Katana Cloud Inventory
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Katana Cloud Inventory Preis
Katana Cloud Inventory bietet keine Gratisversion und keine kostenlose Testversion. Die kostenpflichtige Version von Katana Cloud Inventory ist ab 199,00 $/Monat verfügbar.
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- Branche: Lebensmittelproduktion
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The MRP system I wish I'd always had
Katana's awesome, full stop.
I've been working with manufacturing businesses for years, and for years I've lamented Xero's relatively weak inventory management system. Two years ago I tried literally every MRP app I could find to plugin to Xero; they were all pretty bad.
Along comes Katana, which maybe was around earlier but was "new to me" just this year, and ... wow. Mostly, it Just Works. The Xero integration works seamlessly for bills and sales orders, which speeds AP/AR quite a bit. 90% of the tool's value is outside of Xero though, and I now have a permanently-pinned Katana tab in my browser for tracking everything in the production flow from raw materials purchasing, to production, to sale, to reconciliation of remaining materials and product stock. It's great.
Is it perfect? Not quite. They need to do some performance work, as load times are often a little sluggish. Also, it would be nice to see finer-grained automation, and better contact syncing. But overall, I'm delighted.
Vorteile
- It's really easy to use
- Makes it easy to track materials on hand, reorder, etc
- Calculates margin including labor cost
- Xero integration works perfectly
- Zapier integration makes it really flexible from an automation standpoint
- Really lots of other stuff ... it's truly an excellent product and an outlier in a pretty clunky space.
Nachteile
It can be a little slow, and the contact syncing could be more robust.
Gründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
It's easier to use, it's priced right, and it gives you what you need without a bunch of stuff you don't. Perfectly tailored for SMB/SME manufacturers.- Branche: Hochschulbildung
- Unternehmensgröße: 1.001–5.000 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The Helpful Inventory Managing App
Katana Cloud Inventory is the vibrant approach that makes inventory management reliable.
Vorteile
Katana Cloud Inventory is ideal in stock management and cost controls
Nachteile
Katana Cloud Inventory is the appropriate approach to always use
- Branche: Gesundheit, Wellness & Fitness
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Stay Away from Katana
Stay away from this software. There are plenty on the market that won't try to rob you.
Nachteile
Katana is one of these SAAS that looks pretty and attractive on the surface only to hide the worst possible customer policy, pricing plans and billing methods i have encountered in 15 years of professionnal digital experience.
We are a small size company making ±1.5M€ in revenues. We choose Katana in 2021 as the functionalities at the time seemed to match our needs. The price was decent (199$ a month) and despite we felts like it was already quite a budget (±2400$ a year), we decided to subscribe.
For a few month, things have been relatively fine despite frequents technical issues (front end lags, data not updated, locked order status, ...). Then came reality.
Without a warning, Katana first increased the subscription to 349$. Ouch. You just lost 1800$ overnight. We really didn't appreciate that but all the manufacturing data of our company was inside Katana, our employees were trained and used to the software, so we swallowed the pill.
A few month later, the subscription was up to 899$. Yes you read that right. Again, without a warning, without getting approval, they just start to bill your payment card with 899$ every month. You just lost another 7800$ overnight (per year, 23400$ for 3 years usage).
Right there we have understood Katana trapped us. Katana's company hook you up with a sense of affordability only to charge astronomical price hikes whenever they feel like it.
Despite the fact that this is highly irregular and most certainly illegal and fraudulent at least in Europe, the break of trust and the leverage made over the customer data is disgusting.
Wait, it's not over yet ! Once you decided enough is enough and you can't give your data and your trust to a company acting like a MAFIA organisation, you migrate to another software (i really recommande MRPEasy for those wanting to leave or looking to a safe solution), and you cancel your subscription.
And surprise (or not) ! Katana tries by any mean to charge you with another 1 month subscription (899$) after your cancel it. An absolute disgraceful method to squeeze any $ left in your wallet.
The reality is that Katana is an highly unprofitable company established in Estonia that lost more than 7.5M$ for just 3.5M$ of revenues in 2022 (accounts are public, go check) and they desperately need to rebalance their accounts. They do not have that much customers, so they decided to go Kamikaze and raise prices until something breaks.
Obviously, this is exactly the kind of chaotic experience you want to avoid to your company and your staff. Any service looking remotely unsafe should be kept far away from you manufacturing process and Katana definitely is one of them. I am not the only one with that experience, check out the other reviews on Capterra.
(check how they will copy/paste a generic bullshit answer in the reply section, it will give you a sense of their level of concern ^^)
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MRPeasyWarum Katana Cloud Inventory gewählt wurde
Unacceptable prices hikes and commercial policy. Unsafe company.Zuvor genutzte Software
MRPeasyAntwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Hi Fabien, we appreciate you sharing your concerns with us and understand that managing costs is crucial for a small business, and our intention has always been to support you as you grow.
