The ability to ship product on-time and correctly is a critical aspect of our semiconductor companies’ success. However, this often gets short shrift during initial conversations with prospective Tensoft customers, for whatever reason. (My guess is that this is at least partially due to the fact that Operations and/or Finance teams usually lead searches for […]
What Does Tensoft SemiOps Have That My Spreadsheet Doesn’t?
If you’ve been in the semiconductor industry for any length of time, you’ve probably seen some of the world’s most spectacular spreadsheets. You may have even created one of these masterpieces of supply chain planning and execution yourself. If so, our hats are off to you! The semiconductor supply chain is famously complex, so managing […]
How to Manage Your Complex Billing and Subscription Needs
Are you looking for a solution that captures all your contract billings in one place and manages it per its customer agreement? Do you need functionality to handle your various billing models including recurring billing, milestone billing and usage billing? Then Tensoft Revenue Lens might be perfect for you! This family of cloud applications includes […]
An Overview of Inventory Transfers in Tensoft SemiOps
In Tensoft SemiOps, there are three types of inventory transfers – regular transfer, issue and inventory disposition. Transfer: A transfer is used for transferring inventory from one location to another in either an available or quarantine status. Above is a screenshot of the transfer screen. Here you have the Transaction Date where you can select […]
Tensoft SemiOps: How Industry-Specific Functionality Makes It Unique
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. […]
Join Us for Momentum 2.0: Tensoft’s Online User Conference
We are excited to announce our customer exclusive user conference, Momentum 2.0, for Fall 2022. This two-day event will be hosted on November 8 & November 9 and will cover a plethora of sessions on Tensoft SemiOps, Tensoft DemandOps and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. This is a great opportunity for Tensoft customers to take […]
Types of Production Releases in Tensoft SemiOps
In Tensoft SemiOps, a production order is called as a Production Release or ‘PR’. There are three types of production releases – Standard This is an order created by the supplier to buy a set quantity of material. At the time of release, it requires all material to be allocated at once. If you want […]
What’s Missing in Traditional ERP Inventory Systems?
It’s not that traditional ERP Inventory systems don’t work for everyone – they just don’t work well for fabless semiconductor operations. Trying to make them fit is much like trying to force your left foot into your right shoe – you may be able to jam it in, but it won’t be comfortable or highly […]
A Traditional BOM in Tensoft SemiOps
Semiconductor manufacturing typically requires a “one-to-many” production process where wafers move to die, and die are then moved through multiple assembly and packing processes to provide multiple outcomes from a single wafer. This is achieved in Tensoft SemiOps through an inverted BOM model. An inverted BOM is an essential feature for systems to efficiently handle […]
Lot-Based vs Demand and Supply-Based Planning in Semiconductor Industry
Planning is, ideally, about supply and demand. Semiconductor supply is a flush of all inventories and WIP to all possible outcomes – to include multiple end products from a single wafer, to include other variables like binning or programmability, or whatever model you may have for finalizing finished parts. Demand is ideally forecast and actual […]