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Katana Cloud Inventory Make integrationAutomate Katana Cloud Inventory with Make.
Can Make react when an order lands in Katana and plan production for you? Yes. The Katana Cloud Inventory Make integration offers 93 modules, including 13 triggers. This guide connects your account, builds a first scenario and explains each module in plain words.
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What does the Katana Cloud Inventory Make integration do?
The Katana Cloud Inventory Make integration links your Katana account to Make, so orders, stock, recipes and purchases can move on their own. You build a scenario, which is the automation itself: a chain of modules, each one a brick that watches, reads or changes something in Katana or in another tool.
Production that starts itself. When a customer order arrives, Watch New Order hands it to Create a Make-to-Order Manufacturing Order, and the shop floor sees the job without anyone copying it over. Each item passed between modules is called a bundle: here, one order.
Purchasing that follows the stock. List Current Inventory reads what you hold, Update the Reorder Point adjusts the threshold for a location and variant, and Create a Purchase Order drafts the buy from your supplier. When the goods arrive, Receive a Purchase Order books them in.
Customer records kept in step. Watch Customers picks up every new customer created in Katana and pushes it to your CRM or your mailing tool, while Create a Customer does the reverse for leads that sign up elsewhere.
What the modules do not cover: they need a paid Katana account, and anything outside the 93 modules goes through Make an API Call. Every module run on one bundle is an operation, the unit Make counts on your plan; the Make pricing page explains how that adds up. Katana may also be reachable from n8n, and the n8n vs Make comparison sets out the criteria. To learn the editor step by step, the Make training starts from zero.
How do you connect Katana Cloud Inventory to Make?
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Add a Katana module
Open a scenario, click the +, search for Katana Cloud Inventory and pick any module, for example Watch New Order. The connection, meaning your Katana account linked to Make once, is created from that first module.
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Create the connection
Click Create a connection. You can give it a name, which helps when a colleague later adds a second Katana account. Then authorize Make on the Katana page, or paste the key Katana gives you if the window asks for one.
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Save and reuse it
Click Save. Make now lists the Katana objects it can read, and every other Katana module in your scenarios reuses this same connection, so you never sign in twice.
Your first scenario: a manufacturing order for each new order
GoalWhen a new order is created in Katana Cloud Inventory, Make opens a make-to-order manufacturing order for it.
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Create the scenario
On the Scenarios page, create a new scenario. An empty canvas opens with one large + in the middle: that is where your first module goes.
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Place the trigger
Click the +, search Katana Cloud Inventory and choose Watch New Order. Pick your connection or create it. The webhook is attached automatically, with no setup on the Katana side.
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Add the manufacturing order
Click the + on the right of the trigger and choose Create a Make-to-Order Manufacturing Order. Map the order data from the trigger into its fields by clicking the values Make offers.
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Test with Run once
Click Run once, then create a test order in Katana. Open the bubbles above each module to read the bundle it received and check the manufacturing order looks right.
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Switch it on
Turn the scenario on. Because Watch New Order is instant, Katana calls Make each time an order arrives; scheduled triggers would instead run every 15 minutes by default.
What can start a Katana Cloud Inventory scenario?
13 modules start a scenario when something happens in Katana Cloud Inventory. A scheduled trigger is checked by Make on the scenario's schedule; an instant one is called by Katana Cloud Inventory as soon as it happens.
Watch Batch Stocks
Scheduled triggerIn Make“Triggers when a new batch stock is created.”
Each new batch stock recorded in Katana becomes a bundle in your scenario, ready for the next module to log, share or check. Useful when lot tracking matters and the rest of the team lives in other tools.
Watch Customers
Scheduled triggerIn Make“Triggers when a new customer is created.”
New customers created in Katana reach your CRM, your newsletter tool or your accounting software without anyone retyping a name or an address. The trigger hands over one customer per bundle.
Watch Deleted Order
Instant triggerIn Make“Watch for a deleted order.”
You learn right away that an order is gone from Katana, which lets the scenario tidy up whatever depended on it: a task, a shipping request, a row in a tracking sheet.
Watch Delivered Order
Instant triggerIn Make“Watch for a delivered order.”
A delivered order becomes the starting point of your after-sales routine: a thank-you message, a review request, a deal closed in the CRM. Nobody has to watch the order list for status changes.
Watch Materials
Scheduled triggerIn Make“Triggers when a new material is created.”
Every material added to Katana, a fabric, a component, a raw ingredient, shows up in your scenario as its own bundle. Your purchasing sheet or supplier catalogue can then stay complete without manual entry.