When we saw the increased use of Locations and Webhooks, our team upgraded your plan as the best option for you. Our support team explained the new thresholds and helped reduce your usage both ahead of the change and after the grace period, and were happy to have multiple calls as we understand that pricing changes are always hard to adjust to. Your account was credited in March to cover the difference between the Professional and Standard plans with add-ons, in the hopes that we would find a way to make Katana work for you.
Our team has reached out to you again personally to address your concerns and any others you may have. Regardless of whether or not any business continues being a Katana customer, honest and transparent feedback is something we value and take as an opportunity to learn and grow.
- Branche: Hochschulbildung
- Unternehmensgröße: 501–1.000 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The excellence in Inventory Management Tool
Katana Cloud Inventory is the helpful tool that makes stocks reliable.
Vorteile
Katana Cloud Inventory has friendly stock managing program.
Nachteile
Katana Cloud Inventory has excellence functionalities.
- Branche: Elektrische/elektronische Fertigung
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Working with Katana
Ive tried lots of other systems - ugly ones, expensive ones, and completely confusing ones. Katana wins hands down. And without charging you lots of extra fees to do things like multiple locations.
Vorteile
Its very very easy to use. Having used other systems, like inFlow, it has refreshing clean visually cued interface. Its very satisfying to use.
Nachteile
Very little - I would ask why they dont allow non-stock items to be a thing (we cant be the only ones!) - we have to make up that we have 1000s of imaginary non-stock items to keep the system happy. But its a tiny weeny gripe and has very little bearing on anything.
- Branche: Essen & Trinken
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
A Disheartening Experience with Katana's Pricing Policies
Vorteile
As a small business, Solid Stash, with an annual turnover of approximately 300kEUR and handling around 3000 orders monthly, we initially chose Katana for its affordability and features. However, our journey with Katana has been increasingly disheartening, marked by unexpected and steep price hikes that have put our business in a challenging position.
Initially, we were content with a reasonable monthly fee of about 100 USD. This was manageable for a business of our scale. However, due to a change in Katana's billing rules related to sales order rows, we experienced our first major setback: an abrupt increase in our monthly fee to over 300 USD. This was a significant blow to our finances, but we reluctantly accepted it, hoping for cost stability in the future. We also anticipated the benefit of batch tracking, a feature crucial for our operations.
Our disappointment was further compounded when Katana introduced a new pricing structure. Not only did we face another hike in our monthly fee, but batch tracking, previously included, was now a separate add-on costing an additional 199 USD per month. This escalation meant our expenses on Katana's services skyrocketed from around 100 USD to over 500 USD monthly – a fivefold increase in just two years.
This pricing strategy feels like a trap. We initially invested in Katana, dedicating time and resources to set up and train our employees, only to find ourselves facing exorbitant fees that are unsustainable for a small business like ours. The lack of predictability in Katana's pricing is alarming. There's a constant fear that next year might bring another doubling of costs or a new, arbitrary billing metric.
We feel cornered and exploited. The assumption that the high switching costs will force us to accept these unreasonable increases is unfair and disrespectful to loyal customers. We are not just numbers on a spreadsheet; we are a small business striving to survive and grow.
We are making a sincere request to Katana: please reconsider your pricing strategy. We need stability and fairness in pricing. We made our initial investment based on the original pricing structure, and these drastic changes are not just a financial strain but also a breach of the trust we placed in Katana.
In conclusion, while Katana's software may offer certain operational benefits, their pricing policies are a source of major concern and disappointment. We urge potential customers to consider this aspect carefully before committing to Katana. The financial unpredictability and lack of consideration for small businesses in their pricing strategy are significant drawbacks that cannot be overlooked.
Nachteile
Their extortionate pricing policies. Costs hiked fivefold over the last two years
- Branche: Elektrische/elektronische Fertigung
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 2 Jahre genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Started off good, but pricing has outpaced quality.
I started out paying $128/month for this software in 2019, and that jumped to $388 in 2021. Now in 2024, that price has increased to $399, BUT they took away several features we had become reliant upon and put them into separate "add-on" packages at $199 EACH—bringing my monthly all the way to $797! Something as simple as being able to label a part number with a bin number for easy retrieval was taken out and put into a "warehouse" bundle with other features that we don't use, so now all that work that was put into cataloging our parts has been erased.
I was considering keeping these add-ons, but their serial number system doesn't work very well at all. I continually had to reach out to support to get them to fix things, but that often involved a lot of head scratching on their part and then instructing me to basically undo a redo completion of certain tasks to get a desired outcome (which didn't always work). I think these add-ons are overpriced—you can get serial number tracking from Zoho for $80/month, but they expect us to pay $199/month for just an add-on. If their add-on features worked reliably I might have continued paying.
