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Our fully managed EDI integration connects your Katana cloud manufacturing platform directly to trading partners—automating purchase orders, invoices, and shipping notices via API. Eliminate manual data entry with 100% accuracy and 90% time savings across your entire supply chain.
We handle the technical complexity so your manufacturing team can focus on what they do best.
We review your Katana MRP setup, BOMs, sales channels, trading partner EDI requirements, and determine the best integration approach via Katana's open API.
We build custom API-driven integration programs and field mappings tailored to your manufacturing orders, inventory items, and fulfillment workflow.
We run concurrent EDI and integration testing with your trading partners to ensure flawless data exchange across all transaction sets.
Go live with fully automated EDI. Your data syncs automatically between Katana MRP and trading partners, backed by 24/7 support.
Documents flow seamlessly between Katana MRP and your trading partners via API integration.
We're already EDI compliant with the partners you work with.
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"From the very beginning, their team demonstrated deep technical expertise and a clear understanding of retail compliance requirements. They worked closely with ours to ensure smooth mapping, testing, and validation across all required documents including POs, ASNs, invoices, and acknowledgements. What stood out most was their hands-on support during integration into our ERP system — they took the time to understand our workflows and customized the setup to ensure everything functioned properly with minimal disruption. If you are looking for a reliable EDI partner, I highly recommend Infocon Systems."
"Overall, our experience with Infocon Systems WebEDI has been very positive. The platform has improved the accuracy and efficiency of our order processing, reduced manual work, and provided strong reliability. Their support and communication set them apart. They're attentive, professional, and truly care about customer satisfaction. It's been a great partnership, of 20 plus years, and we're confident continuing to work with them."
Get a free consultation and see how we can eliminate manual data entry and sync your cloud manufacturing platform seamlessly with every trading partner.
Katana MRP EDI integration is the process of connecting Katana's cloud manufacturing platform to trading partners through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Infocon Systems, a fully managed EDI provider since 1988, specializes in building these integrations using Katana's open REST API. Infocon Systems automates the exchange of purchase orders (850), invoices (810), advance ship notices (856), and other standard documents between Katana MRP and retailers, distributors, and supply chain partners—eliminating manual data entry and reducing errors.
Katana MRP supports all standard EDI transaction sets when paired with a managed EDI provider like Infocon Systems. Supported documents include 850 (Purchase Orders), 810 (Invoices), 856 (ASN/Advance Ship Notices), 855 (PO Acknowledgments), 860 (PO Change Requests), 846 (Inventory Inquiry/Advice), 820 (Payment Orders/Remittance Advice), 940 (Warehouse Ship Orders), and 945 (Warehouse Ship Advice). Infocon Systems also maps custom transaction sets and handles partner-specific formatting requirements, ensuring each document meets the exact specifications required by your trading partners.
EDI connects to Katana MRP through its open REST API. A managed EDI provider like Infocon Systems builds the integration layer that translates between EDI formats and Katana's data structure. When an 850 Purchase Order arrives from a trading partner, Infocon Systems translates it and pushes it directly into Katana as a sales order. Outbound documents like invoices and ASNs are pulled from Katana, translated to the correct EDI format, and delivered to the trading partner automatically.
With a managed EDI provider like Infocon Systems, Katana MRP EDI integration is typically operational within days, not weeks. The process includes analyzing your Katana setup and trading partner requirements, building custom API-driven integration programs and field mappings, testing all transaction sets with live trading partner data, and launching with 24/7 monitoring and support. Infocon Systems has been delivering EDI integrations since 1988 and has pre-built compliance with thousands of trading partners, which significantly reduces setup time compared to building EDI capabilities in-house.
Yes. With the right EDI provider, Katana MRP can connect to virtually any trading partner. Infocon Systems is EDI compliant with thousands of trading partners across retail, distribution, and manufacturing, including Amazon, Walmart, Target, Costco, Home Depot, Lowe's, Grainger, and Fastenal. Infocon Systems handles all partner-specific EDI requirements including document formatting, communication protocols (AS2, SFTP, VAN), testing, and ongoing compliance. When you need to onboard a new trading partner, Infocon Systems manages the certification and setup process end to end.
Building EDI integration in-house requires specialized knowledge of EDI standards (ANSI X12), trading partner compliance rules, communication protocols, and ongoing maintenance as partners update their requirements. A managed EDI provider like Infocon Systems handles all translation, mapping, transmission, compliance, and error monitoring as a turnkey service. With over 35 years of EDI experience and pre-built connections to thousands of trading partners, Infocon Systems eliminates the need for internal EDI expertise while delivering faster setup times and higher reliability than self-managed approaches.
Katana MRP EDI integration pricing varies depending on the number of trading partners, transaction volume, and document types required. Infocon Systems offers custom quotes tailored to each business. Contact Infocon Systems at 1.888.339.0722 or sales@infoconn.com for a free consultation and pricing estimate.