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 […]
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 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 […]
The Trick to Supporting a Semiconductor Startup Ramp
As anyone familiar with the semiconductor industry knows, there’s a lot of variation in what semiconductor design-based organizations make. Tensoft’s customers include companies that make silicon and compound integrated circuits, MEMS devices, LED, RF, solid state, and solar technologies. All of these need to manage global production across multiple vendors. And, they also need to […]
VIDEO: Inventory Value and Standard Cost
The following is a transcript of the video clip below, which was taken from the Tensoft SemiOps (previously known as 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 SemiOps customers. Since the instructional material covered in […]
Current Trends in Semiconductor Industry
Over the last year, it’s become common knowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global supply chains – almost every consumer has been affected in one way or another. One of the things that happened in the semiconductor industry is that chip production for the auto industry fell off in 2020 due to auto factory […]
How to Overcome Challenges to Scaling Production Ramp
One of the biggest challenges faced by semiconductor and IoT operations and finance executives everywhere is scaling effectively and efficiently. As production ramps and organizational complexity increases, companies worldwide need to equip themselves early on to mitigate execution risks and the (albeit positive) chaos accompanying hockey stick growth. One of Tensoft’s recorded webcasts, ‘Challenges to […]
Get Ready for Momentum 2.0, Tensoft’s Online User Conference for Customers
We are excited to announce Momentum 2.0, Fall 2021! It will be held on September 21 & 22 and sessions will be distributed over two half-days. What is Momentum 2.0? Momentum 2.0 is Tensoft’s online user conference hosted exclusively for Tensoft customers. It brings two days of complimentary training straight from the product experts. The […]
Tensoft Customers: New Training Material for Tensoft SemiOps & DemandOps Is Here!
We heard you! And, we’ve added more content on your suggested topics. At Tensoft, we work closely with customers to develop training materials that will benefit you the most. We are pleased to announce the addition of new training materials for Tensoft SemiOps and DemandOps on Knowledge Base. For those unfamiliar, Tensoft Knowledge Base is […]
Semiconductor Chip Maker Finds Tensoft FSM as A Good Fit!
Note: This blog post was originally published on March 21, 2017, when the product was still called as Tensoft FSM. While existing Tensoft FSM customers continue to be supported, Tensoft SemiOps is our current offering for new customers. MoSys, a fabless semiconductor company, needed a responsive solution that could replace their homegrown WIP tracking system […]