Katana

“We manufacture most of our products and have a complex supply chain. Yet, most third-party inventory management tools out there are made for resellers, not for makers. We need to source raw materials, plan production, put components together and know our real-time inventory across the entire production process.”

“I’m growing about 20% a year — I need systems that match that growth. Katana is the piece that lets me plan instead of just react.”

“We were routinely overselling because my system couldn’t keep up. Now I’m ordering three times a year, spaced out, and using Katana to maintain a baseline instead of constantly running out.”

“Now I can work with Katana to implement safety stock for each SKU and build POs and MOs around the reality of my demand”

“I didn’t know how stressed I was until I left our old system. Things would be wrong, or the Shopify sync wouldn’t update for 24 hours.”

“I knew there had to be a better way. Spreadsheets and my old system just couldn’t handle how the business really works.”

“I manage hundreds of thousands of dollars in inventory at any given time. Everything starts as a single stem before we assemble it here.”

“With batch tracking, it’s great. If we ever got a customer complaining about a product and they tell us the batch code we can easily check if there are any problems with the entire batch.”

“This might sound like a cliché, but Katana made our lives much easier. Revenue has gone up because we manage more orders without hiring more staff.”

“To get information moving from a website like Shopify into Katana, then into QuickBooks Online makes it easier to get all that payment info with fewer errors and way more automation. Only then do you have the ability to analyze.”

“The ease of use is a huge win for Katana. I’ve seen a lot of inventory systems where you have to go 15 clicks to find something, and then you have to back out.”

“People still try to manage a lot manually — inventory, accounting, production planning. If you want us to help you, it has to be online. So, automating, computerizing, and moving our clients to a paperless office is our main goal.”

“Katana offers a huge boost to our manufacturing clients because they can now get the in-depth inventory analysis and the data they need for a fractional CFO through one system.”

“Katana keeps accurate stock of our assemblies and ingredients so that I can plan out manufacturing and get instant feedback on whether or not I have enough resources in stock to complete an order.”

“Customer support is very responsive and wants you to succeed as a user.”

“Integrations with Shopify and Xero play a big role in business management, helping us streamline our operations from sales orders to ready-made goods. We can now manage both B2B and B2C orders with greater ease.”

“Katana allowed us to strategically manage our capacity and increase how many orders we could get. So I’m very grateful that Katana is there. They have been a great partner since and have helped us every step of the way.”

“Doing on-demand manufacturing allowed us to cut down on holding costs. Now we’re able to avoid over and underproducing.”

“If I didn’t have Katana, I would be drowning in spreadsheets, which would all break at some point. Because of Katana and our pre-order methods, we can make sure our hero products are always in stock.”

“We were doing £150-250,000 a month while struggling with the previous system at that time. With Katana, we’ve doubled that number and are working a lot more efficiently.”

“We tried other software as well. However, only Katana could provide visual insight into the production process.”

“Katana is a very user-friendly and easy-to-use system for each of the struggles that we used to have before. Even more, I appreciate the communication when they are developing new tools, they are open to feedback and take our improvements into account.”

“We use Katana as a one-stop shop for operations, so we’re really utilizing all the features Katana offers. Anytime I have a question, I use the chat, and the team has been an immense help during the implementation and integration of all our products.”

“It was hard to see how many orders were open, completed, or delivered. We also had more team members coming on board and needed a system in place that would help improve transparency.”

“I would 100% recommend both Katana and Shiptheory to anybody who’s looking for this type of solution.”