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Über Katana Cloud Inventory
Katana ist eine moderne Produktions- und Inventarsoftware für die Skalierung von Unternehmen. Mit der visuellen Schnittstelle und der intelligenten Auto-Booking-Engine von Katana, mit denen Unternehmen Bestellungen priorisieren...
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- Branche: Lagerung
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The best for small manufacturing
Vorteile
KatanaMRP has really helped me know what to order, and when to order it, as well as plan what comes next in manufacturing. It even lets me add time to tasks in production so I can monetarily make sure employees are being efficient enough for my company to remain profitable.
Definitely recommend. I wish I would have found them sooner.
Nachteile
Sometimes the app logs me out and I have to put the information in twice.
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OdooWarum Katana Cloud Inventory gewählt wurde
ease of use and training of usersAntwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for the feedback and support!
- Branche: Maschinerie
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
First Impression KATANA - perfect fit for smaller companies which do not need a complex...
For our requirements, set-up and company size the best we could find and test!
We will manage inventory/warehouse with 5000+ items, handle products with ingredients & operations, edit quotes, generate sales orders and mark received orders as shipped for automated invoice generation in Quickbooks. The cloud-based concept and the reduced complexity combined with an intuitivbe operatzion makes this SW easy to install and to work with if you have a team in different geographic locatioopns (as we have).
Set-up of KATANA is absolutely simple, mostl yself-explanatory and can be done by any "power-user" without need of (expensive) external ERP-consultants.
Vorteile
Handling of inventory, items, products, ingredients, sales orders - all this is handled in a very efficient, clear and easy to use way. Makes the difference compared to many alternative MRP-/ERP-systems.
Connector to QuickBooks with automatic trigger for invoices in QB once the products are marked as shipped in KATANA.
Connector to Shopify for on-line sale of spare parts.
100% helpful and open minded customer service - very helpful in helping to understand all features and finding the best workflow for specific situations.
Nachteile
There are some functions/features which need improvement, e.g. the customization of documents such as Quotations so every company can generate a set of individual template to serve different areas (machines, spare parts, service,..). 3-5 custom fields for Quotes/Sales Orders/Products would be helpful. Althoug KATANA is intended to be a MRP-system it would be helpful to integrate SERVICE-articles (not only MAKE or BUY articles). This would allow to add a possible service portion to a spare parts quote.
Dedicated Delivery Notes (with partial shipments) would be a great feature.
Warum Katana Cloud Inventory gewählt wurde
Due to a downsizing in manufacturing we decided to look for a faster, more flexible, less complicated MRP-system which is cloud-based and would have good and propven interfaces to a standard accounting SW and to an on-line shop (spare parts).Gründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Simplicity with at the same time well covered basic features, ease of use, intuitive, cloud-based.Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you! Glad you are getting value out of Katana.
- Branche: Transport/Güterfrachtverkehr/Schienenverkehr
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Wöchentlich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Promised so much delivered far short of what we hoped
Disappointed. They are pretending this software is the best thing since sliced bread and its more like a stale baguette.
Vorteile
It works on a basic level for stock management and also bills of materials.
Nachteile
It fails to have any sort of calender or gantt chart. It also fails terribly with time planning/recording of how long a task can take. For example you can't even put into the system that you start your working day at half past the hour only full hours are allowed. Further to the time planning side you can not block out time for holidays or meetings. Making this software useless to plan your time and give acreate lead times to customers.
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MRPeasyWarum Katana Cloud Inventory gewählt wurde
In the middle of the switch but it seams to offer far more options and cross capability.Zuvor genutzte Software
OdooAntwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Hi Daniel! Thank you for your honest feedback. We are continuously working on improving on the points of time planning and will be ready with better capabilities in the coming months already.
Die besten Alternativen zu Katana Cloud Inventory
- Branche: Möbel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
A Thoughtful New Take on MRPs
This has been a very easy product to use - we came from a Netsuite operational backend but having a system that easily links to other products we use (Quickbooks, Shipping Platforms) was much easier to deploy.
Vorteile
The ease of use, as compared to larger MRP systems, helps keep the team on track.
Nachteile
There are some missing features - custom fields, tiered pricing, etc.
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MRPeasyZuvor genutzte Software
NetSuiteGründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Ease of use, API integration- Branche: Einzelhandel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
A critical piece of our business that we can't live without
I love it. I've had great interactions with everyone on the team, and I can tell they want to help me succeed. Thanks Katana!
