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Effectively grow your business with production management software

Production management doesn’t have to be complex. Stop spending hours updating spreadsheets or flipping through a manual with intuitive production planning software that aligns your inventory, purchasing, and production in one platform.

Features

Boost efficiency and align your teams with features designed to give you total visibility and control

Get a live look at your manufacturing business with features that keep your teams and products moving.

Live inventory management

Get real-time updates on inventory movements, so you know exactly what you have on hand and what’s expected to arrive

Real-time master planning

Have available raw materials and components automatically allocated to open manufacturing orders based on the priority of the order

Shop Floor App

Align your open sales orders and production runs with Katana Shop Floor App to assign and monitor tasks from Katana’s main dashboard

Contract manufacturing

Gain an overview of material usage and outsourced production statuses with accurate cost values and the ability to create outsourced purchase orders

Set reorder points

Decide at what level is too low for inventory, and Katana will highlight items that have reached this point so you can order more

Integrations

Create a smooth workflow between sales, production, accounting, and other departments by integrating Katana with your favorite business tools

Production management software can make the most complex process simple

Managing your business without the help of production management software is tedious — especially if you’re using error-prone spreadsheets for managing your production runs.

Production management software like Katana automates your production planning and scheduling so you confidently fulfill orders knowing that you have software that has your back.

Minimize product defects and stock-outs with production management software

Production management software comes with production scheduling features for real-time sales and inventory data tracking — ensuring all your teams are on the same page and have total inventory control. Production management software allows you to track and monitor inputs and materials required and reduce human error — ultimately helping you detect flaws early in production, making it easy to stay in stock and keep your customers and team happy.

Production management software like Katana makes it possible to:

  • Track availability for required materials for efficient sales order fulfillment
  • Get total inventory control for finished products and raw materials
  • Automate inventory transactions and set reorder points to prevent stock-outs
  • Track on-hand, committed, and expected stock amounts in real time
  • Monitor your inventory levels across multiple warehouses

Production management software that supports your planning — from materials to human capital

Manufacturers face constant change, both inside and outside their business. Customers demand customizations and fast shipping, and the more you expand and grow, the more critical and challenging production planning becomes. Production scheduling software helps you manage your manufacturing lines and optimize production schedules according to your inventory levels — helping you avoid production overload and human resource issues without incurring overtime costs.

Planning with cloud manufacturing software like Katana allows you to:

  • Send tasks to the app according to product operations for incoming manufacturing orders
  • Plan and schedule jobs and assign to operators who can start, pause, and resume tasks to keep you up to date on production
  • View manufacturing order task and ingredient list for every task in the app
  • Track time spent on tasks to optimize shop floor activities

Integrate with the best e-commerce,
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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