Evolution Fulfillment, the Delta, British Columbia 3PL, connects to AIMS360 entirely by API through Blastramp. No SFTP, no file naming conventions, no overnight batch. The full warehouse document set runs in production, and cross dock versus pack and hold is decided by the order status code on the way out.
Most warehouse integrations are files moving over SFTP on a timer. Evolution Fulfillment is not. The AIMS360 connection runs entirely over API through Blastramp, which means no file naming conventions, no directory polling, no overnight batch, and no morning spent working out why a file did not convert.
The full warehouse document set runs in production, in both directions, over API. Nothing on this list is a roadmap item and nothing arrives as a file.
| Document | Direction | What it carries |
|---|---|---|
| 832 | AIMS360 to warehouse | The product catalog. Style, color, size, UPC and description reach the warehouse before the first unit does, so receiving is not guessing at a SKU |
| 940 | AIMS360 to warehouse | The ship order. Serves as either order or pick ticket depending on a system setting, carrying the pick number and the customer purchase order |
| 943 | AIMS360 to warehouse | Inbound advice. Tells the warehouse what is arriving from production or from another location, and what to expect on the container |
| 944 | Warehouse to AIMS360 | The receipt. Posts against the open purchase order or return line, so on hand moves without anyone keying a receiving sheet |
| 945 | Warehouse to AIMS360 | Shipment confirmation with carton detail, weights and tracking. This is the one that matters most, because the carton structure is what lets AIMS360 generate the retailer 856 advance ship notice |
| 947 | Warehouse to AIMS360 | Inventory adjustment. Damages, cycle count corrections and found stock come back as a transaction rather than an email |
| 846 | Warehouse to AIMS360 | The inventory snapshot, so the position in AIMS360 and the position in the warehouse can be reconciled rather than trusted |
Worth being precise about one thing: a longer document list is not automatically a better integration. Plenty of warehouses run well on 940 and 945 alone. What the full set buys you is that the catalog, the inbound side and the reconciliation side stop being manual, which is where the hours actually go.
Most 3PL integrations, including several good ones on our own list, move delimited files across SFTP and convert them on a schedule. That works. It also means every failure is a file sitting in a directory waiting for somebody to notice, and every change of format is a conversation about column positions.
Evolution runs through Blastramp, which the company names on its own site as the intermediary inventory and order hub it uses for supported apparel workflows. AIMS360 talks to that hub directly. In practice the difference shows up in four places:
A file integration is only as current as its next scheduled conversion. An API call happens when the event happens, so the gap between the warehouse packing a carton and AIMS360 knowing about it is not a scheduling decision.
A rejected API call returns a reason. A rejected file sits there. That difference is most of the operational cost of a warehouse integration over a year.
There is no tab delimited template to maintain on either side, and no column that quietly shifts when someone adds a field.
No SFTP credentials to rotate, no directory permissions, no file naming convention that a new warehouse hire has to be taught.
This is the reference integration we point at when a brand asks what a warehouse connection looks like when nothing is being translated.
Goods arriving at a warehouse for a retailer order can go two ways. They can be cross docked, moving from the inbound container straight to the outbound trailer without ever being put away. Or they can be put away and held until the retailer's ship window opens, which is pack and hold.
The difference is real money. Cross docking removes a putaway, a storage period and a pick from every unit. Getting it wrong in the other direction means goods shipping before a retailer's must arrive by date, which is its own chargeback.
In the AIMS360 connection to Evolution the choice is carried by the order status code on the outbound order, so the warehouse knows which treatment applies before the container is unloaded rather than after. Nobody sends a separate instruction and nobody looks it up.
Evolution operates from Delta, British Columbia, and publishes a second facility in Huntington Beach, California. For an apparel brand selling into both countries that combination is the point, and the company publishes a fair amount of detail about how it handles the border.
On its own cross border page Evolution describes Delivered Duty Paid options, use of Section 321 where eligible, USMCA and CUSMA treatment, duty drawback, standardized HS codes, bonded warehousing, and CBSA and CRA compliance. It also describes injecting parcels into USPS, UPS, FedEx or regional carriers as domestic shipments rather than as international ones, which is what keeps the delivery experience and the cost profile normal for the consumer. Its parent company publishes non resident importer accounting.
None of that is AIMS360 functionality and we are not claiming it. It is what the warehouse does. What AIMS360 contributes is that the catalog reaching the warehouse on the 832 carries the attributes the border work depends on, and that the shipment coming back on the 945 lands against the right order in the right currency without rekeying.