Vorteile
Great value, probably the only affordable cloud solution on the market
Nachteile
It's a great piece of software for data entry. Not so great when it comes to using that data to run your business. No dashboards or views that provide insights. They've solved for this by integrating with Easy-Insight and Stocktrim. Now that those are in place, I'm completely satisfied.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thanks for your review Jonathan, happy to hear Katana saves you the time and effort compared to Airtable!
- Branche: Konsumgüter
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Very Useful
The overall experience has been excellent so far. Katana has helped us transition away from using spreadsheets to track our manufacturing operations and really professionalise our processes. It's an integral part of our everyday operations.
Vorteile
Katana has multiple features which have very useful in improving our manufacturing processes. The ability to create recipes for each product has been a huge help for us as we have quite a lot of raw materials in each finished product.
The Shop Floor app has been brilliant for us to track production/assembly time more accurately. This has been a great help in pinpointing an accurate cost per unit.
Nachteile
The only aspect that hasn't met our expectations so far has been the batch tracking feature. This is an excellent feature and one that would be so helpful for us. However, we need it to work automatically with our Shopify orders and at the moment sales orders can only be attributed to particular batches if you fulfil them on the Katana dashboard. We need this to happen automatically when our Shopify orders are fulfilled.
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OrderhiveGründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Katana was much more suited to our needs in terms of the receipt creation features for each product. The interface was also much simpler than the alternative products we considered.- Branche: Konsumgüter
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Exactly What Our Growing Business Needed.
So far, we are really liking hoe easy it was to setup and get running. The inventory management has improved the flow and processes in our company for the better.
Vorteile
Ease of use, support, inventory management features, able to create builds/recipes for products (BOM), ability to upload data using Excel, integration with Quickbooks Online
Nachteile
Cost, certain features do not make sense in the implementation.
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
Zoho CRM, QuickBooks Online Advanced und QuickBooks Desktop EnterpriseGründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Ease of use and the features. And it looks good.- Branche: Einzelhandel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Highly Recommend!
We love it. We use this app to help with our growing business. It has made it so easy to keep up with reordering and be able to manage inventory between two stores! The Katana team makes it so easy to use and offer a lot of help! Highly recommend!
Vorteile
Ease of Use
Easy Implementation
Customer Service
Reorder Options
Nachteile
I wouldn't say this is a con- but we are really excited for the bar code scanning option they plan to roll out in 2021!
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for your review! We are excited to have you as a customer.
- Branche: Kosmetik
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The best app ever!
Vorteile
I love the simplicity of Katana and the ease of inventory management. This software has saved us so much time and offers way more than other products we looked into. For a small business with lots of moving parts and inventory to manage, Katana makes everything a breeze.
Nachteile
N/a, Katana meets and exceeds all our needs!
Warum Katana Cloud Inventory gewählt wurde
Zoho was consistently inaccurate and needed to to work with other Zoho products for full functionality.Zuvor genutzte Software
Zoho InventoryGründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Gave us everything that we needed.
- Branche: Automotive
- Unternehmensgröße: 51–200 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The simplest mrp system.
We can easy to get COGS, quickly in make decision for make or buy.
Implement is simple and quickly .
Vorteile
Clear process: Order fulfillment, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Inventory Control.
Nachteile
Don't have kitting BOM (Combo product).
Format of Currency is bad, it's difficult to read.
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ERPNextWarum Katana Cloud Inventory gewählt wurde
Easy, simple and focus on MRP.Zuvor genutzte Software
OdooGründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Simple and Very focus, easy to connect with Shopify and Quickbook.- Branche: Elektrische/elektronische Fertigung
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Great alternative MRP to its expensive competitors
Katana has completely solved our supply line issues and it is an amazing tool that enables you to visualize production issues and bottlenecks.
Vorteile
I love graphical representation and its ease of use. It took less than a week to get my company up and running. Katana has been a fantastic MRP that has been able to grow with us. They have added some important updates that have made its daily operation even easier. All things considered Katana was a great choice for my company!
Nachteile
Sometimes it slows in operation which is mildly annoying. This could probably be fixed with some more servers in our geographic region.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for the feedback and support!
- Branche: Elektrische/elektronische Fertigung
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Intuitive Software
Overall very positive experience so far. Software is intuitive and simple to look at which is good. Customer service is outstanding, had a session with [SENSITIVE CONTENT] which he suggested and he was very good - and has even followed up with us since.
Vorteile
The software is very intuitive, meaning everything is in a logical space. The flow between areas works well and we love the ability to be able to customise the quote templates now.
