Blog
-
August 06, 2025
S100C Copy-Paste Grids
As soon as we saw a few of these calls come in and did some testing ourselves, we actually turned around a short video blog update. Since not everyone has the time to listen to those, thought we’d recap in this newsletter. For quite a few clients, over the years, they have workflows that pull […]
Full Article..... -
August 06, 2025
EMA: What is this?
Not that many years ago, we visited our clients’ offices to perform maintenance on the laptops and desktops. We all carried our ‘Trunk Bag’ filled with cans of air, screen wipes, various sizes of patch cables, crimpers, and a spare drive. Some of the most time-consuming tasks included Microsoft and other software updates, as well […]
Full Article..... -
August 04, 2025
Retention: New Rules
It’s not new to 2025, but there are new rules for reporting retention on Financial statements. From the many CPA’s I’ve spoken with and the breakout sessions at the CFMA Annual conference, the CPA’s have been pushing back on this ruling, but with no success. Many of us are seeing the results as we receive […]
Full Article..... -
July 30, 2025
Vendor ACH Security
Sending payments to vendors via ACH is very convenient. Sage 100 Contractor can create the file, and you can upload it to the bank. From the bank’s perspective, this is more secure than writing checks which can be intercepted, names and amounts altered, and other security risks (which is why you want to use Positive […]
Full Article..... -
July 24, 2025
Chrome Vulnerability: Patched
The bad news: Google, the most popular browser in the world, released an emergency update for the Chrome browser to patch a vulnerability, CVE-2025-4664. Chrome updates automatically, but if a user doesn’t close the browser, the patch version will not update and has to be done manually. The patch, available for Windows and Macs, has […]
Full Article..... -
July 24, 2025
Book Review: The Gift of Anxiety
Most people don’t consider anxiety a gift! In the opening chapters, Ms. Fuchs makes the case that anxiety is an emotion—not a diagnosis. Emotions are a result of something else. When we get angry, something has triggered the anger. When we feel anxious, it’s usually in response to the need for safety. When we feel […]
Full Article..... -
July 18, 2025
Jobsite Cameras
It seems that every time we’re on a demo of software that focuses on construction, the software has embedded jobsite camera views right on their dashboards. Most recently, while reviewing some Construction-specific software, they were using TrueLook on the main dashboard to see the job site. Keeping an eye on a job site has always […]
Full Article..... -
July 16, 2025
Accrued Sick: New State Rules
We have a client in Minnesota who has some new rules for accruing sick and vacation time. Beginning in 2023, based on the state rules, they are using the very nice Vacation and Sick accrual features in the 5-2-1 screen. For the Vacation section (which was renamed to match the state program), they have a […]
Full Article..... -
July 09, 2025
Book Review: The Cost of Discipleship
Several years ago, my friend Paul recommended the Bonhoeffer book by Eric Metaxas. At over 500 pages, it’s a time commitment, but fascinating. More recently, the Bonhoeffer documentary came out. So, when I came across this book by the same author/translator, I decided to dig in. In this book, Bonhoeffer tackles the subject of what […]
Full Article..... -
July 02, 2025
Overhead Payroll Entry
Many of our clients use our Field Integrated Time (FIT) System to collect time from the job sites, the shop, the service technicians. For many of these clients, the office also turns in their time through FIT, but not all. And the most common exclusion seems to be the owners and senior management. With the […]
Full Article.....