Maximizing Weekly Management Meetings
Are your weekly management meetings driving your heating company's success, or just draining time? Learn how to optimize your weekly meetings with actionable insights to ensure your business thrives.
Sleep Easy This Heating Season
Instead of losing sleep over uncertainties, there are steps you can take to minimize the risks and improve your chances for a successful heating season. Read the full post to learn how to plan NOW so you can sleep better later.
Fueling Efficiency: Lessons from Baseball’s Data Revolution
From the MLB’s pitch clock to optimized fuel delivery, data-driven strategies are making waves. See how analytics are reshaping baseball and improving efficiency in fuel operations. Discover how embracing data-driven strategies can enhance efficiency and performance in both sports and business.
Mind The Gaps…
In today's fast-paced world, we're all juggling multiple responsibilities. We increasingly rely on technology. From smartphones that remind us of appointments to apps that guide us to our destinations, technology simplifies our lives. But have you considered how your business's Back-office System (BOS) plays a critical role in your operations?
A Cautionary Tale of Two Companies
Two similar heating oil companies faced rising costs with different strategies. One chose operational efficiency, while the other stuck with high prices. Explore the outcomes and uncover crucual lessons about adapting to change to stay competitive.
The Squeeze Play
Sales price pressure from the top and operating expense pressure from the bottom is what Angus Analytics Managing Partner Bob Levins refers to as “the squeeze play.” We cannot hide from our realities: expenses must be managed in a way that doesn’t impact the customer experience. This is a difficult challenge and one we work on with our clients every day.
An Embarrassment of Riches
Phil Baratz provides his insights from a 5-year collaboration with fuel distributors, showcasing significant improvements in operational efficiency and cost management through data-driven strategies.
Is Basis a Big Deal?
There are ways to hedge Basis risk and they can include working with a supplier or working with a “paper hedge.” It is not something to panic about, but ignoring DIFFs is at your own peril.
Stop thinking Macro – Start thinking Micro
In our industry, we often rely on averages: Average annual HDDs, gallons per delivery, time spent on service calls, etc. Sure, it's convenient but we should be asking if using averages makes things easier; “I would rather remember one number for the number of stops made per hour than look at every stop.” Interestingly, all those averages are derived from individual data points... Could focusing on the micro-level make us more efficient without overwhelming us with too many numbers?
The Power of Pricing Programs
The days of continually raising prices to maintain profits are long gone; survival in today's cutthroat market demands streamlined operations and competitive pricing models. Keeping customers can be as simple as offering the RIGHT pricing program...