We define supply chain as component sourcing from multiple suppliers brought together to build a product. For semiconductor companies, there are some components, but it is mostly about the process. The semiconductor supply chain is a series of process steps–often done at multiple locations and with multiple suppliers. Instead of procuring materials to build one […]
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 […]
Odata Connections: Microsoft Power BI & Excel
Microsoft Power BI is a highly popular topic during Tensoft’s Momentum conference. Below is a partial transcription of one such session that covered some of the API connections for Tensoft SemiOps and DemandOps. “First place we’re going to start is with our SemiOps APIs. What we see here at the top is the URL used […]
Multi-currency Procurement for Outsourced Manufacturing in Semiconductor Industry
One of the best features in Tensoft SemiOps is multi-currency procurement. In SemiOps, there are two forms of currency – functional and procurement. The functional currency is the currency that SemiOps uses for costing, variances, and valuing inventory. The procurement currency is the currency that you use when you procure or purchase through the Purchase […]
Rework Vs Scrap and Bonus
During our Spring Momentum, we covered one of the most requested topics on ‘Rework vs Scrap and Bonus’, and the best practices to use them. Below are a few highlights from this webcast that you may find helpful. Rework A rework is a type of production order that allows you to move inventory through a […]
Three Tensoft Customers Nominated as Award Finalists for GSA
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) has announced its 2022 award nominees. We are delighted to announce that three Tensoft customers have been nominated as award finalists. Tensoft customers, Astera Labs and SiFive, have been nominated for ‘Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company’, and the third one, Kandou, is nominated for ‘Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company’. We would […]
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 […]
Quick Ship Functionality in Tensoft SemiOps
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 […]
2021 Year in Review: Top Tensoft Blog Posts
It feels like yesterday when we were bidding goodbye to 2020 and were ready to roll into 2021 hoping things will be back to normal. But 2021 surprised us all! It redefined “normal” in many ways. While none of us know how 2022 will look like, one thing you can be sure of is our […]
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 […]