Don’t forget to focus on your core business

by Phil Baratz Are you a marketing company? A financial services company? An employee benefits company? Or are you a delivery company that spends more than half of your overhead on a fleet of vehicles and on wages for drivers, dispatchers, and mechanics? Picture yourself back in the 1980’s and let’s say that you were…

YOU HAVE A JOB OPENING FOR A POSITION THAT WE CAN FILL

  Imagine if you had a job opening for a position with the following requirements: • Pulling data from BOS, budget, etc. • Creating automated custom reports for management on customer gain/losses, budget variances, delivery history, and performance, service data. • Analyzing your customer data for outliers • Working with the dispatch team and the…

The Results Are In

In 2020 we told you ADEPT ™ would improve your deliveries, and your profits. We were not guessing, and we were not wrong. Today, we are sharing ADEPT results. It’s happening. Hope you’re sitting down… Disclosures Results from January 2022 *All the deliveries by ADEPT clients in Jan ‘22 into 275-gallon tanks (>81% of all ADEPT HO tanks) that were…

You are delivering at the wrong time!

We have been in this industry for over 30 years.  In that time, we have worked with hundreds and hundreds of heating oil and propane dealers of all different sizes and shapes.  Our clients have been multi-state public companies, they have been mid-size regional operators, they have been multi-generation local dealers, and they have been…

Everyone is desperate to hire drivers, but do you really need them?

We have been in this industry for over 30 years.  In that time, we have worked with hundreds and hundreds of heating oil and propane dealers of all different sizes and shapes.  Our clients have been multi-state public companies, they have been mid-size regional operators, they have been multi-generation local dealers, and they have been…

What number is compelling enough for you to change your behavior?

by Phil Baratz Is the number 1%, as in the chance of winning a raffle? Is the number 51%, as in the winner of a presidential election? Is the number 82%, as in the effectiveness of a vaccine against disease? Is the number 90%, as in the chance of rain before you take an umbrella?…

Press Release: Angus Announces a breakthrough in Delivery Efficiency with ADEPT™

Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 2021: Angus Analytics, a division of Angus Energy, announces its newest innovation. 2-1/2 years ago, Angus set out to dramatically improve the way fuel dealers deliver their products with an opportunity to automate and optimize deliveries to drive increases in profitability. Since that time, the company spent thousands of hours developing…

Proven and automated profitability

Written by: Phil Baratz A little over 2-1/2 years ago, Angus set out to dramatically improve the way fuel dealers deliver their products. We saw an opportunity to automate and optimize deliveries that would drive increases in profitability. Since that time, our team spent thousands of hours developing our offering, ADEPT™, and worked with an…

It’s not the K!!!

Written by: Philip Baratz, president of Angus Energy 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…