Communicating effectively with customers and co-workers is more important than ever now, because service departments are expected to generate business and offset lost profits from heating oil sales.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of two articles about essential skills and knowledge for today’s service departments. This article focuses on the essentials of Communications;… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/pressure-grows-service-department/
An Obama Administration plan that would allow states to toll existing interstate highways has drawn fire from the transportation industry. If enacted, the plan would be a major change to a policy that has existed since the interstate system was created by…
An Obama Administration plan that would allow states to toll existing interstate highways has drawn fire from the transportation industry. If enacted, the plan would be a major… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/obama-administrations-interstate-plans-draw-fire/
Full-service fuel marketers need to offer customers good options for financing purchases of heating and cooling equipment, or they risk losing sales, according to a prominent energy efficiency financing expert.
Full-service fuel marketers need to offer customers good options for financing purchases of heating and cooling equipment, or they risk losing sales, according to a prominent… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/offer-customers-financing-they-prefer/
Heating oil is an important part of New England’s energy mix that is increasingly abundant, clean, efficient and renewable and deserves the support of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Heating oil is an important part of New England’s energy mix that is increasingly abundant, clean, efficient and renewable and deserves the support of the U.S. Department of… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/nefi-calls-doe-support-heating-oil/
Recently, at the Atlantic Region Energy Expo, I ran into an acquaintance who inquired about Hedge Solutions and the services that we provide to our clients. He lamented that price risk management is complex enough to occasionally set his head to spinning.…
Recently, at the Atlantic Region Energy Expo, I ran into an acquaintance who inquired about Hedge Solutions and the services that we provide to our clients. He lamented that… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/essentials-price-risk-management/
Honesty, passion and concern for others mean a lot in the business world. That is one of the many lessons that Alfred “Fred” Slifka left from more than 50 years of exceptional success in the petroleum industry.
Honesty, passion and concern for others mean a lot in the business world. That is one of the many lessons that Alfred “Fred” Slifka left from more than 50 years of exceptional… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/oil-industry-loses-giant/
A business lifecycle has four components, depicted as an arc. Organizations pass through the stages of starting up, growing, maturing, and eventually declining – unless of course they reinvent themselves.
George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright and c…
A business lifecycle has four components, depicted as an arc. Organizations pass through the stages of starting up, growing, maturing, and eventually declining – unless of course… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/extraordinary-results-unlocking-possibilities-within-you/