Our fabless semiconductor management solution – Tensoft SemiOps – has been purpose-built for the semiconductor industry, which is why we’ve amassed a long list of semiconductor customers over the years. We’ve seen how Tensoft SemiOps has benefited these customers by providing out-of-the-box functionality that can be deployed quickly; functionality that’s not available out-of-the-box anywhere else. […]
Understanding Part Types Used by Tensoft
The different part types used in Tensoft SemiOps & DemandOps offer a lot of flexibility to end users to track and report parts, orders and invoices. It allows you to name and market the parts in a more customer friendly manner and be able to adapt to customers naming their own parts that are mapped […]
How to Onboard Documents into Tensoft Revenue Lens
Adding Tensoft Revenue Lens to your financial systems requires two tasks. The first task is to set up our application. The second task is to bring your sales into Revenue Lens. The ideal is to capture the sales data where it occurs and to move that into Revenue Lens. Your sales may happen online, or […]
Month-End Close: Cost and Variance Analysis in Tensoft SemiOps
Most companies in the semiconductor industry typically use the Standard Costing method and so we have a great deal of experience using it. In fact, Tensoft SemiOps uses the Standard Cost model. You set up a goal or standard for what you expect to pay your vendors or what you expect the output yield to […]
3 Reasons to Implement ERP Before Production Ramps
Every technology startup is looking to grow, and to grow rapidly. The point where your production and sales are starting to ramp is exciting and challenging. Investing in your next level of ERP needs to be done – the only question is when to do it. Choosing the right ERP solution can have a huge […]
Document Types in Tensoft DemandOps
In Tensoft DemandOps, you can setup different document types. These include the standard document categories like invoice, order, return, quote, etc. After creating the document category, you can assign a numbering scheme to it. This numbering scheme shows up on reports and is useful for tracking based off the document type. For example, you have […]
Invoicing and Managing Contracts in Tensoft Revenue Lens
Once a contract is created in Tensoft Revenue Lens, you can invoice contract lines. You can either do bulk invoicing across all unbilled lines within a date range or you can filter on specific customers or contracts. In this demo, the first of three invoices is ready to be billed. The invoice is selected […]
Does Tensoft SemiOps Integrate with NetSuite?
Over the years we have integrated Tensoft’s fabless semiconductor management solution with a variety of mid-market cloud systems. From SAP to NetSuite to Oracle to Sage/Intacct, we have done it all! In this blog post, I’ll give you a glimpse of our integration process with NetSuite. NetSuite’s Advanced Financials module is the recipient of data […]
Standard Inventory Costing for Fabless Semiconductor Companies
Since most of our high tech and fabless semiconductor customers use standard costing, we’ve had quite a bit of experience advising companies on how to set up standard costing, and thought it might be of interest to a wider audience as well. As a starting point here then, I’d like to spend a little time […]
Setting Up Lean Operations Without a Full Operations Team in the Semiconductor Industry
Early‑stage semiconductor companies rarely have the luxury of building a fully staffed operations organization from day one. Production ramps are uneven, supplier access is uncertain, and leadership teams are often stretched across engineering, production, and customer commitments. Yet operational discipline is still required early, especially in an industry where quality, supplier reliability, and execution detail […]
