Items

What are Items?

Items in Katana include all your products and materials with variants

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What is a product?

A product is an item that you sell to your customers

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What is a material?

Materials are items that you use in manufacturing your products

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Creating a product

There are 4 ways to create a new product

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Importing new products and variants

You can import new products to Katana either directly from your e-commerce platform or using our spreadsheet template

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Update data for existing products and variants via import

Update data for products and variants via spreadsheet

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Editing a product

How to edit a product

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Duplicating a product

How to duplicate a product in Katana

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Deleting products

Find out how to delete a product

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Creating a material

There are three ways to create a new material

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Importing new materials and variants

You can import new materials to Katana using our spreadsheet template

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Update data for existing materials and variants via import

Update data for materials and variants via spreadsheet

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Editing a material

How to edit a material

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Duplicating a material

How to duplicate a material?

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Deleting materials

How to delete materials

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Video: Tracking costs of products and materials

Learn how are costs calculated for products and materials in Katana

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What is a category?

Categories are groups of similar items

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Creating categories

How to create categories

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Editing and deleting categories

How to edit and delete categories

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What is a Variant code / SKU?

Variant code is a unique identifier for your product or material variant

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Create, edit and delete Variant Codes / SKU

How to create, edit and delete Variant Codes / SKU

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Why is my item crossed out on the order, stock adjustment, or transfer?

Deleted items are displayed as crossed out

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What is a variant?

Variants refer to groups of the same product or material, categorized by specific attributes

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Creating variants

There are four steps to creating variants

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Edit and delete variants

How to edit and delete variants

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What is a Product recipe / BOM (Bill-of-Materials)?

Product recipe is a list of ingredients and the quantities you use in order to create your product

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Creating a Product recipe

How to create a Product recipe

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Importing Product recipes

You can import Product recipes using our xls template

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Creating Product Recipes for product variants

You can create a specific Product Recipe for each variant of a product

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Video: Creating Product Recipes for multiple product variants

See how to create a Product Recipe for products with multiple variants

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Using subassemblies in Product recipes

Subassembly is an item produced in your or contractor's factory designed to be used in making a larger assembly or a final product

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Copying a Product recipe from another product

A quick way to create a recipe is to copy it from the other product

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Editing Product recipes

How to edit Product Recipes

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Applying changes made to Product recipes to open Manufacturing orders

Edit default Product recipes for products by manually changing ingredients or quantities, or update your Recipes in bulk using import

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Deleting Product recipes

How to delete Product recipes

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Exporting Product recipes / BOM

How to export Product recipes / BOM

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Updating Product recipes in bulk

How to update Product recipes in bulk

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