Continuing the topical thread we started in our previous blog post, all semiconductor, sensor, and module start-up’s traditionally experience three unique and interrelated stages in their growth journey to get to high volume: Pre-Ramp, Production Ramp and Production Breadth. The ability to successfully manage and navigate within and across each stage may best be addressed […]
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. Tensoft recently hosted a webcast, ‘Challenges to […]
Working with High Tech Companies: A Case Study
William White, CTO and Co-founder of Tensoft, recently discussed what it is like working with a high tech companies. He references a Tensoft customer who was acquired by a larger company outside the US and explains how Tensoft was able assist the companies in making a seamless transition in less than four months. To hear […]
Highlights from Momentum 2017
Tensoft hosted Momentum 2017, the 12th Annual FSM User Conference on Sept. 11-12. This once-a-year customer exclusive conference covered an extensive array of lectures and hands-on lab sessions on many relevant topics requested by our customers. The opening session on Monday was delivered by Tensoft CEO, Bob Scarborough and Tensoft COO, Dan Berube. This was […]
Tensoft FSM 2017: New Feature Highlight
As you may already know, Tensoft has recently announced a major release. Tensoft FSM 2017 is now available to all customers who want to stay up to date with the most powerful version of Tensoft FSM. Jeff Piaskowski, Tensoft’s Supply Chain and Manufacturing Consultant, joins me today to share a couple new features and functionalities available […]
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 all the while focused on lot genealogy. Here’s what I mean […]
Tensoft Customers: FSM Training Videos Are Here!
Tensoft is excited to launch a new series of FSM training videos exclusively for its customers. Tensoft customers can log into Tensoft CustomerSpace and can access these short informative videos covering some of the basic functionalities in Tensoft FSM. To learn more about this training series, watch the introductory video below. If there are any […]
Why do Semiconductor Companies Need a Strong Operational System?
In light of the recent acquisition of one of our customers, ClariPhy by Inphi, we have been considering our role in helping companies scale their business, the value of systems in an exit strategy – by potential acquisitions or IPO. And a lot of what we have heard over the years is the ability to […]
Standard Inventory Costing for Fabless Semiconductor Companies
Since most of our high tech and fabless semiconductor customers use standard costing, we’ve had quite a bit of experience advising companies on how to set up standard costing, and thought it might be of interest to a wider audience as well. As a starting point here then, I’d like to spend a little time […]
Semiconductor Startups Need to Run (While Still Learning to Walk)
Semiconductor design-based organizations span multiple technologies as varied as silicon and compound integrated circuits, MEMS devices, LED, RF, solid state, and solar technologies. They also manage global production synchronization across multiple vendors and intricate processes, such as a multiple die package or multichip modules and sensors. Conventional wisdom suggests that more mature product companies employ […]