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Maybe Your Next ERP Feature Should Start as an MVP | PC Methods ERP Blog

peter.heinicke@pcmethods.com (Peter Heinicke) — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:34:42 GMT

The Problem with Big ERP Projects

Every ERP consultant has seen it. A company decides they need a new module — an e-commerce storefront, a customer portal, a warehouse management add-on. The project kicks off. Designers and developers disappear into a conference room for months, sustained largely by pizza and optimism. A requirements document the size of a small novel gets produced. A budget gets approved. And eighteen months later, a system gets delivered that nobody quite recognizes as the thing they originally wanted.

Why APPEND FROM TYPE XL8 Fails with Modern Excel — and How to Fix It with COM Objects

peter.heinicke@pcmethods.com (Peter Heinicke) — Mon, 25 May 2026 22:24:57 GMT

If you maintain a Visual FoxPro application that reads Excel files, there is a good chance you have used APPEND FROM (filename) TYPE XL8 at some point. It is clean, fast to write, and it worked reliably for years. Then one day a user upgrades to Microsoft 365, saves a spreadsheet the same way they always have, and your VFP program either silently produces an empty cursor, complains that the sheet is missing, or — worst of all — crashes the entire session outright.

Why Small Businesses Should Start Using Markdown | PC Methods

peter.heinicke@pcmethods.com (Peter Heinicke) — Mon, 11 May 2026 15:07:46 GMT

You don't have to be a developer to benefit from this simple, powerful format.

Is Your ERP Software a Rust Bucket? - Pcmethods

peter.heinicke@pcmethods.com (Peter Heinicke) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT

Rules of thumb for determining when it is time to upgrade your accounting software.

Sage Pro Error 5: What It Means and How to Fix It Yourself

peter.heinicke@pcmethods.com (Peter Heinicke) — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:24:19 GMT

If you've been running Sage Pro ERP for any length of time, you've probably run into Error 5. It's one of the most common — and most fixable — errors in Sage Pro, but it can feel alarming when it stops your work cold.

AP Automation for Sage 300 | PC Methods

peter.heinicke@pcmethods.com (Peter Heinicke) — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:24:50 GMT

If your accounting team is still manually entering vendor invoices, routing paper for approval signatures, and chasing down payment confirmations — you're not alone. But you're also leaving time and money on the table.