Nachteile
Haven't found anything as yet, had a few bugs but they mainly seem to be cache related.
- Branche: Umweltdienstleistungen
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Love the functionality!
Vorteile
This software is very user friendly compared to some other, more detailed programs.
Nachteile
I had some issue with the conversions during the product builds, so I am not sure if you could have multiple conversions for a product.
- Branche: Druck
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Perfect choice for small manufacturing company
We are a starting up printing company which has been looking for a fast learning curve solution to manage our manufacturing and supply chain data. Katana turned out to be a perfect match for us.
Vorteile
+ Simplicity. Probably most intuitive specialized software I've used.
+ Price structure. Very affordable for us.
+ Customer support.
Nachteile
- Lack of some "nice to have features". But, it's another side of simplicity and affordability, right?
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for sharing your experience with Katana!
- Branche: Gesundheit, Wellness & Fitness
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Love it!
We LOVE this app! We had to work out some kinks the in the beginning based on our needs but Katana's representatives were very helpful and we got it all figured out.
Vorteile
It's helped us streamline inventory management, manufacturing orders and inventory orders. Highly recommend!
Nachteile
It was a significantly more money than what we were paying with our old system but the extra money has been so worth it for us.
- Branche: Druck
- Unternehmensgröße: Selbstständig
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Best MRP/inventory manager for small business
Overall, I'm very happy with Katana. Even though I run a small business and the price is relatively high for me, it's still well worth it.
Adding new orders is quick and simple, but more importantly, I can instantly see if I have all the required resources at hand. Even if I have a few dozen pending orders, their coloured chart makes it so easy to quickly see if there are any issues.
Vorteile
Very easy to use without cluttered interface. This was my biggest selling point when comparing Katana to other similar products. Everything is so well organised and easy to glance over, while still offering nearly everything that I need for myself.
I also like that any changes in the inventory are immediately reflected in open orders. This is true for everything that I've used so far; as soon as I make a change in one area, it instantly reflects in all others as well.
Nachteile
I'm missing one feature, but it's more due to the specific nature of my business. It would be great if I could organize my inventory not just by total combined weight, but broken down into individual units as well.
For example, if my order requires 500g of plastic in one piece, but I have two separate pieces of 250g each, Katana will show that I have enough resources, even though I can't fill my order since I need one unbroken piece.
I've already got in touch with their support about this and they've said my request was put on their wish list, so I'm fairly confident it will eventually get implemented.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for choosing Katana!
- Branche: Maschinerie
- Unternehmensgröße: 51–200 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
First time Katana user
Overall, we have been very happy with the product. There are some features we would like to see implemented, and those have been passed onto to their support team. But the value has far exceeded the cost and we are excited to get completely rolled out soon!
Vorteile
The setup is quick and easy and the customer service is nothing short of excellent. We love the simple interface which makes it easy to train others on,. The Excel templates allow for bulk uploads of all of the required data categories which doesn't need to be uploaded manually.
Nachteile
It could be more circular in that you sometimes have to jump back and forth within the system to complete a task. The production operation feature should allow you to set a default number of labor hours per task so that it isn't required with each manufacturing order setup.
- Branche: Maschinenbau oder Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Wöchentlich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Helped Us Take Our Business to the Next Level
Vorteile
Clean interface, well organized and thought out and modern in its features. Integrates well with lots of other software I use, including Quickbooks and Shopify. Customer service is absolutely top notch, and the tutorials are very helpful.
Nachteile
If you have zero experience with MRPs like I did, it may take you a little while to figure everything out. But the customer service team really goes above and beyond to answer any questions and walk you through anything you're having issues with. If there was one feature I wish was available that is not currently, it's barcode scanner integration. That would make updating my inventory and adding new knives to inventory much easier.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for the review and support! We are surely working on enabling barcode scanning soon.
- Branche: Einzelhandel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Wöchentlich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Simple but Effective Inventory Management
We've saved countless manhours on tracking inventory. It also makes purchasing decisions a lot easier, with the ability to know at a glance how much of each product you need to buy.
