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. Here’s what I mean by that. The semiconductor manufacturing process is […]
Challenges to Managing Demand in a Distribution-based Model
If the customer on your sales order isn’t the end customer for your product(s), you may be a high tech company with a distribution-based demand model! While this is a great way to increase sales and revenue for your company, it can be challenging to manage your demand without the right processes and solutions in […]
Reporting with Power BI for Semiconductor Industry: Part II
Continuing the previous blog post on some of the standard reports in Power BI: Backlog vs Inventory: This gives you a snapshot of what’s available today and what your backlog is. On the left-hand side, you will see the Backlog $ by Item and Customer and on the far-right hand corner, you have Backlog Quantity […]
Reporting with Power BI for Semiconductor Industry: Part I
Microsoft has been named a leader in Gartner’s 2023 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms for the 16th consecutive year. Being a long time Microsoft partner and a provider of Power BI services, we are thrilled with this announcement. Tensoft has infused its solutions with Microsoft Power BI – built a link in […]
Email Capabilities in Tensoft DemandOps
The email capabilities in Tensoft DemandOps utilizes visibility into scheduling and shipping to provide up-to-date information to customers. You can easily send email confirmations for your quotes, orders, shipments, and invoices directly from Tensoft DemandOps to your desired contacts. Firstly, you need to complete the setup for emails, forms, and contacts. Email Setup: You can […]
Join Us for Fall Momentum: Tensoft’s Customer User Conference
We’re excited to bring you 2023’s second Momentum – Tensoft’s semi-annual virtual user conference – exclusively for Tensoft customers. It will be hosted on September 12 & 13 and will shine light on several topics in Tensoft SemiOps, Tensoft DemandOps and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. This conference is designed by Tensoft product experts for […]
How to Connect to Tensoft APIs with Excel and Power BI
In this blog post, I’ll cover how to connect to Tensoft SemiOps and DemandOps API’s with Excel and Power BI. This is highly beneficial for users who prefer to create their own custom reports or Power BI dashboard using raw data over canned reports. We have created a list of APIs – 12 for SemiOps […]
Top 5 Questions from Operations Answered
In this blog post, we have answered the top 5 questions that we receive from Semiconductor Operations on a Sales Call: What type of semiconductor companies have you worked with in the past? We have 20+ years of experience working with companies big and small in the semiconductor industry. Tensoft SemiOps supports fabless semiconductor, traditional […]
Astera Labs Finds Tensoft SemiOps Perfect for Semiconductor Operations
Astera Labs, a leader in purpose-built data and memory connectivity solutions, needed an end-to-end ERP solution to support their rapid growth and track inventory at lot level. After evaluating several options, they decided to implement Tensoft SemiOps. Recently, Nathan Willems, the Corporate Controller, and Alice Zhang, the AVP of Business Operations at Astera Labs joined […]
Tensoft’s Customer User Conference Starts Next Week!
We are pleased to announce Momentum 2.0 Spring 2023, scheduled for Tuesday, May 9 and Wednesday, May 10. Momentum 2.0 is Tensoft’s virtual user conference held twice a year to empower Tensoft customers. This is a great opportunity to discover some of the tools and resources to take your productivity to the next level. You […]