Last reviewed 15 August 2026 by the AIMS360 integrations team.
Integration status reviewed against the AIMS360 production configuration for this partner. Company facts checked against evolutionfulfillment.com and its parent site in August 2026 and attributed to the publisher rather than stated as our own.
Everything in this section comes from Evolution's own website. We have not verified the figures independently and we are attributing them rather than repeating them as fact.
| What they publish | Detail |
|---|---|
| Head office | Delta, British Columbia. A second facility is listed in Huntington Beach, California |
| Network size | 135,000 square feet across three locations, their figure. Only two cities are named on the site |
| Team | 65 logistics professionals, their figure |
| Accuracy | 99.5 percent order accuracy, their claim, not independently verified |
| Channels handled | Direct to consumer and business to business wholesale, pick and pack, same day processing |
| Retail compliance | Routing guide compliance, UCC-128 and GS1-128 carton labels, ASN and EDI support, and must arrive by date and on time in full performance |
| Apparel handling | Folds by garment class, lint control, steaming where needed, acid free tissue, size and color differentiation, velocity based slotting |
| Value added | Kitting and bundling, polybagging, FNSKU labels, Amazon FBA prep, transloading and cross docking |
| Returns | Inspection, quality check, A, B and C grading, restock, exchange first, and reticketing |
| Corporate | Evolution Fulfillment Inc., a subsidiary of Evolution Group, which dates the business to 2010 |
One naming note, because it causes confusion in search. Several unrelated companies use the Evolution name, including a Florida 3PL called Evolution Logistics and businesses in gaming and financial services. The warehouse described on this page is the apparel and footwear 3PL in Delta, British Columbia.
Every page like this is more useful with the limitation on it, so here is ours.
Cancelling a released pick ticket is a manual step. Once an order has gone to the warehouse, pulling it back is a conversation with Evolution rather than a button in AIMS360. That is true of most warehouses on our list, not a criticism of this one, but it is worth knowing before you build a process that assumes late cancellation is free.
An API integration is not automatically faster to launch. It removes the file format work, which is the largest part of a typical build, but the catalog still has to be clean before the 832 is worth sending. Brands that arrive with duplicate UPCs or styles carrying inconsistent size scales spend their implementation time there rather than on the connection.
Yes, and the connection is in production rather than in development. It runs entirely over API through Blastramp, which Evolution names on its own site as the intermediary inventory and order hub it uses for apparel workflows. The catalog, ship orders, inbound advice, receipts, shipment confirmations, inventory adjustments and inventory snapshots all move without a file being exchanged.
Both move the same information. EDI usually moves it as a formatted file across SFTP, converted on a schedule, so freshness depends on the conversion interval and a failure looks like a file waiting in a directory. An API moves it as a request at the moment the event happens, and a rejection comes back with a reason attached. In practice the API version costs less to operate over a year, and the EDI version is more widely supported across warehouses.
It is a real question and the answer depends on the warehouse rather than the ERP. Evolution publishes Delivered Duty Paid options, Section 321 eligibility, USMCA and CUSMA treatment, duty drawback, bonded warehousing and non resident importer accounting, and describes injecting parcels into US carriers as domestic shipments. AIMS360's part is making sure the catalog carries the attributes that work depends on and that shipments land back against the right order. Take the customs advice from the warehouse and your broker, not from a software vendor.
The order status code on the outbound order carries it, so the treatment is known before the container is unloaded. Cross docking moves goods from the inbound container to the outbound trailer without a putaway, storage period or pick, which is a meaningful saving per unit. Pack and hold puts the goods away until the retailer's ship window opens, which is what keeps you inside a must arrive by date.
Yes. Evolution publishes routing guide compliance, UCC-128 and GS1-128 carton labeling, ASN support and must arrive by date performance alongside its ecommerce work. On the AIMS360 side the retailer documents stay with AIMS360: the 850 comes in, the 855, 856 and 810 go back on the retailer's spec, and the carton detail on the 945 from Evolution is what the 856 is built from.
Adding a warehouse in AIMS360 is adding a location, not adding a system. Two 3PLs can run at the same time, alongside your own warehouse and your retail stores, with inventory templates deciding what each location can sell and routing deciding where an order ships from. Moving away from a warehouse is a reconnection rather than a replatform, because the document set is the same wherever it points.
Bring an order and a purchase order. We will send the ship order, take the confirmation back with carton detail, and show you the advance ship notice it produces.
