As a NASBA registered CPE sponsor, Tensoft is required to run polling questions during our webcasts for participants who want CPE credit. Polling questions provide great feedback that helps us ensure valuable content for the attendees. Often the polling questions are interesting and informative on their own. One of our webcasts “Structuring Software Sales Transactions […]
Recurring Billing for the Subscription Model
A significant part of the business world prefers recurring revenue streams. Subscription companies starting today bake this into their business and product model from the start. Older companies are evaluating the right combination of services to provide their customers and the right billing models for the value delivered. Everyone needs to evaluate the nature of […]
Five Key Benefits of Tensoft DemandOps
High-tech product companies that sell through a distribution-based model often require a demand management solution that captures and manages demand signals for the entire process from finished product to end-customer. Tensoft’s demand management solution, Tensoft DemandOps – a purpose-built SAAS application – delivers both. Of the many benefits that Tensoft DemandOps offers, here are five […]
VIDEO: Inventory Value and Standard Cost
The following is a transcript of the video clip above, which was taken from the Tensoft FSM customer webcast entitled “Standard Cost: Theory and Practice in Tensoft FSM,” featuring Bob Scarborough, Tensoft’s CEO. This complimentary training was originally presented live for Tensoft FSM customers. Since the instructional material covered in this video blog is appropriate […]
Manufacturing in the Semiconductor Industry
Semiconductor manufacturing stands apart as a unique process when you compare it to other manufacturing processes. From a systems perspective, production in most manufacturing industries is either discrete or process manufacturing – semiconductor manufacturing can be defined as process manufacturing with a discrete outcome all the while focused on lot genealogy. Here’s what I mean […]
Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy Success Was an Inside Job
Two articles in the same issue of “The Street” recently caught my eye. Both are about Microsoft, and both mention the layoff news that’s emerging as a result of the company’s annual re-organization. The first, Microsoft Gets Rebooted Under Satya Nadella Here Are His Six Biggest Achievements, describes how many of Microsoft’s products were struggling […]
Tensoft Launches New SaaS Offering: Tensoft DemandOps
Tensoft is pleased to announce the launch of Tensoft DemandOps, a demand management solution built based on our industry experience and needs of customers. It delivers order-to-cash, returns management and distributor management and supports the industry-specific as well as distribution-based requirements of technology companies. This subscription based offering integrates seamlessly with Tensoft cloud apps and […]
Why do Semiconductor Companies Need a Strong Operational System?
In light of the recent acquisition of one of our customers, ClariPhy by Inphi, we have been considering our role in helping companies scale their business, the value of systems in an exit strategy – by potential acquisitions or IPO. And a lot of what we have heard over the years is the ability to […]
Why is Microsoft the Top IoT Vendor of 2016?
A recent poll by the Internet of Things (IoT) Institute found that information and operating technology leaders ranked Microsoft as their top IoT vendor of the year, tied with Google. Tripp Braden’s article on this is a great read, and attributes Microsoft’s success to “the people, the technology, and the partners.” As a long-time Microsoft […]
An Overview of Production Planning in Tensoft FSM
With Tensoft FSM’s Production Planning, you can quickly and accurately schedule backlog shipment dates, drive creation of your production orders (“PR” or production release), and gain insight into planning action items related to production scheduling or exception management. All of the information that you need is already available in Tensoft FSM: WIP and inventory and supply […]