Watch New Order
Instant triggerIn Make“Watch for a new order.”
The moment an order is created in Katana, your scenario gets it and can plan production, alert the team or book the customer in another tool. This is the most natural starting point for most Katana automations.
Watch Packed Order
Instant triggerIn Make“Watch for a packed order.”
Packing is often the last step before the carrier comes, and this trigger turns it into a signal: book the pickup, print a label in another tool, tell the customer the parcel is ready.
Watch Products
Scheduled triggerIn Make“Triggers when a new product is created.”
Products created in Katana can be pushed to your online store, your price list or a product sheet shared with sales. The scenario receives one product per bundle and builds from there.
Watch Suppliers
Scheduled triggerIn Make“Triggers when a new supplier is created.”
A new supplier in Katana can land in your accounting tool or your supplier directory without being typed twice. That keeps payment details and contacts consistent from the first purchase order.
Watch Tax Rates
Scheduled triggerIn Make“Triggers when a new tax rate is created.”
When someone creates a tax rate in Katana, the scenario receives it and can mirror it in your invoicing or accounting tool. Useful to avoid orders billed with a rate the other system does not know yet.
Watch Updated Availability
Instant triggerIn Make“Watch for updated availability.”
Availability changes in Katana reach your scenario as they happen, so a store, a marketplace or a sales sheet can show what you can actually promise. This is the trigger to reach for when stock accuracy drives sales.
Watch Updated Order
Instant triggerIn Make“Watch for an updated order.”
Any change to an order in Katana sends the updated version to your scenario, which can then refresh a CRM deal, a shared tracking sheet or a customer message.
Watch Variants
Scheduled triggerIn Make“Triggers when a new variant is created.”
Each new variant, a size, a color, a pack format, arrives in the scenario as its own bundle. Your store or catalogue can then offer it without someone adding it by hand.
What can Make do in Katana Cloud Inventory?
Katana Cloud Inventory gives you 80 modules in 22 groups. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.
Modules index
Batch Stocks
3 modulesList Batch Stocks
SearchIn Make“Lists all batch stocks.”
You get every batch stock in Katana as separate bundles, which is handy to build a lot report or check which batches sit where. As a search module, it can return zero, one or many results.
Get a Batch Stock
ActionIn Make“Returns information about the selected batch stock.”
This module fetches the full details of one batch stock you already know, instead of scanning the whole list. It pairs well with a trigger or a search that gave you the batch in the first place.
Update a Batch Stock
ActionIn Make“Updates the selected batch stock.”
Correcting a batch stock from a scenario saves a trip into Katana whenever another tool holds the right information. You pick the batch, then change only what needs changing.
Customers
3 modulesList Customers
SearchIn Make“Lists all customers.”
Pull your Katana customer base into a scenario, one bundle per customer, to export it, clean it or compare it with another tool. Being a search, it may return nothing, one match or the full list.
Get a Customer
ActionIn Make“Returns information about the selected customer.”
With one customer ID in hand, this module returns the whole record so later modules can use the name, contact details and anything else Katana stores. It is the lookup step behind most order automations.
Create a Customer
ActionIn Make“Creates a customer.”
Buyers who sign up in your store, your CRM or a form can appear in Katana without manual entry. Map the fields from the source module and Katana stores the new customer.
Inventory
2 modulesList Current Inventory
SearchIn Make“Returns a list for current inventory.”
A snapshot of what you hold today, returned as bundles your scenario can write into a sheet, a dashboard or a message. It gives purchasing and sales the same numbers without a login to Katana.
Update the Reorder Point
ActionIn Make“Updates the reorder point for a certain location and variant combination.”
Change the stock threshold that tells Katana when to reorder, for one precise location and variant pair. Your buying rules can then follow demand instead of staying frozen.
Manufacturing Order
7 modulesList Manufacturing Orders
SearchIn Make“Lists all manufacturing orders.”
Retrieve your manufacturing orders as bundles to build a production board, spot late jobs or share the plan outside Katana. The search may bring back none, one or many orders.
Get a Manufacturing Order
ActionIn Make“Returns information about the selected manufacturing order.”
Returns the complete record of one manufacturing order, so the next modules can quote it or act on it. Think of it as opening the order in Katana, but from inside the scenario.
Create a Manufacturing Order
ActionIn Make“Creates a new manufacturing order.”
Opens a new manufacturing order in Katana from any event in Make, a form, a sheet row, a message. Production gets the job in its usual screen, and nobody copies data by hand.