I am currently trying other platforms, and I will be ditching this vendor as soon as I am able.
Vorteile
Before using Katana, I was doing everything manually. I can't express how reliant I have become on MRP software.
Nachteile
They have increased prices by 523% since we started using this service. Bugs are ever-present, and they take existing features away to put behind a behind a paywall.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for taking the time to share your detailed feedback with us. We truly value the insights from users like yourself and are saddened to hear that recent changes in our pricing and service structure have not met your expectations.
It sounds like the transition from manual processes to using our MRP software has provided significant benefits for you, and we regret that our recent pricing adjustments and restructuring of features have overshadowed this experience.
The decision to adjust our pricing was made after careful consideration and analysis, aimed to support the continual growth of our features and services, so we provide increasing value long-term.
Changes like these can be challenging, we’re here to support you every step of the way whether that be staying with us or transitioning away to another software as you mention you might.
Feel free to reach out directly to us at [email protected], or of course via in-app chat.
The team at Katana
- Branche: Bekleidung & Mode
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The MRP now with less functionality that costs more!
horrible and I would never ever want to be in business with them again, they only see you as money bags.
Vorteile
It worked for what I was expecting, it kept track of the items I needed to produce custom embroidered items. It was able to track when I needed to re buy items from my suppliers.
Nachteile
Where do you even start. I will start with the biggest issue they have. The price.
When I started the cost was around 60aud a month. Then they bumped me up to 400aud a month without any communication, then they bumped me up to $1400 aud a month without any communication.
When confronted with the problem with the pricing, and the illegal practices that they were acting under, they told me it was my fault because I was using API pulls. Which I was not doing. They realised that they were charging me incorrectly, and would "refund me the difference" and I am yet to see the refund. They would have never bothered to address this if I didn't bring it up to them, they would have happily charged me 2333% more than my original subscription without batting an eyelid.
How can a company honestly think that it is okay to charge 2000% more and remove functionality?
Customer service will only meet you at 2am Australian time (useless)
Oh, and they have a 1 month notice cancellation fee for a month to month subscription (illegal) so if you sign up for a month, expect to pay for two. Like a gym, except you didn't sign anything so they can't do that. but they will.
This company is greedy and it will fail if they keep this way. Do not look at reviews from further than two months ago, as that katana is long gone. Read all reviews from recently and you will see very cleary how this greedy corperate company has failed their customers.
Avoid at all costs, get a better mrp software or even a spreadsheet.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Hey Oscar,
I appreciate your review and understand your concerns regarding our pricing.
Your insights are valuable as we continuously improve our services. The decision to change our subscription offerings was made after careful consideration and necessary to continue to deliver excellent service and product/feature development to our customers.
We apologize for any inconvenience and are actively improving our communication processes to ensure transparency in future changes. Your satisfaction is our priority, and we're committed to resolving any outstanding issues promptly, as we have done so in your case via continued Success Team engagement.
We believe we have done everything reasonably within our power to resolve your issues. If you feel there is anything more you would like to discuss, we are always available via our Support Chat or you can reach out to your Success Manager via email or schedule meeting.
Thanks for your feedback!
All the best,
Christopher @ Katana
- Branche: Elektrische/elektronische Fertigung
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Scrappy startup quality at enterprise rates
Now at the money grabbing stage before they implode, would be my guess.
Clunky at the best of times. We put up with quirks, bugs that were never going to get fixed and general major omissions (like lack of back up and undo)
This company is being run like it's an open source "best effort" outfit, but charging premium monthly rates for a software that feels barely out of beta.
Given how central MRP/ERP/etc is to our business, we will be looking for a different provider asap, as none of this inspires trust in what should be a long term partner
Vorteile
The user interface is pretty and nice to use, mostly
The concepts of scheduling and general "idea" behind the katana system are good
Nachteile
The endless bugs and now pricing issues. No backup, no undo, and again, lots of bugs.
We regularly have to contact support with issues in their system. Most of the time the response is "oh we'll put it on our voting system, if it gets votes we'll fix it", which really is not what I expect from a system that costs several hundred dollars a month, before addons and users.
To be perfectly honest, we were making do - the pros of not having to build this kind of system ourselves outweighed the cons. That has now changed.
What triggered this review is that they doubled the price of our plan, turned off a number of features we were using to run our business operations, and charged us for "add-ons" all without warning. We did get sent an email, warning us of an upcoming change in billing (note this email was sent 28 days before the change...). That email said someone would reach out to us to discuss transitioning. That did not happen, and instead they just turned things off and billed our card for add-ons we never agreed to.
Forced onboarding (billable of course) with an "expert" is a bit of a joke
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MRPeasyAntwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
We want to clarify that our decision to adjust pricing and service features was not made lightly. This move aims to ensure the sustainability of our service and the continuous development of features that meet our customers' needs. Our pricing model is designed to reflect the value we’ve built and continue to build, as well as the comprehensive support we provide.
