It's been almost a month since Momentum 2010, the 5th Annual User Conference for Tensoft Fabless Semiconductor Management (FSM) customers. Internally, we've had time now to process and begin work on all the great enhancement suggestions and feedback that came out of this year's fabless ERP brainstorming, and we've also had time to go through the conference surveys.
The consensus seems to be that this was the best conference ever, despite the fact that we deliberately took a very low-key approach to keep the conference affordable. Who knew? Well, one conclusion that you could draw from this is that our very wise and grounded customers tend to choose substance over flash - a smart choice and one that we support!
For a little something different this year, I wandered around during the breaks and solicited feedback on the conference from customers, as a supplement to the usual feedback surveys. I used a Flip HD camcorder, one of the mini videorecorders that are only about the size of a cell phone. The result was a little "Blair Witch Project" as far as video quality goes, but our customers were good sports, so I was able to record some great feedback. This was fun and helpful for our team internally, so I asked some of the conference attendees if they'd be willing to let me share a few clips here. A couple of them graciously agreed.
The first clips are of Ted Tresch, a seasoned semiconductor ERP and supply chain planning software user, who became a Tensoft FSM expert at Open-Silicon. Here, he's commenting on Tensoft's new product introductions. Ted was also a strong proponent for this year's more casual conference venue, as you can see in this clip. Thanks Ted!
Deshen Yu, VP of Information Technology at Amlogic, was attending the conference for the second year in a row. Deshen has many years of experience managing ERP solutions from a variety of ERP vendors, so his positive feedback was especially appreciated. This is a clip of Deshen commenting on his experience at Momentum 2010.
I hope these clips give you a feel for what the Tensoft FSM User Conference is all about, and hope you can join us next year.