Create a Make-to-Order Manufacturing Order
ActionIn Make“Creates a new make-to-order manufacturing order.”
This one builds a manufacturing order tied to a customer sale, so what you produce matches what was sold. It is the natural action after Watch New Order in a build-to-order workshop.
Unlink a Manufacturing Order from Sales Order
ActionIn the docs onlySeparates a manufacturing order from the sales order it was built for, leaving both in Katana. The job carries on, but it no longer belongs to that customer.
Update a Manufacturing Order
ActionIn Make“Updates the selected manufacturing order.”
Edits an existing manufacturing order from your scenario, for example to follow a change agreed in another tool. You select the order and set only the values you want to change.
Delete a Manufacturing Order
ActionIn Make“Deletes the selected manufacturing order.”
Removes a manufacturing order from Katana when the job no longer needs to exist. A clean board helps the floor focus on real work.
Manufacturing Order Recipe Rows
5 modulesList Manufacturing Order Recipe Rows
SearchIn Make“Lists all manufacturing order recipe rows.”
Shows the ingredients or components planned for manufacturing orders, one row per bundle. Buyers can see what production is about to consume before the shelves run empty.
Get a Manufacturing Order Recipe Row
ActionIn Make“Returns information about the selected manufacturing order recipe row.”
Fetches a single recipe row of a manufacturing order, with the material and quantity it plans. Precise when you already know which row matters.
Create a Manufacturing Order Recipe Row
ActionIn Make“Creates a new manufacturing order recipe row.”
Adds an ingredient or component to one specific manufacturing order, without touching the product's standard recipe. Handy for one-off tweaks decided outside Katana.
Update a Manufacturing Order Recipe Row
ActionIn Make“Updates the selected manufacturing order recipe row.”
Corrects a planned component or quantity on a manufacturing order when the plan shifts. The shop floor sees the new figure the next time it opens the job.
Delete a Manufacturing Order Recipe Row
ActionIn Make“Deletes the selected manufacturing order recipe row.”
Drops a component from one manufacturing order when it is no longer part of the build. The recipe of the product stays as it was.
Manufacturing Order Operation Rows
5 modulesList Manufacturing Order Operation Rows
SearchIn Make“Lists all manufacturing order operation rows.”
Brings back the production steps planned on manufacturing orders, cutting, assembly, finishing, as individual bundles. That gives you material to build a workload view per team.
Get a Manufacturing Order Operation Row
ActionIn Make“Returns information about the selected manufacturing order operation row.”
Reads one production step of a manufacturing order in detail, so the scenario can report on it or decide what comes next. Lighter than listing everything when the row is already known.
Create a Manufacturing Order Operation Row
ActionIn Make“Creates a new manufacturing order operation row.”
Inserts an extra production step into one manufacturing order, such as an inspection or a special finish. The plan in Katana then reflects what the team will really do.
Update a Manufacturing Order Operation Row
ActionIn Make“Updates the selected manufacturing order operation row.”
Adjusts a production step already planned on a manufacturing order, so Katana matches what happens on the floor. Useful when another tool records progress or changes.
Delete a Manufacturing Order Operation Row
ActionIn Make“Deletes the selected manufacturing order operation row.”
Removes a production step that no longer applies to one manufacturing order. The plan gets lighter and the team stops seeing work it will not do.
Materials
2 modulesList Materials
SearchIn Make“Lists all materials.”
Exports your materials from Katana, one bundle each, to feed a supplier catalogue, a cost sheet or a comparison with another system. The search can return none, one or all of them.
Get a Material
ActionIn Make“Returns information about the selected material.”
Looks up one material and returns its details, ready to be quoted in an email, a supplier request or a stock alert. Faster than listing every material to find a single one.
Products
3 modulesList Products
SearchIn Make“Lists all products.”
Returns your Katana products as bundles, which is the starting point to sync a catalogue, a price list or a store. Results may be empty, a single product or the full range.
Get a Product
ActionIn Make“Returns information about the selected product.”
Pulls the full record of one product so later modules can reuse its name, variants or anything Katana keeps on it. Typical as a second step after a trigger that only gives an ID.
Create a Product
ActionIn Make“Creates a product.”
Creates a product in Katana from data held elsewhere, a product sheet, a design brief, a form. The team gets the item ready for recipes and orders without typing it.
Recipes
5 modulesList Recipes
SearchIn Make“Lists all recipes.”