Regarding the issues you've encountered with bugs and the lack of certain functionalities such as backup and undo options, please know that we are constantly working to enhance our platform, it improves week by week — sometimes visibly, and sometimes in the back-end.
Please know that we are here to support you through this transition and would welcome any further dialogue to address your concerns directly at [email protected]. Our goal has always been and will continue to be, to serve as a reliable and innovative partner to businesses like yours.
Kurt @ Katana
- Branche: Import und Export
- Unternehmensgröße: 1.001–5.000 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Katana Cloud Inventory Has Exceptional Capabilities
Katana Cloud Inventory is a great tool. I have a great experience.
Vorteile
I am impressed by the accuracy and reliability of Katana Cloud Inventory.
Katana Cloud Inventory has exceptional features.
Nachteile
I have zero dislikes for Katana Cloud Inventory.
Katana Cloud Inventory is excellent.
- 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: 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: 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: Einzelhandel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Just what I needed
Overall I have been very pleased. I know have a solid grasp of my inventory and am informed when I need to reorder materials. This has been a real game changer for my business and has allowed us to scale our manufacturing.
Vorteile
Katana integrates with my Shopify Site very easily and makes bundling products on my Shopify so much easier to track.
We also make candles and kits in house. Katana makes tracking inventory so much easier allowing me to know without guess or counting my materials how much of any particular object I can produce at any given time.
Nachteile
It would be nice if there were barcodes, but I hear feature is coming soon. It would also be nice if I sell out of an object that is apart of a bundle that it would then make the bundle unavailable on my shopify site. I believe this is also in the works.
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MRPeasyGründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
The user interface was much more straight forward. It was robust and comprehensive without being overwhelming.Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for the review! Indeed, both mentioned features are on our roadmap.
- Branche: Lebensmittelproduktion
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Food Manufacturing ERP system
So far the experience has been very good. I have had a few issues with the initial implementation fee which is mandatory and in my opinion expensive for what you get. I do receive some feedback, but sometimes it takes a while to receive it.
Vorteile
I loved the user interface and the ease of working with the system. The system is very intuitive and with the instructional videos you can pretty much pick up the basics very quickly. I love the way that you can upload information through Excel and the system is flexible with the upload. Also the seamless integration with Quickbooks online is very nice.
Nachteile
One of the features that is missing, but they are working on it, is sales forecasting by SKU. This would be a great feature to add as it will allow us to add our expected sales for each SKU and have the system forecast demand. Another issue is when you have a price rule for a client in QuickBooks Katana has no way to see this, so when the invoice is pushed to QuickBooks you have to go through each individual line to accept the price rule. Not a game changer, but a bit of a hassle.
- Branche: Großhandel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
thanks for the support! great company
inventory management
Vorteile
it was easy to set up the team helped me a lot
Nachteile
it was a easy set up i did not have anything i did not like
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thanks for the review Edward, great to see you've found Katana easy to use for inventory management :)
- Branche: Möbel
- Unternehmensgröße: 51–200 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
I like it a lot!
I life it a lot it helpdesk me with complaint execution
Vorteile
It can be merclged with many other softwares i use
Nachteile
Only one user per acount at any time is annoying
- 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: Medizinische Geräte
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
A lot of bang for the buck!
We were able to implement Katana as our central point for our entire software stack. Each piece of software gets its orders and data from Katana. Normally, I would be hesitant to put any of the software that small business sees on a daily basis into this important position. I had no issue putting Katana into this position.
Vorteile
This software has a fantastic feel to make working in it incredibly efficient. As a person that works with software/web design/development, I can appreciate the attention paid to this incredibly complex platform.
Nachteile
There isn't much we don't like. Most of the small things are already in the development cycle and they include small things like being able to customize Katana a bit more for our specific needs. Column order, custom fields, field mapping of API connections, etc.
- Branche: Chemikalien
- Unternehmensgröße: 51–200 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Overpriced and insecure
Too expensive, cheaper to purchase some of the Tier One options out there. Insecure as your users have wide open access to all features - including the dreaded "delete all" function.
Vorteile
The software has the **potential** to be good.
Nachteile
There are only 2 user levels "Superusers" with access to all levels of creative and destructive features, and warehouse operators, with access to make to BOM instructions. The lack of "sales team" and other intemediate levels of access is a killer.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Hi Bill,
We're aware our user permissions could be improved, and just around the corner in Q3 '22 we're launching a new and improved version with much more flexibility. We're currently building this out as we've received similar feedback in the past, thanks for your feedback on the topic too!
I'd also like to clear up how user permissions are working currently too, we have 3 levels of users;
Owner - access to all functions, including billing and delete all button.
