The requirement to predict both consumption numbers based on heat usage in addition to baseload usage was ALWAYS difficult. Not only has it always been difficult, but this year it has become even more difficult. We hear very often about people who are reviewing K’s and who are “fixing their K’s”. The question we would ask is, “how do you know the Ks are wrong?”
Imagine you are sitting at a blackjack table with a $25 bet placed. The dealer is showing a 5, and you have been dealt a 6 and a 5. The hand is looking good, so what do you do? Anyone who has ever played blackjack, understands that while “the house” always has the edge for…
Angus has studied many fuel delivery issues over the past few years, and this year there are several unique issues that we have never encountered before. Our industry has always been challenged by unpredictable deliveries based on K-Factor. While there is a correlation between the weather and consumption, the correlation is too often not strong…
We are all familiar with the famous disclaimer: “Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results”. In our world, that of HISTORICAL K-factor deliveries, past performance is heavily relied upon – mostly successfully. Yet, the pandemic that swept our nation over the past 7 months will put that success into question in a very…
The world has changed and it will never be the same. We will be facing more uncertainty over the next few years than ever in our lifetime.The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health crisis of gigantic proportion—it’s also an imminent restructuring of the global economic order. We are in an essential industry, selling products and services that people will continue to need, but the future is unknown. Are you ready?
As a proud partner with ADD Systems, we had the opportunity to guest post on their blog about some tips we learned from some of our tank monitoring clients. ADD Systems is one of our valued integrated back-office software companies for both BRITE® and GREMLIN®. We recently interviewed two of our GREMLIN clients, Gary Sippin,…
With a growing number of heating oil and propane tank monitoring options on the market today, and so many different factors to consider (communication type, fuel type, technology, price, support, customer app, etc.), fuel dealers are often left with more questions than answers. As such, we thought that it would be helpful for fuel dealers…
The highest priority of every fuel dealer is to make sure automatic delivery customers don’t run out of fuel. This is especially true during the winter months. During a recent interview with Gary Sippin of Sippin Energy Products, he mentioned: “the true cost of a run-out is grossly misunderstood.” This led us to explore the…
Each day your driver has the same (or a similar) routine. They get in around 6am, performs a pre-trip inspection on the truck, heads to the rack, waits in line to fill up and then off to start making deliveries for the day. At some point the driver will make their way back to the…
GREMLIN® Tank Monitors Expands Its Product Line of Heating Oil Tank Monitors to Include 4G LTE Models Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 2019 – Angus Monitoring Service, LLC (AMS) is pleased to announce the launch of our newest tank monitors. The heating oil tank monitor uses 4G LTE cellular service, allowing data to transmit immediately after…
