Shopify App : Katana Manufacturing ERP

Inventory management, stock sync and production scheduling

About Katana Manufacturing ERP

Live inventory management : Gain total stock control with live inventory data. As a Shopify Plus certified app, Katana helps thousands of makers with stock tracking.

Visual production planning : Optimize production scheduling and planning with Katana’s real-time master planner. Assign tasks and monitor operations in one place.

End-to-end traceability : Katana’s batch and lot tracking features help you ensure industry compliance and visibility when tracking your inventory.

Integrations
Quickbooks Xero Zapier API Salesforce Hubspot
Description

Katana gives Shopify makers the real-time overview they need. Thousands of makers use Katana's manufacturing ERP software to manage inventory and production in one visual platform.

Connect Shopify and Katana to:

  • Set up inventory and stock sync between multiple Shopify stores and Katana to ensure accurate stock quantities

  • Automatically update manufacturing orders based on changes to sales orders in Shopify

  • Import sales orders from your Shopify store and POS system to visually manage order fulfillment and production planning

  • Monitor availability of raw materials based on BOMs and product recipes and manage the product inventory needed to fulfill Shopify sales orders on time

  • Assign and schedule production tasks for floor-level employees and track live progress

About Katana

Katana is a manufacturing ERP that provides you with a live look at all the moving parts of your business — sales, inventory, and production.

Katana features include live raw materials and product inventory management, bill of materials (BOM) and product recipes, production schedules, barcode scanning, batch tracking, reporting, and more. Build custom workflows beyond a growing list of e-commerce, accounting, CRM, and automation integrations via Katana API.

Features

  • Real-time master planner — Katana automates raw materials and product allocation for efficient sales order fulfillment. Your production schedule is automatically adjusted according to demand, aligning your manufacturing operations to ensure maximum efficiency.

  • Monitor your shop floor — Optimize and monitor floor-level operations in Katana's Shop Floor App. Create, set up, and remove shop floor operators and receive real-time insights to track manufacturing costs and productivity based on product recipes, bill of materials (BOM), and production operations.

  • Omnichannel order management — Manage your make-to-order and make-to-stock workflows in tandem. Katana supports e-commerce and B2B operations and integrates with CRM and e-commerce tools to streamline order fulfillment.

  • Stock control and traceability — Batch tracking for manufacturing, purchasing, and sales orders, ensures industry compliance and visibility. Expiry date tracking also makes it easy to manage your perishable stock. Katana automates stock sync for reverted orders and allows you to partially pack and deliver Shopify sales orders and organize fulfillments in several shipments.

  • Visual and intuitive — Katana's color-coded platform lets you easily stay on top of your business vitals, from sales to manufacturing operations. Get a quick overview and help when you need it through our Knowledge Base and live support team. You can also enlist the help of a Katana Partner for help with implementation, automation, and more.

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Launch date
March 20, 2019
App rating
4.9
Top features

Speed tested: no impact to your online store

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About the Author

Matej Kontros

Matej Kontros is an E-Commerce expert and app developer with over a decade of professional experience in IT.

Matej has worked for organisations of all types and sizes, including global players, startups, and agencies. He designed, developed, and maintained complex projects.

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