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
- 21 In both
| 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Serial Number TrackingCalisto: an item tracked by serial is received one serial per unit from the supplier, made one serial per unit on a Production Order, and traced to the buyer of each unit.Checked Okt 30, 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Forecasting and ReplenishmentCalisto: each item's demand is forecast from its own sales with weekday and yearly seasons and a trend, and its reorder point and quantity are set from the forecast over the supplier's lead time plus safety stock at the business's service level.Checked Okt 30, 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 29, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Production | ||
| Shop Floor AppCalisto: the Shop Floor shows each step of each Production Order to the people working it, on a desk, a station or a phone, with start, pause and finish, and every step is a task on the schedule (with Orderflow and Dispatch).Checked Okt 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Production SchedulingCalisto: the Schedule places each Production Order's steps on its work center day by day against the crew's available minutes, and a late order is announced.Checked Okt 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Make-to-Stock and Make-to-OrderCalisto: an item made to order gets a Production Order for each order line that needs it, and the line moves on when it is made; an item made to stock is made for a short location from Reorder (with Orderflow).Checked Okt 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Contract ManufacturingCalisto: a Production Order made by a subcontractor sends the components there by transfer and raises the subcontractor's purchase order; receiving the finished goods consumes the components and adds the fee to their cost.Checked Okt 30, 2026Source | Yes | 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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