A Katana alternative for Australian manufacturers
Katana is modern and clear, with a live view of the floor, and suits a manufacturer with a defined range and shallow bills of materials. Deeply nested BOMs, subcontract routing, scheduling against real capacity and detailed traceability are where it strains. Praxa Tech builds a custom system around how your business works instead.
Katana: what it does well, and where it strains.
Good at
- A modern, clear interface
- A live view of the floor
- A defined range with shallow BOMs
Where it strains
- Deeply nested bills of materials
- Subcontract routing
- Scheduling against real capacity, and detailed traceability
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Real work, done in stages you can see.
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01
A demo first
A working demo of your business in 48 hours, free, so you can compare the two side by side.
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02
A 90-minute discovery
We map how your business really runs, and the price is fixed in writing after it.
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03
A 30 to 60 day build
Weekly progress, and a demo every Friday with your own data in it.
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Go-live with support
Thirty days of support from go-live, from the people who built it.
Moving systems is real work: someone in your business will need to check the data and test the build. We will tell you honestly in the demo whether it is worth it.
Where to look next.
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Comparison
Cin7 alternative
Strong multi-channel inventory, with assembly attached.
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Comparison
Unleashed alternative
Clean and well liked, until assembly becomes production.
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Solution
Custom ERP
One system for stock, production, purchasing and sales, built around how you work.
What people ask first.
Is Katana a bad system?
No. It does what it was built for well. The question is whether that matches how your business works now. See what we replace for the wider picture.
Do we keep Xero or MYOB?
Yes. We don't replace finance systems; we build the operations side around them.
What does moving cost?
Most builds come in under $35,000, fixed in writing before we start, with no per-user fees. See pricing.
Can our data come across?
Yes. Your products, customers and stock come across as part of the build, and the Friday demos run on your own data.
Running Katana now?
Tell us what you're running and we'll build a working demo of your business in 48 hours, free, so you can compare the two.