SWITCH FROM KATANA
Katana to Calisto Inventory
Keep stock by location, variant and lot, count it by scan or by voice, cost it by the method each category uses, buy it from suppliers and receive it, and keep a register of the units the business owns or hires out.
Feature by feature
Calisto Inventory beside Katana
- 15 In both
- 6 Only in Katana
| 21 features | Calisto Inventory | Katana |
|---|---|---|
| Stock and Locations | ||
| Multilocation SupportCalisto: stock is kept per location in a ledger, in decimal quantities, and an item's on hand is the sum of its locations.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Inventory Transfer Between SitesCalisto: a transfer takes its units off the source when it is sent and holds them in transit, offered nowhere, until each line is received; units still on the road when it is closed are booked as lost in transit.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Counts | ||
| Stocktakes with Barcode ScanningCalisto: counts are blind, scan in any order, keep working offline, can be split into zones and scheduled, and are approved on the approval engine before stock moves.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Barcodes | ||
| Barcode-Enabled WorkflowsCalisto: every printed code is one row in one register; a UPC-A, its EAN-13 and its GTIN-14 are one code, a case code counts its pack size, and GS1 in-store codes are generated for items with none.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Batches and Expiry | ||
| Batch and Lot Tracking with Expiry DatesCalisto: batches carry their lot and expiry, sales draw the first-expiring lot first at the location that sold them, and expiring lots are announced.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Traceability from Raw Materials to Finished GoodsCalisto: a batch's page lists every sale and order that took it, with the buyer, and Notify These Buyers tells each one once.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Purchasing | ||
| Automated Reorder PointsCalisto: each item has a reorder point, reorder quantity and maximum, each location can have its own par, and falling below either is announced.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Smart Reorder RecommendationsCalisto: the Reorder list suggests the larger of the item's own formula and the short locations' shortfalls, less what is already on order, and reorder levels are worked out from sales every night.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Purchase OrdersCalisto: a purchase order runs from draft, through approval when the business asks for it, to sent, confirmed, partly received and received.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Receiving and Partial ReceivingCalisto: one receive form records the quantity received and refused with its reason, the lot, expiry, invoice price, freight, packing slip and carrier, in part or in full.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Recipes and Assemblies | ||
| BOM and SubassembliesCalisto: recipes, sub-recipes, kits and manufacturing BOMs are one composition model, with a yield % on each line.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Manufacturing Cost CalculationsCalisto: a recipe, kit or BOM's cost is live, walking every sub-assembly down to each item at today's cost and dividing by each line's yield %.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Costs and Valuation | ||
| Real-Time Inventory ValuationCalisto: Valuation values the remaining cost layers by each category's method, per currency and never converted, with nightly snapshots.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| User Permissions for Costs and Stock ValueCalisto: See Costs and See Financial Statements decide who sees unit costs, order prices and stock value; anyone else reads "Not shared with you", never 0.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Channels | ||
| Omnichannel Inventory SyncCalisto: Sync pushes on-hand stock to each marketplace every 15 minutes and on demand, and Amazon FBA and Mercado Libre Full warehouses are stock locations of their own (with Sync).Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Gaps | ||
| Shop Floor AppGive production teams task lists, priorities and instructions on the floor, tracked in real time.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Production SchedulingSchedule production from live production and inventory data, and plan capacity.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Make-to-Stock and Make-to-OrderRun make-to-stock and make-to-order production in one system.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Contract ManufacturingTrack outsourced production alongside in-house operations.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| AI Forecasting and ReplenishmentForecast demand with AI and plan replenishment from it.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Serial Number TrackingTrack serial numbers on stock from supplier to customer.Checked Oct 29, 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Katana
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from Katana and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Katana can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Katana
Questions about switching
How do my items come over from Katana?
Items are set up in Stock ▸ Items, each with its variants, its unit and its printed codes; a UPC, EAN or GTIN is one code, and Scan to Link adds codes by walking the stockroom with a scanner. Recipes come in from a spreadsheet through the recipe import, each row made through the one recipe writer and answered for itself.
How do my stock levels come across?
Opening stock is entered at each location with its cost, which starts the item's cost layers, or it is counted in: start a count, scan in any order or count by voice, and approving the count sets the stock at each location.
Do my suppliers and purchase orders move over?
Suppliers are added in Procurement ▸ Suppliers. Open orders are raised again as purchase orders: kept as a draft or sent for approval, emailed to the supplier from the business's connected mailbox, and received in part or in full on one receive form with the lot, expiry, invoice price and freight.
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