What makes Katana different?

If you’re managing raw materials, BOMs, or production and sales across multiple channels, not every system is built for your reality. Katana is purpose-built for product businesses that need flexibility and speed—without sacrificing inventory accuracy or operational control.

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Don’t lose control over your bill of materials

Gain full control over your product composition, ensuring accurate BOM management and protecting product ownership, even as your business scales.

Don’t let rapid growth overwhelm your operations

Katana’s intuitive system enables you to keep up with increasing demand, staff, and revenue, streamlining operations without overwhelming your team.

Get expert support when you need it

When you need assistance, we’re there for you. Our 24-hour support answers in under an hour. No cumbersome tickets and waiting for hours or days to get a response.

Katana wins in 87% of review categories versus Fishbowl

According to customers, Katana is 4 times faster to go live, support you better, and get to positive ROI almost twice as fast. Here are a few more reasons why you should choose us.


Average Go Live Time (months)*	1 month	4 months
Average ROI (months)*	9 months	17 months
Users	Unlimited	2 users included, additional users at extra cost
Integrations	Unlimited	Only accounting integrations included, others cost extra

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Ease of Use

90%

77%

Ease of Admin

89%

78%

Ease of Setup

85%

77%

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

93%

79%

Product direction (% positive)

100%

75%

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Katana Features

Get your products to customers faster

Katana supports your workflows, regardless of industry, with the features and seamless integrations needed to do business your way.

Inventory management

Get real-time inventory insights of all your items and optimize your inventory levels based on demand.

Inventory management
Reorder points
End-to-end traceability
Multilocation support
Multichannel inventory
Product availability

Purchase management

Issue purchase orders for supplies and materials in Katana that are delivered directly to your warehouse or contract manufacturer.

Order management
Reorder points
Contract manufacturing
Flexible unit purchasing
Multicurrency
Purchasing insights

Sales order management

Consolidate all your online and offline sales channels in one view with AI-powered automation for order creation and real-time sales insights.

Kits and bundles
Traceability
Partial shipping and invoicing
AI-powered assistant
Sales insights
Sell goods and services
Multicurrency
Ecommerce integrations

Planning and forecasting

Make better data-driven decisions as Katana automates your inventory planning — using historical data to predict future demand.

Demand planning and forecasting
Flexible inventory control
Smart replenishment planning

Production management

Optimize your production and decrease lead times based on your bill of materials and operations data.

Real-time planning
Shop Floor App
Manufacturing costs
MTS and MTO workflows
BOM and subassemblies
Ingredient availability

Cloud accounting

Get your inventory and accounting data in sync to better understand your business’s finances.

Accounting integrations
Accurate costing
Sales order management
Katana Insights
Inventory management
Purchase order management

Warehouse management

Our Warehouse add-on provides all the tools and real-time insights to improve picking routes and manage receiving, mobile scanning, and printing — all from a mobile device.