Katana

Katana is a cloud-based manufacturing resource planning and inventory management platform designed for small to mid-size product businesses that make, sell, and ship physical goods. The platform provides real-time visibility into inventory levels, production schedules, and order fulfillment across all sales channels. Katana excels at managing the complexity of manufacturing operations where raw materials are transformed into finished products, tracking bills of materials, production costs, and shop floor workflows. The live inventory feature automatically adjusts stock levels based on sales orders, purchase orders, and manufacturing operations, providing a single source of truth that eliminates spreadsheet-based tracking. Production planning uses visual scheduling to assign manufacturing orders to workstations, track progress through production stages, and manage operator workflows. Multichannel order management syncs with Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, and Amazon to automatically import sales orders and allocate inventory. Purchase order management tracks supplier lead times, automates reorder points, and manages receiving workflows. The platform includes batch and serial number tracking for traceability, multi-warehouse support for distributed inventory, and costing features that calculate actual manufacturing costs. Katana integrates with QuickBooks and Xero for accounting, ShipStation for fulfillment, and provides an open API for custom workflows. The platform is particularly popular among D2C brands, craft manufacturers, and growing product businesses transitioning from spreadsheet-based operations.