Our fabless semiconductor management solution – Tensoft SemiOps – has been purpose-built for the semiconductor industry, which is why we’ve amassed a long list of semiconductor customers over the years. We’ve seen how Tensoft SemiOps has benefited these customers by providing out-of-the-box functionality that can be deployed quickly; functionality that’s not available out-of-the-box anywhere else. […]
Customer Communication in Tensoft DemandOps
The customer communication features in DemandOps allow you to keep everyone in the loop and updated on what’s happening in DemandOps. It is the best way for them to get acknowledgements for sales and confirmations for different orders and invoices. With the Email Setup feature in Tensoft DemandOps, you can customize the header and signature […]
Quote Management in Tensoft DemandOps
In the Semiconductor industry, quote management can be tricky. You need to consider the pricing, rebates, and design wins to manage the sales operations efficiently. Sometimes customers get discounts based off volume or it may be an introductory rate. Hence at the time of sale, they will not be paying the full retail price for […]
Best Practices for Using API Calls for SemiOps & DemandOps
During Momentum, I covered a session on API calls for SemiOps and DemandOps focusing on the reporting APIs. The agenda included how to connect to the APIs, how to use them, the performance considerations, and a walk through of advanced querying using the Power Query tool on Microsoft products. Both SemiOps and DemandOps have APIs, […]
Production Orders and Work Orders in Tensoft SemiOps
In Tensoft SemiOps, there are two ways to create either a purchase order or a work order: Production Releases or Production Orders The first way is to create it through production release. This option functions as a traditional purchase order where you have an order for an item, you use a quote, have quantities that […]
Document Types in Tensoft DemandOps
In Tensoft DemandOps, you can setup different document types. These include the standard document categories like invoice, order, return, quote, etc. After creating the document category, you can assign a numbering scheme to it. This numbering scheme shows up on reports and is useful for tracking based off the document type. For example, you have […]
Benefits of Using Service Items in Tensoft DemandOps
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 […]
Packing Labels for Reels in Tensoft SemiOps
One of the main functionalities that we have in Tensoft SemiOps is the generation of forms like packing slips and shipping labels during the shipment of finished goods to customers. If you need to print any labels before a shipping label, then you can do that too. For example, you need to create a product […]
Month-End Close: Cost and Variance Analysis in Tensoft SemiOps
Most companies in the semiconductor industry typically use the Standard Costing method and so we have a great deal of experience using it. In fact, Tensoft SemiOps uses the Standard Cost model. You set up a goal or standard for what you expect to pay your vendors or what you expect the output yield to […]
Understanding Part Types Used by Tensoft
The different part types used in Tensoft SemiOps & DemandOps offer a lot of flexibility to end users to track and report parts, orders and invoices. It allows you to name and market the parts in a more customer friendly manner and be able to adapt to customers naming their own parts that are mapped […]