America is facing an increasing labor shortage in the trucking industry with 63,000 open positions in 2018. While some fuel marketers are feeling the effects of this shortage, others are not or are pretending that this will pass. The reality is that while companies try to attract more drivers with higher pay and bonuses, the…
Written by: Philip Baratz, president of Angus Energy As seen in Oil and Energy Magazine So you’ve decided to step into the great unknown that is Business Intelligence (BI) software … what now? What exactly are you going to get out of this thing? How hands-on do you have to be with it? Do you…
Written by: Jeffrey Simpson, Angus Finance | As seen in Fuel Oil News Hedging & Pricing Program Considerations If you plan to offer pre-buy, fixed price or capped price programs this year, have you reviewed the number of gallons and customers participating in each last year? What new variables could affect the level of participation…
During our webinar earlier last month, we discussed how to create an opportunity from extreme winter events. Click here to watch it again. One topic, in particular, that piqued the interest of the audience was the concept of the “10/70 Rule”. Before we go further, let’s take a quick step back. When you are in…
Industry Veteran David Montgomery Joins Angus Monitoring Service to Support Gremlin Tank Monitor Deployments Angus Monitoring Service, LLC is proud to announce that David Montgomery has joined the company as Customer Relationship Manager. In this new role, Montgomery will support GREMLIN® tank monitor clients in the deployment of monitors for maximum ROI, sharing best practices…
Written by guest blogger, Gary Sippin, VP of Sippin Energy Products and existing GREMLIN® user Many energy marketers have experienced an alarming number of run outs, many that came unexpectedly, and not necessarily because they were behind on deliveries. Many marketers simply scratched their heads and chalked it up to some unknown degree-day forecasting anomaly.…
You know the feeling. It happens like clockwork every time there is a severe cold snap or snow storm. Customer Panic. Calls flood your office from customers worried they’ll runout when you know they should have plenty. You and your team are scrambling, trying to triage your base, figure out who to get to first,…
In my iPhone, under ICE, for “In Case of Emergency” is, logically, my wife’s contact information. Not sure whom she would have people contact in the case of an emergency – my guess is that it would be one of my kids. That is probably logical, as well! In our ever-changing world of retail oil…
Angus Monitoring Service, LLC announced that it has added a propane version to its popular Gremlin tank monitor lineup. Propane models will work off either Cellular or RF connections, and come at a much lower price point than competitor’s models.