Brings back your recipes, the list of materials each product needs, as bundles your scenario can study or export. Handy for costing and for spotting where one material is used.
Create a Recipe
ActionIn Make“Creates one or many new recipe rows for a product.”
Writes one or several recipe rows for a product in a single step, so a new item can be built right away. You map the materials and quantities from the source module.
Update a Recipe Row
ActionIn Make“Updates the selected row. Please note that the module does not allow "Erase" function.”
Changes one line of a product's recipe, a material or a quantity, from your scenario. Every build that follows uses the corrected line.
Delete a Recipe Row
ActionIn Make“Deletes the selected recipe row.”
Removes a single line from a product's recipe while the rest stays intact. Future builds stop consuming that material.
Delete a Recipe
ActionIn Make“Deletes the selected recipe.”
Wipes the entire recipe of a product, all its rows at once. Use it when a product is retired or its formula must be rebuilt from scratch.
Purchase Orders
6 modulesList Purchase Orders
SearchIn Make“Lists all purchase orders.”
Gives you your purchase orders as bundles, so buyers can track open orders in a sheet or a dashboard. The search may return no order, one or many.
Get a Purchase Order
ActionIn Make“Retrieves information about the selected purchase order.”
Retrieves the details of one purchase order so your scenario can quote it to a supplier, an accountant or a teammate. Precise and cheap when you already have its ID.
Create a Purchase Order
ActionIn Make“Creates a new purchase order.”
Drafts a purchase order in Katana from a signal outside it, a low-stock alert, an approval in a form, a line in a planning sheet. Buyers review it instead of starting from a blank screen.
Update a Purchase Order
ActionIn Make“Updates the selected purchase order. Please note that the module does not allow "Erase" function.”
Edits an existing purchase order when the supplier confirms different terms or dates. Katana then shows what was actually agreed.
Receive a Purchase Order
ActionIn Make“Receives an existing purchase order.”
Marks an existing purchase order as received, so the goods count in your stock without a manual step in Katana. The rest of the chain, availability and production, can follow.
Delete a Purchase Order
ActionIn Make“Deletes the selected purchase order.”
Removes a purchase order from Katana so a cancelled buy no longer sits in your incoming stock.
Purchase Order Rows
3 modulesCreate a Purchase Order Row
ActionIn Make“Creates a new purchase order row.”
Adds one line, one variant to buy, to a purchase order that already exists in Katana. Your order grows without anyone retyping it.
Update a Purchase Order Row
ActionIn Make“Updates an existing purchase order row. Please note that the module does not allow "Erase" function.”
Changes a single line of a purchase order, such as the quantity of one item, and leaves the rest of the order untouched.
Delete Purchase Order Row
ActionIn Make“Deletes the selected purchase order row.”
Takes one item off a purchase order while the order itself stays open for the other lines.
Sales Orders
5 modulesList Sales Orders
SearchIn Make“Lists all sales orders.”
Gives you the sales orders stored in Katana, each one as a separate bundle (one item passed to the next module), ready to copy into a report or another tool.
Get a Sales Order
ActionIn Make“Gets a sales order.”
Fetches the full details of one sales order you already know, so the next modules can use what it contains.
Create a Sales Order
ActionIn Make“Creates a sales order.”
Opens a new sales order in Katana from data that arrives elsewhere, so the order enters production and stock planning at once.
Update a Sales Order
ActionIn Make“Updates a sales order.”
Changes an existing sales order in Katana so what your team sees matches what was agreed with the customer.
Delete a Sales Order
ActionIn Make“Deletes a sales order.”
Erases a sales order from Katana, which keeps a cancelled sale out of your stock and production plans.
Sales Order Addresses
3 modulesCreate a Sales Order Address
ActionIn Make“Creates a new sales order address.”
Attaches an address to a sales order in Katana, so shipping has the right destination without a manual entry.
Update a Sales Order Address
ActionIn Make“Updates the sales order address.”
Corrects the address stored on a sales order, so the parcel leaves for the place the customer really wants.
Delete a Sales Order Address
ActionIn Make“Deletes the sales order address.”
Drops an address from a sales order, useful when a wrong or outdated destination should not reach the shipping team.
Sales Order Rows
3 modulesCreate a Sales Order Row
ActionIn Make“Creates a new sales order row.”
Adds a product line to a sales order that is already in Katana, so late additions reach production and stock.
Update a Sales Order Row
ActionIn Make“Updates the selected sales order row.”
Edits one line of a sales order, typically the quantity or the variant, and keeps the other lines as they are.