User - access to all functions, excl billing and delete all button.
Operator - only shop-floor app access.
Additionally, it takes 4 separate steps to clear all account data in settings, including typing out your email address in full and is restricted to only the owner of the account.
If you need any help with users or have additional feedback to give, please chat with us in app as currently it's a great time to incorporate feedback specifically for this feature!
- Branche: Bau
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Katana boosted our confidence as new business owners!
Great! Service has been very helpful, and we’ve been able to do everything we need to do. Looking forward to seeing Katana grow and deploy more functions!
Vorteile
Inventory and order management systems were relatively new to us when we started with our company. We evaluated and tested several web-based tools and Katana was by far the most user friendly. The interface is clean and initiative, which helped us to get up and running quickly and confidently.
Nachteile
There are some features and reporting that we would like to have that haven’t been rolled out yet (particularly around customer information) and we spent time tinkering around and then ultimately asking customer support about it. They have been very helpful and we are waiting for the enhancements.
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QuickBooks Online Advanced, QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Enterprise und QuickBooks OnlineGründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Ease of use and interface- Branche: Luft- & Raumfahrt
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
New user but very happy with software quality and functionality.
Reason to use Katana was mainly to organise production and stock levels. There is long learning curve, but in longer run I believe this will help us to clean process up.
Vorteile
Cloud integration and nice User Interface.
Nachteile
- I am still little bit worried about lack of backup available to the user. There should be method to revert in time for example. If somebody messed up something, there is no way to go back.
- Another thing is lack of Sage integration.
- If new option is added to the existing product/material Internal Barcode is not generated and it has to be created manually. I am not sure why...
- sorting for example of PO orders is done by string, so orders are never in the correct order. Prefix PO- should be omitted for sorting table.
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
NetSuiteGründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Price.- Branche: Großhandel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Kostenlose Testversion genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Great for small but growing handmade biz!
Vorteile
Just completed the free 14 day trial of Katana and have now begun a paid subscription. It took a few days and a bit of frustration to manually add all our products, ingredients, recipes, and current pending wholesale orders from outside of shopify, but having the shopify integration helped a lot. We use three different wholesale platforms (Faire, tundra & Abound), none of which offer automated third party integrations, so we knew we’d have to manually input orders and Katana serves that purpose as our centralized dashboard to see what needs to go out, when, from which platform, if we have it in stock, when we can make it, etc. In two weeks, we’ve already seen an increase in production efficiency and decrease in wholesale turnaround times now that EVERYTHING is being tracked in one place. Highly recommend Katana if you’re a maker, it’s never too early to implement automated systems in your biz!
Nachteile
Glitches with accurate purchase prices showing up in overall product list. Described it to customer service and they denied it being a problem. That’s the only problem I’ve encountered so far. Tbh on customer support quality.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Hi! Thank you for your feedback and we'll make sure to work out any glitches that have occurred along the way. Happy making!
- Branche: Maschinenbau oder Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
A great 'Makers' bit of software
Very good. Quick to answer questions.
Vorteile
The ease of use is the main thing that we like.
Nachteile
We have a bespoke website and some of the API was tricky to implement - but now it is up and running it is decent.
Gründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Easy to use. User friendly. Intuitive.- Branche: Einzelhandel
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Most Intuitive MRP Ever
Overall it's simple to setup, simple to use, and while not quite polished, does everything we need in a hugely user friendly way.
Vorteile
I was looking for a solution for seasonal manufacturing workers that we don't have time to get up to speed with some complex MRP - Kanata's UI is the most intuitive interface out of any MRP I was able to find. The ease of re-prioritising jobs, and the automatic stock refactoring is awesome, and the team are really, really responsive to feature ideas and issues. Seamless integrations with WooCommerce makes supplying orders to customers super easy.
Nachteile
It doesn't quite have everything we need, some of which I though we're quite base (Bin Locations, Supplier Product Codes, Purchase Orders that email directly to suppliers), but all of those have work arounds, and I'm assured are planned for future development.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for the review!
- Branche: Lebensmittelproduktion
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Bait and Switch
Horrible. MRP systems are time consuming to implement. For them to take away functionality and SIGNIFICANTLY increase the price after the first year was ridiculous. Now we will be implementing a different MRP system. We feel cheated.
Vorteile
It seemed simple. It didn't work as originally sold, but they did improve it throughout the first year.
Nachteile
We THOUGHT it was going to be a good value. But after the first year, they took away functionality and doubled the price!
- Branche: Transport/Güterfrachtverkehr/Schienenverkehr
- Unternehmensgröße: 51–200 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
The Influential and Determined Inventory Management
Vorteile
Katana Cloud Inventory manages all the stock, and it saves on the process of procurement.
Nachteile
Katana Cloud Inventory has all inventories recorded and results shared.
