Katana Manufacturing ERP Reviews - Page 2

Intuitive user experience, 1 clic e-commerce integration

More feature could be added to Purchasing order like Minimum Order Quantity per supplier, checkbox for invoice received and payement

Cloud based and easy to use. PNs support variants which allows for great flexibility when pricing items to multiple customers.

Interface with Quickbooks could use more customization. Item quantities need to be able to support fractional based values.

The ease of setup to a non-ERP user was great and support team always willing to help

Minor enhancements like customising documents produced and report Paramus/filters neon saved

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It is the only product I have found which helps run my entire process from purchasing raw materials to selling end products.

It sometimes gets complicated. Luckily, support is good.

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Ease of use with material inventory and production task management.

Katana pulls order information from Shopify, and the info as it appears in Katana is always rearranged and never in the same order.

Thank you for the review! Regarding Shopify orders appearance - just wanted to let you know we are working to improve the user experience on this!

I am admittedly new to Manufacturing Resource Planning tools. I can say though that I was surprised at how extremely intuitive Katana's user interface is. This makes it very easy for all the team to quickly get on board and start using Katana. By my estimations, the cost of not using this software easily exceeds the cost of NOT using it, by a) preventing manufacturing and operational delays, and b) saving time tracking the status of inventory and manufacturing.

Being very picky, I'd like to see more options to document the manufacturing operation steps by adding images, rich text, headers etc.

I love the ease of setup with this tool, and the ability to integrate it so well with all of our other platforms.

I wish the Lot Tracking came standard because it is a health and safety issue and should be included in the basic plan in my opinion.

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This software took our company to a new level. Our inventory and purchasing is so much more organized. It has helped our daily flow of production and keeps our team on the same page.

It doesn't give enough of an overview of the workflow.

I like the ease of visibility to see what I have, what I need to order and it links into my accounting software, Xero which saves double entries.

Still new to software but I would say the response to issues is slightly delayed as I believe team is overseas, the information they give is great and fixes my misunderstandings/errors, it is just slightly delayed.

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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.

It is quite costly, but it is definitely worth the price.

Thank you for the kind feedback! We always try to provide more value for money and Katana's features keep evolving in time to make an even better impact on your manufacturing and inventory operations.

This program is easy to implement and is very intuitive and user friendly. We ran into a few hiccups at the beginning and the support team was very responsive and helpful in helping us remedy our issues.

There is a limit in the number of SKUs that the software can support - we were able to find a workaround, but ideally the system will support 200,000+ SKUs in the future.

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Katana is visual, modern and easy to use. I get an instant overview of where we're standing without unnecessary features crowding the picture. It works for both the managerial team as well as the production unit fulfilling the orders. Great customer support that works quickly and pays attention to details. Very easy to integrate with the existing sales software.

Nothing really, customer support helped me solve all questions quickly.

The software is fairly easier to use as compared to other providers. It's pretty straight forward and the booking system gives us an immediate glimpse of our current production status. Customer service is also excellent!

The company behind Katana is relatively new, so there are still a lot more features that they can add but I know they have been working on them! Would love to have access control options feature.

We use Katana everyday to track our supply flows through different warehouses and to get the average value in stock. Once the main integration is made it is easy to use. Katana team members were always available to help us through this process and still are when needed. 

Our use of Katana is limited since we are not handling our production ourselves, so we don't use all the functions available and have to adjust the features to our business. Small changes like adjusting the interface according to the daily customer needs would be a real bonus. 

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The set up was very easy to go through - with just a few videos, I was able to set up our entire inventory management system. It was easy to train staff on and maintain.

I like the integration with QuickBooks - I wish there was not just the invoicing feature but also a feature for estimates.

Glad it was easy to set up your business for success with Katana. Thank you for your review!

Good setup for small manufacturers who sell what they make on Shopify. Easy to use and they are always improving functionality. Great support.

Poor batch controls at first but they have addressed that mostly.

Thank you for the feedback! Regarding the batch controls - it's coming very soon!

I am able to organize the production of my "made to order" orders. I used to just use excel sheets and this is so much easier to use and manage since it imports the orders from shopify!

It's still new so there are some features that are little hard to use and some features I wish it had that it doesn't

Thank you for sharing your experience! We are trying to do the most to get you up and running + keep supporting you all the way through your journey with Katana.

Product is as described, mostly. Easy to use. Has made a big difference in sorting orders and tracking inventory. Reasonably priced for a small business. There is a lot to the software program, and we are still learning, but customer service is always available to assist in answering any questions, and so far each employee that has used it, agrees that it is easy to navigate through.

Lacking a few features but they are expanding and often adding new features.

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Once you understand the structure of the software and the solutions it offers, it gives you simple, but useful overview of your production process. It is easy to use as a team as well.

Since the software is made for a very wide range of products manufacturing, there were not as many options we would specifically needed for our prefab timber house production process, but after a period of time, there has been many updates and additional options added to the software.

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Very User-friendly and great customer support. The team are clearly hungry to add features and are always willing to listen to user feedback. Gives great Manufacturing planning at a fraction of the cost and complexity of large ERP's

Feature list still needs maturing - especially ability to draw reports, and interface the system with real-world workflows (Example - Ability to export lists, or print MO's)

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A simple solution for tracking ingredients and manufacturing operations tied to work orders and final products.

Covers most the basics but missing some nice to have features like custom metadata/fields for orders and the ability to bulk modify delivery date. I also would like simple ways to adjust work orders and inventory for scrap or loss during production. Seems there are workarounds for these though.

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Most useful feature for me is to be able to import orders from multiple sources, like Shopify stores. Easily manage all my orders on one place. Also Katana has easy onboarding, just start using it.

It seems to me that Katana does not meet the price level at the moment, but it is constantly being supplemented and improved. New features are added regularly. Definitely soon it will become the best software in its niche.

Batch tracking was something we needed and always faced issues with. It is now solved using this software.

To raise a PO to purchase certain materials from suppliers, it would be good if a list of all the items supplied by the selected supplier can appear on the screen to select from rather than remembering which supplier each ingredients come from.