We’re thrilled to announce Momentum, Tensoft’s virtual user conference, designed exclusively for Tensoft customers! Whether you’re working with Tensoft SemiOps, DemandOps, Revenue Lens or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, this is your opportunity to supercharge your learning with insider tips, expert insights, and live demos. No matter your experience level, Momentum will empower you to […]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About 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. Here’s what I mean by that. The semiconductor manufacturing process is […]
Integrating Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales with Tensoft DemandOps
Tensoft Cloud Platform is designed specifically for the semiconductor industry and it supports two primary business processes, quote to invoice and procure to pay. The quote to invoice is the sales order management process where you are selling products to end customers and expecting payments from them. Procure to pay is the manufacturing & inventory […]
Boost Audit Compliance with Shipping & Invoicing Date Controls in Tensoft
Last month, Tensoft introduced powerful new features like shipping date controls and invoice date limits to help businesses enforce transaction boundaries and meet audit requirements with ease. What Are Shipping and Invoice Date Controls? These new features allow organizations to define a fixed window of acceptable transaction dates for shipping and invoicing activities: Shipping Date […]
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 […]
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 2025 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms for the 18th 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 […]
How Supplier Integrations in Tensoft SemiOps Automate Chip or Wafer Probe
At Tensoft, customer feedback is one of the key drivers of our product roadmap. We regularly gather feedback from customers and develop features/enhancements based on their industry specific needs. A recent example of this is setting up supplier integrations in Tensoft SemiOps to automate chip or wafer probe. Traditionally, suppliers treat the wafer and probe […]
Tensoft EDI Integrations: How Does It Work?
Tensoft’s customers sometimes require EDI integration as part of their overall ERP/supply chain system. (EDI is Electronic Data Interchange – a B2B standard that has been in place for a long time.) Some Tensoft customers require automated creation of sales orders and invoicing using EDI to deal with their customers. This is particularly useful in […]
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 […]