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Automate your manufacturing business with an e-commerce API

Transfer data between your e-commerce platforms and tools with API integrations that streamline operations. Katana’s open API is designed for developers and businesses who want to take their manufacturing software to the next level.

Unite your e-commerce platforms and business apps with Katana’s open API

Align your manufacturing, production, and sales with custom API workflows. Katana’s open API gives you access to apps and tools beyond our list of native integrations for total control.

Create custom workflows that boost accuracy and free up your time

Katana API allows you to build custom solutions that integrate your production operations with your e-commerce systems. Automation allows you to save time spent on repetitive tasks and reduce human error, giving you the accuracy and focus you need to scale your business.

  • Sync your inventory data with hundreds of e-commerce, shipping, accounting, and reporting platforms
  • Automate sales order import from multiple e-commerce platforms for a unified overview

Align your team with real-time data

Managers, sales teams, and shop floor employees need access to the same information to keep their operations in sync. E-commerce APIs connect all your tools to give everyone in your organization access to the live data they need in a single, unified platform. No more miscommunication or mistakes when it comes to deadlines, scheduling, or stock counting.

  • Get task-level control for effective shop floor management
  • Specify user access and permissions for different team members using your manufacturing software
Features

Getting your products to customers faster

Katana supports your workflows no matter your industry with the features and seamless integrations you need to manage your business how you want.

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 and data into a single view for total omnichannel support. 

  • Kits and bundles
  • Traceability
  • Partial shipping and invoicing
  • Sales insights
  • Multicurrency
  • E-commerce 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. 

  • Bin locations
  • Traceability
  • Label printing
  • Barcode scanning
  • Stocktake
  • Warehouse app

Want to see Katana in action?

Book a demo to get all your questions answered regarding Katana’s features, integrations, pricing, and more.

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Create custom API integrations

Use Katana’s open API to create custom workflows and connect to apps beyond our list of integrations. Automate data transfers between the services you use to level up efficiency. Take a look at our API documentation to learn more.

Katana integrates everything, making for effective company-wide resource planning and control.”

Danielle Louw
Production Manager at CT LAB

We needed help with Shopify inventory management for raw materials, and Katana exceeded our expectations.”

Pablo Baque
Walk With Me CEO

Having the shop floor know what they can or can’t make on a given day is amazing, and replaces our previous “system” of spreadsheets.”

Sara Varela
Founder and Designer at Sara Gabriel

As an organic food processor, traceability is critical and our records must be meticulously kept. Katana fulfills all our needs in a simple, easy solution.”

Irah Vet
Founder and Production Manager at Hornby Organic

Get visibility over your sales and stock

Wave goodbye to uncertainty by using Katana Cloud Inventory for total inventory control