Mine Baseball hits a home run with real-time inventory visibility across sales channels

About Mine Baseball 

Mine Baseball launched in 2020 with one mission: to build the best wood bat possible. Since then, the company has become the fastest-growing wood bat manufacturer in the U.S., driven by innovation and a deep understanding of the modern athlete. As their e-commerce presence expanded across Shopify, Facebook Shops, Etsy, Google Shop, and Amazon, so did the complexity of their operations. 

The challenge: Too much of the wrong product, not enough of the right one

Like many fast-growing businesses, Mine Baseball faced the classic inventory challenge—overstocked on low-demand items and out of stock on bestsellers. With nearly half of their annual sales occurring between May and July, every misstep in inventory forecasting meant missing out on revenue that couldn’t be recovered later in the year. On top of that, managing inventory across multiple sales channels was becoming increasingly inefficient.  

Before implementing Katana, Mine Baseball managed their rapidly growing ecommerce operations using Shopify and manual processes to keep all other sales channels up to date. Their shipping process was heavily manual and disconnected form Shopify, requiring unnecessary effort to maintain order accuracy and update stock levels across multiple channels. 

The solution: Katana and Shiptheory – a seamless pairing 

Mine Baseball turned to Katana to centralize and automate inventory management across all their sales channels. With Katana pulling order data from Shopify and pushing inventory updates across platforms, the team could make real-time stock adjustments and ensure better forecasting during peak seasons. 

Katana’s integration with Shiptheory provided Mine Baseball with a powerful end-to-end workflow for order fulfillment. As soon as orders flow into Katana from Shopify, they are automatically passed to Shiptheory, which determines the appropriate shipping account and generates labels without manual input. This seamless handoff between systems enabled Mine Baseball to eliminate repetitive tasks and speed up fulfillment.  

The impact: Time and money saved, headaches gone

By implementing Katana and Shiptheory together, Mine Baseball didn’t have to overhaul its Shopify-based systems. Instead, the tools enhanced their existing processes, making them faster and more efficient. 

They are now able to save over 30 hours every week thanks to: 

1. Real-time inventory visibility across all channels 
2. Simplified shipping workflows with automatic label generation 
3. Improved seasonal forecasting and demand planning 
4. Reduced deadstock and optimized stock levels

 

The bottom line: A game-changing partnership 

With Katana and Shiptheory, Mine Baseball is equipped to scale confidently, manage high-demand seasons, and deliver an exceptional customer experience.