As a long-time Microsoft Partner, we are excited to see that Microsoft has been positioned as a leader in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms for the 11th consecutive year. Get the full Gartner report here, and see the Magic Quadrant below. We all know that in today’s data-driven world, business […]
Tensoft DemandOps: Demand Management for Companies with a Distribution-based Model
[The following is a partial transcription of the ‘How to Manage Demand in a Distribution-based Model’ webcast, which is available to anyone who’s interested –see the recording here] “We have been working in the semiconductor industry since 2000 and so we had lot of customer feedback on what companies want from demand management functionality. We […]
A Long-time Tensoft Customer: Upcoming Webinar and History
If your company currently designs 2.5D ASIC SiPs – or plans to – be sure to register for Open-Silicon’s webinar on how to streamline your ASIC production and ramp quickly and successfully. A Tensoft customer since 2006, Open-Silicon will be presenting this informative online session on March 6 at 8 AM Pacific Time. There’s no […]
Industry Trend: Evolution of Semiconductor Chip Companies to Complex Product and Service Organizations
As technologies advance, the semiconductor industry and its traditional business model face a myriad of ongoing complexities demanding an ever accelerating state of operational agility. The electronics and healthcare markets are experiencing unprecedented change through mass market consumerization and global adoption. For most chip companies, gone are the days of long run product cycles and […]
VIDEO: Inventory Value and Standard Cost
The following is a transcript of the video clip above, which was taken from the 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 FSM customers. Since the instructional material covered in this video blog is appropriate […]
Top 10 Reasons to Attend Momentum 2017
In just over a month, we will be hosting another grand Tensoft FSM user conference in downtown San Jose! We are excited to bring you another two full days of training straight from the experts at Momentum 2017. Besides the fact that the Tensoft team is studiously preparing an excellent agenda for this year’s event, […]
Are you ready for Momentum 2017?
Tensoft is excited to announce Momentum 2017, the 12th Annual Tensoft FSM User Conference. This year’s conference will be held at Hotel De Anza in downtown San Jose on September 11 and 12. Exclusively hosted for Tensoft’s Fabless Semiconductor Management (Tensoft FSM) customers, this user conference is once-a-year opportunity to benefit from the presentation sessions […]
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 […]
An Overview of Production Planning in Tensoft FSM
With Tensoft FSM’s Production Planning, you can quickly and accurately schedule backlog shipment dates, drive creation of your production orders (“PR” or production release), and gain insight into planning action items related to production scheduling or exception management. All of the information that you need is already available in Tensoft FSM: WIP and inventory and supply […]