- Branche: Möbel
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Small Manufacturing MRP
Vorteile
Great inventory management software for the price.
Nachteile
Wish it worked better with other programs. We use Extensive for almost all other plugins. Also, wish it had a way to track cutting programs.
- Branche: Import und Export
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Great for sales and quotes, not so much for inventory.
Vorteile
Great user interface, very easily operable.
Nachteile
Pricing is getting worse. Basic functions disappear and appear later as a paid add on for hefty monthly fee.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for your feedback! We'd like to assure you that all updates to our pricing model were based on evaluating our customers' needs and providing customisability to specific business needs, as our top priority is continuing to deliver top-notch services and unparalleled value and support.
- 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: Textilien
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Katana for a small manufacturer
We're still in the implementation stage, but Katana has met the majority of our business requirements with ease. It's been easy to transfer and upload data into Katana and we're feeling very confident about go live. Customer support is outstanding and they pass all improvement suggestions up to their development team for review. They embrace continuous improvement similarly to our manufacturing floor.
Vorteile
The ease of building products and variants. Our products have a lot of variants, and Katana makes it very easy to manage them all simultaneously. The previous MRP system used required us to build a unique BOM for every variant, which took significant time.
Nachteile
Minimum order quantity feature. Ability to reject/second quality part of a manufacturing lot. Develop an easy way to see product list not broken down into variants. Have the ability to only show certain BOM items on the shop floor app. Consumables like glue and tape don't need to be shown.
- 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.
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
MRPeasyZuvor genutzte Software
NetSuiteGründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Ease of use, API integration- Branche: Konsumgüter
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Monatlich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Best if you are still doing your POs manually
Beautiful. Support is great, too, always helpful and fast to reply
Vorteile
I'm not sure what your situation is, but I was creating my POs and tracking how much of every component to order manually in Google Sheets. Yep, it was a pain. I tried a few competitor options, but they were designed in an awkward way; I needed to guess/lookup/read up. With Katana, my first day was already productive, and everything was intuitive. I even told my friend who is a UX/UI for Meta to go look at the only software that I like using (compared to the FB ads nightmare wormhole of dashboard:))
Nachteile
Direct integration with Amazon would be nice. The route they have rn is through another app and it's another subscription price
- Branche: Lebensmittelproduktion
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Kostenlose Testversion genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Katana is great!
Vorteile
The set up and use of Katana is super easy and user friendly! The online resources they provide are incredibly helpful. I found the Katana Academy videos the most helpful.
Nachteile
Katana does not provide a way to "waste" products, however I know that Katana is currently working on implementing a program to do this. The only true complaint is that it doesn't support fractions. Our products are divided into 12 and when inputting the "recipes and boms" 1 is not divisible by 12 evenly. This makes us have to stock adjust to get proper inventory counts.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Hi Shanon, thanks kindly for your review — the team behind the Academy are very happy to hear you're enjoying these the most!
We're always improving Katana and indeed fractions is one of the items on our radar for improving how our product recipes and BOMs work.
- Branche: Konsumgüter
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Monatlich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Not for Small Manufacturers
I tried using Katana twice for my small laboratory which manufacture skincare
Vorteile
Company of any size can use it, you can in theory intergate with lot of other tool like Quickbook and Shopify
Nachteile
It's very Expansive , even more when you want to follow the lot number. it starts at 179$ per month, if you take the annual billing, which I don't recommend unless you know it very well , the monthly paiement starts at 199$
The solution I am using now cost 39$/month on a monthly paiement basis it's a big difference
- Branche: Essen & Trinken
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
New User
Customer service has been outstanding to help me learn features and problem solve. Very friendly and helpful!
Vorteile
The software is very easy to use and I like the automatic saving feature but also able to edit transactions as well.
Nachteile
I would like to be able to process payments through eCommerce in Katana, those need to be done manually.
- Branche: Essen & Trinken
- Unternehmensgröße: 501–1.000 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Kina Group and the Katana Experience.
Vorteile
What i like the most about katana is Knowledge Base. it has answers to all questions and resourceful tutorial on how to manoeuvre the system.
Nachteile
I am still very new to the system and I have currently not come across anything i least like about Katana
- Branche: Großhandel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
good overall
Good. bit of a learning curve
Vorteile
manufacturing and inventory management.integration with quick books
Nachteile
cannot move existing s.o. to quote or canceled status.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thanks for the review Frank, we put a lot into our QuickBooks integration, glad you're enjoying that and inventory management!
- Branche: Internet
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Wöchentlich für Kostenlose Testversion genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Taking my manufacturing business to a new level of efficiency and control.
It is very good, it allows me to have a complete vision of my business and make informed decisions based on the updated data.
Vorteile
It's great because with this platform, I have the ability to efficiently manage my inventory, work orders, scheduling and tracking, very good all in one place.
