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Benefits of Using Service Items in Tensoft DemandOps

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Service items are useful to simplify the process of creating and invoicing orders for non-inventory items that need to be included in a Sales Order. These may be items like engineering services, warranty fees, prepayments and NRE’s. In Tensoft DemandOps, there is the functionality to flag a saleable part as a Service item and by […]

Lot-Based vs Demand and Supply-Based Planning in Semiconductor Industry

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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 […]

Tensoft EDI Integrations: How Does It Work?

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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

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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 […]

Does Tensoft SemiOps Integrate with NetSuite?

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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 […]

A Look at Three Phases in the Life of a Semiconductor Company

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Continuing a thread started in a previous blog post, let’s look at the stages that Tensoft’s semiconductor, sensor, and module start-up customers typically experience. These stages can be characterized as pre-ramp, production ramp and production breadth. The ability to successfully navigate each stage requires a clear understanding of the industry issues and drivers inherent in […]

Standard vs Actual Cost: Choosing the Best Method in the Semiconductor Industry

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Within the fabless semiconductor industry the standard cost approach is usually the norm, but some still argue for the use of actual cost. In reality, actual cost methods – such as specific identification, moving average, FIFO, and LIFO – are less able to deal with the complexities of the semiconductor industry. Actual cost is a […]

Overview of Bookings, Billings and Backlog Reporting

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Here is a quick overview of bookings, billings and backlog in Tensoft SemiOps and DemandOps: Bookings Booking is an order that is entered in DemandOps and any update to it is the booking change. The bookings are based off of sales order entry date. If you go into any order and click on the information […]

Quick Ship Functionality in Tensoft SemiOps

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Below is a full transcript from our latest training video on the new quick ship functionality in Tensoft SemiOps. “In this demo, we will be going over the new quick ship functionality. The quick ship screen is going to be under the Shipment module in SemiOps. It’s going to be Quick Ship DO. So, when […]

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