It’s not that traditional ERP Inventory systems don’t work for everyone – they just don’t work well for fabless semiconductor operations. Trying to make them fit is much like trying to force your left foot into your right shoe – you may be able to jam it in, but it won’t be comfortable or highly […]
Get Ready for First Quarter Momentum 2.0 Conference
After the great success of our first online user conference last year, we are pleased to announce Momentum 2.0 for Q1 this year. It will be held from Tuesday, March 12 – Thursday, March 14 with the sessions distributed over 3 half-days. For those who missed it last year, Momentum 2.0 is Tensoft’s new quarterly […]
A Fabless Semiconductor Insider: Acquisition by Hostile Takeover
Forward by Caprice Murray, Tensoft Director of Sales and Marketing: This blog post was originally published on July 24, 2013 . Brian has since moved back to CO and is working for Jabil, but we thought that his insight here is just too good to get archived. Enjoy! Acquisitions can be a messy, complicated, and […]
Recommendations for Successful Semiconductor Supply Chain Integration: Part III
Tensoft collaborated on an article titled “Anatomy of a Successful Supply Chain Integration” for the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA)’s Forum. The co-authors were Tensoft fabless semiconductor customer Heather Salonga from Amalfi Semiconductor, Trisha Giacopazzi from Amkor Technology, Inc., and William White, Tensoft co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. Each co-author provided their considerable insight into how […]
Recommendations for Successful Semiconductor Supply Chain Integration: Part II
In Part 2 of our series based on the article titled “Anatomy of a Successful Supply Chain Integration” which was written for the Global Semiconductor Alliance’s Forum, we’ll be looking at supply chain integration from the perspective of a semiconductor subcontractors, Trisha Giacopazzi from Amkor Technology, Inc. All three parts from this series were excerpted […]
Recommendations for Successful Semiconductor Supply Chain Integration: Part I
Tensoft has always been at the forefront of supply chain integration and has more than 20 years of experience helping its customers with successful integrations. A while back, Tensoft collaborated on an article titled “Anatomy of a Successful Supply Chain Integration” for the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA)’s Forum. The co-authors were Tensoft fabless semiconductor customer […]
Microsoft Positioned in Leaders Quadrant with Power BI
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 […]