Here is a quick overview of bookings, billings and backlog in Tensoft SemiOps and DemandOps: Bookings Booking is an order that is entered in DemandOps and any update to it is the booking change. The bookings are based off of sales order entry date. If you go into any order and click on the information […]
Production Planning vs Production Control: What Should You Focus On
We often get asked, “what is the difference between production planning and production control in SemiOps” or “what is production control” occasionally. The distinction is important to look at how your team matches up to the system functional blocks and to help think through all of the required business processes that are required for Semi […]
A Look at Three Phases in the Life of a Semiconductor Company
Continuing a thread started in a previous blog post, let’s look at the stages that Tensoft’s semiconductor, sensor, and module start-up customers typically experience. These stages can be characterized as pre-ramp, production ramp and production breadth. The ability to successfully navigate each stage requires a clear understanding of the industry issues and drivers inherent in […]
Internal Production in Supply Chain through Tensoft SemiOps
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 […]
Supply Chain Optimization – What Is It?
There are a number of definitions for supply chain optimization. Our perspective is a broad definition, where the goal of supply chain optimization is to maximize revenue and/or product margins by building the right thing at the right time for the right people. To achieve this goal requires a sophisticated level of understanding and action. […]
Top 5 Questions from Operations Answered
In this blog post, we have answered the top 5 questions that we receive from Semiconductor Operations on a Sales Call: What type of semiconductor companies have you worked with in the past? We have 20+ years of experience working with companies big and small in the semiconductor industry. Tensoft SemiOps supports fabless semiconductor, traditional […]
Tensoft SemiOps SI (Supplier integration): How It Got to Where It is Today
Tensoft has been helping semiconductor manufacturers integrate efficiently with their supply chain partners since 2001. During that time, we’ve built integrations to all of the Tier 1 semiconductor supply chain partners, most of the Tier 2 partners, as well as even some very small partners that we worked with as “one-off” integration efforts. As you […]
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 […]
A Fabless Semiconductor Firm Runs Tensoft’s Supplier Integration Application
Editor’s Note: This post was previously published on May 24, 2018 and updated on January 20, 2022. The following is a transcript of an old interview with Heather Salonga, former Tensoft ERP Consultant. She was in the unique position of having initially been a Tensoft customer and then working with Tensoft, helping customers to implement […]