Shopify and manufacturing inventory platform

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Issue: A manufacturing business using Shopify with Katana reports inventory not syncing from Katana to Shopify, preventing sales. Katana support and engineers have been working on it for three days. At $129/month, the user is seeking a more affordable, reliable alternative.

Impact: Store cannot list/sell products because Shopify shows no inventory.

Tried/Status: Ongoing troubleshooting with Katana; no resolution reported.

Requested: Recommendations for an inventory/manufacturing system that integrates well with Shopify.

Responses:

  • MRPEasy recommended as working well with Shopify overall. Limitation noted: it does not push “virtual inventory” to Shopify (i.e., available buildable kits based on component stock when assemblies are made on order). Virtual inventory is visible inside MRPEasy but not reflected in Shopify, creating challenges for kit/assembly workflows.

Outcome: No solution adopted yet. Key open question: an affordable system that reliably syncs both finished goods and component-based (virtual) availability to Shopify.

Summarized with AI on January 11. AI used: gpt-5.
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Our business is in manufacturing and selling online. We have integrated Shopify and Katana, which manages the inventory from manufacturing to shipping.

Product inventory in Katana is not reflecting in Shopify and we therefore cannot sell. The support staff and engineers have been trying to resolve this for three days now.

Katana is costing us $129 per month and it is frustrating.

I’m looking for suggestions for an affordable inventory system that is working well.

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I use MRPEasy and I’ve been very happy with the Shopify integration. The only thing it doesn’t do, which I wish it would, is show the virtual inventory (I physically stock things in component form and assemble the kits as they are ordered). I can see virtual inventory in MRPEasy, but that doesn’t integrate with Shopify, so that makes it a bit challenging.