiple shipments.
How does stock reconciliation work between Khaos Control, our ERP and commerce inventory?
iWeb flows every warehouse event (pick, adjustment, write-off, return received) from Khaos Control to your ERP in real time. Your ERP inventory reflects what actually left the warehouse. At month-end, we reconcile Khaos Control physical counts against ERP records and flag any discrepancies so your team can investigate and correct the count.
What happens when a customer initiates a return through our commerce platform?
iWeb routes the return request from your commerce platform to Khaos Control as an RMA with a unique reference number. The warehouse receives the inbound return, inspects it and records the outcome (restocked, damaged, other). The result flows back to your commerce platform and ERP so the customer sees refund progress and your finance team issues the correct credit note.
How is carrier selection handled when a customer checks out?
Your commerce platform displays available shipping options based on the delivery address and configured carrier rules. Once the customer selects a carrier, iWeb ensures that preference flows to Khaos Control with the order. The warehouse uses that selection to request the correct label from the carrier. If the carrier is temporarily unavailable, iWeb alerts your team so you can contact the customer before despatch.
Can we prioritise certain orders in the warehouse queue (e.g., same-day or express shipments)?
Yes. iWeb tags orders with service level and priority flags from your commerce platform and passes them to Khaos Control. The warehouse team can sort the queue by priority and despatch express orders first. iWeb also monitors whether express orders are being handled in SLA; if despatch is slipping, alerts go to your operations team.
How do we monitor whether despatch is on track?
iWeb builds a despatch dashboard that shows order throughput, average time from confirmation to label print, label success rates, and any exceptions (missing stock, address validation failures, carrier errors). Your team can see whether despatch is meeting SLA and drill into any failures so they can intervene quickly.
What happens if a shipping label fails to generate?
iWeb sets up alerts so that label failures (due to invalid address, carrier outage, or missing weight data) are surfaced to your operations team immediately. The order is flagged in Khaos Control so it is not assumed to be shipped. Your team can correct the issue and retry without the customer seeing the delay.
How does the integration handle international shipments?
Khaos Control is UK-focused, so international shipments require careful mapping of address formats, customs data and regulatory requirements. iWeb creates custom transformations to handle address validation for common destinations, adds required customs fields to the label, and ensures carrier selection rules account for international service levels and costs.
If we sell on multiple sales channels (marketplace, direct, wholesale), how are orders routed to the warehouse?
iWeb consolidates orders from each sales channel into a single Khaos Control picking queue. Each order retains its source channel and customer contact details so returns and complaints can be routed correctly. Stock is reserved and managed centrally so you avoid oversell across channels.
What testing happens before we go live with the Khaos Control integration?
iWeb runs end-to-end tests covering order capture, despatch, label generation, tracking return, stock reconciliation and returns workflows. We test failure scenarios (carrier outage, missing stock, invalid address) to confirm exceptions are visible and the team knows how to intervene. We also run a parallel period so you can compare despatch performance before and after the integration is live.
How do we roll back the integration if something goes wrong?
iWeb designs a rollback path where orders can be manually captured in Khaos Control if the automated flow fails. We also retain a 7-day order history so you can re-trigger despatch for any orders that were missed. During cutover, we keep both systems running in parallel for 24-48 hours so we can identify and fix any data gaps before switching fully.
Who owns exception handling and support if orders get stuck in the warehouse?
iWeb defines clear ownership with your team. Operational exceptions (missing stock, address errors) are handled by your warehouse team with our support. System exceptions (integration failure, Khaos outage) are escalated to our support team and your IT team. We provide a runbook so your team can restart the flow without waiting for external help.