Delete a Sales Order Row
ActionIn Make“Deletes a sales order row.”
Removes a single product line from a sales order while the rest of the order carries on.
Stock Adjustments
4 modulesList Stock Adjustments
SearchIn Make“Lists all stock adjustments.”
Returns the stock adjustments recorded in Katana, the manual corrections to quantities, one bundle each, so you can review or archive them.
Create a Stock Adjustment
ActionIn Make“Creates a new stock adjustment object.”
Records a correction of stock quantities in Katana, so the system matches what is actually on the shelf.
Update a Stock Adjustment
ActionIn Make“Updates the selected stock adjustment.”
Fixes an adjustment already saved in Katana instead of stacking a second correction on top.
Delete a Stock Adjustment
ActionIn Make“Deletes the selected stock adjustment.”
Cancels a stock adjustment by removing it from Katana, handy when a correction was entered twice.
Stock Transfers
4 modulesList Stock Transfers
SearchIn Make“Lists all stock transfers.”
Shows the stock transfers between your Katana locations, one bundle per transfer, so moves between sites become visible outside Katana.
Create a Stock Transfer
ActionIn Make“Creates a new stock transfer.”
Creates a movement of goods from one Katana location to another, so each site's stock stays correct without manual entries.
Update a Stock Transfer
ActionIn Make“Updates the selected stock transfer.”
Adjusts a transfer that is already planned in Katana, so it follows what happens on the ground.
Delete a Stock Transfer
ActionIn Make“Deletes the selected stock transfer.”
Removes a planned transfer from Katana when the move between locations will not take place.
Stocktake
4 modulesList Stocktakes
SearchIn Make“Lists all stocktakes.”
Brings back the stocktakes, the physical counts of your inventory, stored in Katana, one bundle each, to track or share their progress.
Create a Stocktake
ActionIn Make“Creates a new stocktake.”
Opens a new physical count in Katana, so the warehouse team can start counting without someone setting it up by hand.
Update a Stocktake
ActionIn Make“Updates the selected stocktake.”
Moves an existing stocktake forward in Katana, for example once the count is done on the floor.
Delete a Stocktake
ActionIn Make“Deletes the selected stocktake.”
Clears a stocktake from Katana when a count was opened by mistake or is no longer needed.
Suppliers
3 modulesList Suppliers
SearchIn Make“Lists all suppliers.”
Returns your Katana suppliers as bundles, one per supplier, to sync them into a purchasing sheet, a CRM or an accounting tool.
Get a Supplier
ActionIn Make“Returns information about the selected supplier.”
Reads one supplier's record in Katana so the scenario can use its details further down.
Create a Supplier
ActionIn Make“Creates a supplier.”
Adds a supplier to Katana from another source, so the buying team finds it ready when the first purchase order is due.
Tax Rates
3 modulesList Tax Rates
SearchIn Make“Lists all tax rates.”
Lists the tax rates set up in Katana, one bundle per rate, which helps keep another tool aligned with the same rates.
Get a Tax Rate
ActionIn Make“Returns information about the selected tax rate.”
Pulls the details of one tax rate from Katana, so a later module can apply or display the right value.
Create a Tax Rate
ActionIn Make“Creates a tax rate.”
Sets up a new tax rate in Katana from Make, so orders can use it without someone configuring it by hand.
Variants
3 modulesList Variants
SearchIn Make“Lists all variants.”
Returns the variants of your Katana products, each size, color or version as its own bundle, ready to feed a catalog or a stock sheet.
Get a Variant
ActionIn Make“Returns information about the selected variant.”
Reads one variant in Katana with its details, so the scenario knows exactly which version of a product it is dealing with.
Create a Variant
ActionIn Make“Creates a variant.”
Adds a new version of an existing product in Katana, such as a new size or color, straight from where it is designed.
Other
1 moduleMake an API Call
ActionIn Make“Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.”
Lets you call any endpoint of the Katana API from your scenario, reusing the same connection, when no listed module does what you need.
Other modules
3 modulesDelete a Supplier
ActionIn Make“Deletes the selected supplier.”
Removes a supplier from Katana, which keeps your vendor list clean when a partnership ends.
Unlink a Manufacturing Order from Sales Order Row
ActionIn Make“Unlinks a manufacturing order from the sales order row.”
Breaks the link between a manufacturing order and one row of a sales order, so the production run is no longer reserved for that line.
Update a Supplier
ActionIn Make“Updates a supplier.”
Keeps a supplier's record in Katana up to date when its details change in the tool your team trusts.
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