Vorteile
PROS:
- really easy to use, great interface
- support is responsive, although we didn't have much need for support thanks to a very thorough and detailed knowledge base
- reasonably priced compared to other inventory management systems
- good integrations with Shopify, Quickbooks, etc
- it made inventory tracking a lot easier for us as a manufacturer. The manhours saved on doing Excel updates to inventory would definitely cost more if you run complex operations
Nachteile
CONS:
- Integration with Quickbooks is a little iffy if you don't login to Quickbooks beforehand
- It doesn't have a multicurrency feature for purchase orders (when you buy inventory in a currency different from your main currency)
- It's not easy to account for freight costs in the costs of buying raw materials
- You can't work in 2 browser tabs without paying for 2 users, this can be a little frustrating
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for the valuable feedback! Some of your suggestions are already in our roadmap for 2021. Glad to see you are saving time and resources with Katana!
- Branche: Luxusgüter & Schmuck
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Streamline Any Business With KATANA
The customer service is honestly the best customer service I have ever experienced. They are quick to respond, clear at explaining, very knowledgeable of the software, and great to work with. Rep even made me videos walking me through the parts of the process that were hanging me up.
Vorteile
The ability to streamline production, inventory and invoicing is a huge time saver and really helps with organization. I feel it is a great value for the money that you are spending and it
Nachteile
There is quite a bit of setup to get everything up and running and everything really functions together. This is not Katana's fault and they really have made it easy. Once everything (materials, products, production recipes) are set up, it runs like a charm.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience!
- Branche: Einzelhandel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
It's a good start
Vorteile
We like having the ability to make manufacture orders so everyone involved can see what's been planned and when it's due. The ability to prioritize orders is very helpful for assigning inventory.
Nachteile
Identifying products that are ready to ship on each order is cumbersome. Our customer service team has to click individually into each order to see if any items are ready to ship. There's no way to easily flip to the next order. You have to close that window & click on the next order. It would be nice if you could at least toggle between orders within an order window. We'd also love to see some kind of drop down or hover-over feature that would quickly show you if partial shipments are available.
- Branche: Unterhaltungselektronik
- Unternehmensgröße: Selbstständig
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
MKUltra Corporation
Invaluable to the maker+vendor. No more guessing, no more surprises when material stock runs out or inventory levels are low - Katana is the second set of eyes I didn't know I needed. Worth every minute of setup, this app has not only saved my business money and time - it has saved my business, period.
Vorteile
Integrates flawlessly with my Shopify store and makes managing materials and stock levels incredibly easy once everything is setup. The ability to prioritize jobs based on different criteria and rearrange them on the fly if necessary is critical for my business and Katana handles this with ease.
Nachteile
Setup was a chore BUT that is really more of a good thing, because there is a LOT of data that people might not take into account when initially considering software like this. If you want to use it properly, each and every little detail needs to be accounted for and when you have hundreds of SKUs like me, it can seem like a mountain. Climb it, you'll be glad you did.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for your feedback!
- Branche: Marketing & Werbung
- Unternehmensgröße: 51–200 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Katana is great for inventory management and manufactury planing.
Vorteile
The UX and UI of app. Literaly everyone n our team is able to work with Katana how it is simply.
Nachteile
Not very often but sometimes app kick me out and I have to log in again.
- Branche: Elektrische/elektronische Fertigung
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Monatlich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Katana
Katana have changed how we look at our stock management as well as our manufacturing.
A lot of the small important things were neglected in the past like wastage management. We can know give the subcontractor near accurate qty's and amounts of what was wasted on a batch.
Overall visibillity of the stock as well as the manufacturing process have improved.
We are very happy with the overall functionality of Katana.
Vorteile
The fact that Katana is always available and so easy to navigate with saves time.
Our requests for new features like back order handling, serial number tracking and multi currency and warehousing some of them already implemented and some coming soon.
The fact that we response fairly quickly on questions that we have submitted.
Nachteile
It was probably moving over from a well known package like Pastel Evolution to something not familiar to me; but the transition was seamless.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Happy to hear your feedback and that the transition has gone well!
- Branche: Großhandel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Wöchentlich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Katana is great for inventory and stock adjustments!
Overall the pros definitely out weigh the cons (at least for our business) so we're very pleased.
Vorteile
I really like that I'm able to save my product's SOPs and can easily find them when I need to make more! It is very handy to have that feature. I also enjoy that after I have made the product, I can add the inventory through a stock adjustment. It's a very simple process that is not convoluted. Big fan!
Nachteile
The only thing that I don't love is when I am doing a stock adjustment I have to do the math on each item to get it to the correct total. For example: If I start the week with 35 of a specific item and throughout the week, say, 17 get purchased, when I do inventory and account for that, I have to use the calculator to figure out 35 -17 = correct total. And I have to do that math for each individual item.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for your kind words!