Nachteile
I think they could improve is in the flexibility of customization. Although it offers a wide range of features, sometimes I would like to be able to further customize certain aspects according to the specific needs of my business.
- Branche: Essen & Trinken
- Unternehmensgröße: 1.001–5.000 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
KAtana manufacturing Erp
KAtana manufacturing Erp is a solid choice for small and medium sized business looking for a user-fried and Integrated solutions for their manufacturing process
Vorteile
One of the key benefits of katana manufacturing Erp is it's user-friendly interface. The platform is easy to navigate drag and drop functionality allows for a simplified production planning process.The platform offers real-time inventory tracking, allowing business to track the stock levels of their materials and profuct.Integration of platform of e-commerce
Nachteile
Some users have reported issue with the accuracy of the platform inventory management system, particularly during inventoryrreconciliation. The platform Mey not be useful for complex manufacturing process
- Branche: Versicherung
- Unternehmensgröße: 501–1.000 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Katana Manufacturing ERP
¡Excelente! El servicio ha sido muy útil y hemos podido hacer todo lo que teníamos que hacer. ¡Espero ver crecer a Katana e implementar más funciones!
Vorteile
Uno de los beneficios clave de katana ERP es su interfaz fácil de usar. La plataforma ofrece seguimiento de inventario en tiempo real, lo que permite a las empresas realizar un seguimiento de los niveles de existencias de sus materiales y productos. Integración de la plataforma de comercio electrónico
Nachteile
No puedo decir nada malo, esta aplicación funciona de manera perfecta y maravillosa. Tal vez las velocidades de carga pueden ser un poco lentas, pero eso se debe principalmente a que tengo muchos materiales que he ingresado.
- 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: Lebensmittelproduktion
- Unternehmensgröße: 11–50 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Very poor MRP overrated in reviews, with good service
Very easy to start. Lack of a lot of important functionalities by the time of use. Overpriced by the functions provided.
Vorteile
Customer Service and easy to use at the beginning
Nachteile
It appears to be that the designers and programmers have never worked in a company. *No discounts or price difeerentiation*Lack of point of sales*Very low scanning functionality*Not differentiated user rights*No history of document changes*Buggy
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
OdooWarum Katana Cloud Inventory gewählt wurde
Quickbooks IntegrationZuvor genutzte Software
OdooGründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Quickbooks Online integration, easy to use, (appear to be fake) good reviews- Branche: Einzelhandel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für Mehr als 1 Jahr genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Met our needs at beginning, as needs grew Katana team listened and added features
We maintain about 1500-2000 SKUS and all assemblers work at home. Some do different steps, returning work weekly and then having it distributed to the next person. Giving every MO an actual number has kept every bag of parts and supplies organized. We can track who has it, where it's at in the manufacturing process, etc. Even though we have used Katana since January, it's the last 3 months that it's really proven it's value to us.
We do not use it for order fulfillment, just in-house manufacturing. But it's allowed us to prep for holiday season from July forward and stay completely organized and efficient. No more "where-did-it-go" or "how-many-have-we-prepped" frantic moments. We began the year knowing we needed a software that "fit" our company's size and our needs. Katana has proven invaluable for our company this year. We are currently doing our first complete inventory and we hope to add these numbers to Katana in 2020 and continue to improve our efficiency.
Vorteile
The ability to use Resources as a way to assign a specific person to each task so I can see who is working on what step of the manufacturing process and the allotted time they are provided for the task. This year we went from contract labor/paid-per-piece to employees/hourly-wage and Katana has made this a much smoother transition then it could have been. Having both "cost-per-piece" for assembly of items as well as "cost-per-minute" has given us the ability to compare former payment procedures with what to expect per hour from employees.
Nachteile
There are a variety of tasks that were unable to be done when we began using Katana in January 2019 but I am thrilled to say that most of them have been developed. The developers listen and are very attentive to requests, bug reports, and ideas and so despite the fact that some of the features were not available (exporting reports, importing recipes, bulk print MOs/pick lists, etc.) they have added these and the software continues to grow. The next feature I'd love to see is the ability to have a product photo attached to each product that prints out an image with the MO.
Also, we have some items "on hold" (not sent to distribution center yet) and we use Resources to specify ONHOLD-BIN221 etc. to know the status of any particular SKU completed. We'd prefer not to use different locations, but rather have the ability to add a couple more "status" options. Either a misc or a custom. For now, everything on hold gets marked BLOCKED status and then the Resource is used to say it's on hold in whatever bin.
Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for very thorough feedback! Love to have you growing with us!
