The attack at the Aramco oil facilities in Saudi Arabia last weekend caught the globe by surprise and is now being labeled as the worst such attack in its history. As fuel dealers, you are likely wondering how this will affect your prices, which in turn means wondering how it will also impact your customers…
Have you ever gotten in your car and decided to just drive to a destination without a plan on how to get there? What streets would you take? Would you need to stop for gas? Would you need your GPS? These are just a few of the many items that you would need to consider…
Written by: Jeffrey Simpson (as seen in Fuel Oil News) Our financial advisory team works with fuel dealers of all sizes and we’ve pulled together our top tips as you review your capital needs and banking relationship in the off-season: Be cautious when making growth purchases during season. With the pressure on dealers to expand…
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…
It doesn’t matter what industry your business is in; your customer data holds the keys to unlocking powerful information. It is the direct guide to your customers and your operation. This is especially true in the fuel industry. Most of the time you find yourself guessing about what you think your customers need or what…
There are two areas of your business that will determine your success or failure for the remainder of this season: Financials and Operations. Your financials act as the “symptoms,” giving you the first signs that something is wrong. Once you can determine where the problem may be, you can review your operations to help guide…
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…
