Hobbies & Outdoor Inventory and Manufacturing Software

Skincare • Make-up • Soap & Bath • Essential Oils • Fragrance • Supplements • More

Katana's intuitive dashboard helps manufacturers get complete control over their raw materials, subassemblies, and finished goods. Integration with your e-commerce channels and accounting software allows you to centralize your entire business, so you can easily track production and everything else in one place.

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Hear from other manufacturers in the Hobbies & Outdoor industry who use Katana

“Over the last eight years, I have used a series of inventory programs for my small manufacturing and sales business. It takes a lot to migrate to a new platform and each move was an improvement. But Katana, finally, is exactly what I need. Intuitive, no bells and whistles I don't need, Katana is one of my best assets!”

Grandwork Tools

Piano tuning tools

“Katana support is terrific. Katana is simple, clean, and effective. Easy to use. When we have encountered questions, Katana has been very responsive with support. No app is perfect, however, Katana's team makes it a real winner.”

Ready Rig

Handheld camera rigs

“Katana was perfect for our small high-end engineering company, using over 800 components to virtually build items ahead of time allows me to view my projected stock and manufacturing process like I never thought possible.”

Rally Raid Products

Motorcycles & parts

“The best thing about Katana is that you can follow the whole process of manufacturing. We have tried many similar softwares but they usually lack some crucial components in the manufacturing pipeline. The user interface is extremely easy to use, and their customer support is extraordinary, too.”

Scolia Technologies

Automated darts scorekeeping

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Raw Material Tracking & Bill of Materials

Katana will automatically tell you if you have enough raw materials in stock to start production, when to order more, what and how much you’re missing. You can also purchase whatever you’re missing right away.

Smart Priority-Based Production Planning

Get real-time updates on inventory movement. Set reorder points, to ensure stock for high demand periods. Drag and drop to prioritize orders and let Katana reallocate materials and finished goods accordingly.

Make to Order & Make to Stock Support

Save your BOMs and let Katana make automatic inventory adjustments, calculate operations costs, and assign raw inventory, subassemblies, and finished goods to orders as soon as they’re generated.

Multi-Channel & Multi-Location

Centralize all your sales orders into one visual dashboard and gain multi-channel inventory visibility. Track the status of manufacturing orders at multiple locations and inventory levels at different warehouses.

Manufacturing Floor-Level Control

Get a simplified but complete overview of the status of your manufacturing operations so you can easily manage your resources, set tasks for team members, and monitor the progress of projects.

Outsource Manufacturing

Don’t produce in-house? Not a problem. Katana helps you stay in control of your outsourced manufacturing processes. Easily manage your orders, raw materials, and manufacturing operations at multiple locations.

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Seamless integrations with your business essentials

From accounting to e-commerce.

The Winning Formula for D2C Manufacturers in 2020

Shopify/WooCommerce + Katana Smart Manufacturing Software + QuickBooks/Xero = Success

If you're struggling to manage your manufacturing business, don't beat yourself up. The only difference between you and other successful D2C manufacturers is that you haven't found the right tools to create the perfect synergy for growth. But that's about to change. In this article, we're going to pick apart the winning formula for D2C manufacturers and show you exactly why this combo is the key to unlocking your business' full potential.