- Branche: Konsumgüter
- Unternehmensgröße: Selbstständig
- Täglich für 6-12 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Great choice for small manufacturer
I tried several different MRPs before settling with Katana. Some were too clunky, others too expensive, complicated and elaborate. I felt a bit like Goldilocks. Katana was just right. Reasonably priced. Integrating with Quickbooks and Shopify was simple and efficient. The set up was fast. I no longer have to duplicate data entry onto multiple systems. This saves me times and I don't lose track of orders or inventory. I especially like the instant chat feature with their customer service reps. I can leave a quick message or screenshot of a problem and within a day or so, I have a response back and my problem resolved. No need to hire an expensive consultant, anyone could set up Katana and run it.
Vorteile
Very simple user-interface
Was able to set it up quickly and efficiently
Continual feature upgrades
Simple integration with Shopify & QuickBooks
Very responsive customer service
Detailed, but not overwhelming
Nachteile
The upload from Excel was clunky and not helpful. It was faster to just enter in the data directly.
There are features I look forward to having but that are not currently available. I know their team will be releasing them in the next year.
In Betracht gezogene Alternativen
ERPAGWarum Katana Cloud Inventory gewählt wurde
Odoo is a beautiful all-in-one platform that seemed to be the perfect solution to tying my entire business together. However, it doesn't "play" well with Shopify and social media platforms which both are essential to my business. Any customization requires an extra fee each month plus the cost of the custom 3rd party app. Set up was complicated and when I needed help, I was pressed to pay $10k for a customer service package. For a small business, that's a lot to shell out. If I were a large company and could pay to have it all set up and administered correctly, I'm sure Odoo would be an excellent choice. But for a one-woman show, it was just too much to juggle.Zuvor genutzte Software
OdooGründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Erpag was about the same price at the time and had a few extra features that I liked (barcode integration for example), but the user interface was just really clunky. It reminded me a lot of my days in 90's Windows. Lots of tabs and block colors. When I added a demo set of data in, it didn't seem too difficult to use, but it just wasn't intuitive to me.Antwort von Katana Cloud Inventory
Thank you for the feedback!
- 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: Essen & Trinken
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Intuitive, Fast To Implement, and Beautifully Designed
Vorteile
The user interface is clean and very intuitive, requiring essentially no time to learn. Some of the other MRP solutions we tried were difficult to navigate and use, and training on them would have been labor intensive and costly. Katana is beautifully designed, and the batch-tracking and inventory management is easy to adapt to our business (MRPeasy/ERPAG were very clearly not designed with food manufacturing in mind, so making them even remotely functional for that purpose felt like a bit of a fools errand, whereas Katana just works).
Nachteile
While it is very user-friendly and it has the ability to track batches/lots (which is critical for us), we've had to develop workarounds to make it function the way we need it to -- it doesn't quite handle this the way I would envision it should. There are also some minor time wasters. If there's one simple feature I wish they would change, it's being able to type in the expiration dates rather than having to scroll through the calendar manually to select the correct date. This becomes so onerous when receiving multiple items on a PO and having to manually click through/scroll through the calendar to select the correct date as opposed to simply having a field that allows you to type in the date and move on.
Gründe für den Wechsel zu Katana Cloud Inventory
Katana is a great small business solution that I can easily see growing with us. Fishbowl is cost-prohibitive (and honestly at this point, I'd rather just use Katana). MRPeasy and ERPAG are not as well designed and don't work well as a food industry solution -- they made simple tasks feel like running through a maze. The developers at Katana did a beautiful job of creating something intuitively designed that works well across multiple industries while also making it as clean and aesthetic as it is functional. It's a pleasure to use. I've noticed that they also seem to be regularly implementing improvements and updates, which is awesome. Customer support is friendly and responsive. Highly recommend.- 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: Möbel
- Unternehmensgröße: 2–10 Mitarbeiter
- Täglich für 1-5 Monate genutzt
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Quelle der Bewertung
Does everything it says it will
Like Xero, it's simple but powerful - what's not to like about that?! The support is friendly and helpful (despite only being available online) and the training videos are really well presented and easy to follow. A really good software implementation experience.
Vorteile
That may not sound very exciting, but in my experience, it's not always a given that getting the features to work is straightforward. But Katana really is both powerful and yet pretty straightforward, although just BECAUSE it has a lot of facility, I would recommend the investment of a little time in watching some of the training videos, which are excellent. Once I'd done that, it was full steam ahead and everything fell beautifully into place. The integration with Xero was completely straightforward and works like a charm. I know that as we go forward and get more and more information into the system it will provide even more, very valuable information for us.
Nachteile
I have only a couple of really minor niggles; I would prefer to be able to enter dates, rather than having to always pick them off a calendar (for someone who types fast, this slows me down). I'd also like it if when you are "making" a product, if all the components of that product's sub-assembly are available, the software would just go on down the line and automatically make right down to the lowest assembly level. But as I said, these are really minor and would not stop me from wholeheartedly recommending Katana.
- 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!