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Technology coverage for propane businesses, including tank monitoring, telemetry, software and digital tools.

  • Why It’s Time to Consider Implementing a Remote Tank Monitoring Solution

    How embracing the new norm will help your company grow long term
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  • New Factors Influencing the Deployment of Tank Monitors

    With more reasons to consider a wider deployment of this solution, it’s time for propane marketers to take stock
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  • How to Build a Productive Tank Monitoring Strategy

    Best practices for companies to employ to use this tech efficiently & what should be included
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  • What Remote Tank Monitoring Can Do for Your Propane Company

    A proactive answer to managing supply & demand
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  • Implementing a Strong Software Strategy for Customer Communications

    Transition to a new customer relationship management system expected to fuel long-term benefits
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  • Why Propane’s Future Includes the Use of IIoT

    Anova’s Dillan Fernando breaks down the industry potential for this technology & the barriers to adoption
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  • Sunrise Cooperative’s Move to Remote Tank Monitoring

    One distributor’s experience in optimizing propane delivery with IIoT technology
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  • The Great Digital Migration

    How the past year has altered the use of tech in propane delivery and back-office communication
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  • Technology Causes Rethinking Of Will-Call Customer Value

    For years, many in the retail propane industry have looked with disdain on the “will-call” customer. These are the customers that do just as their monicker implies: they “will call” when they want propane. Consultant after consultant has told propane marketers these customers have no value and in fact represent a drag on company success. “They are portrayed as people with a 420 FICO score and a pit bull in the yard,” says Mark Stillman, senior vice president and co-founder of Energy Engine LLC (Stroudsburg, Penn.). “But their value is growing in the eyes of many who see changes in consumer habits and the potential this segment represents.” For years, consultants and other longtime industry veterans have encouraged strategies to convert “will-call” customers to “keep-full”…
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  • Alliance AutoGas To Unveil New Technology at NTEA Work Truck Show

    Asheville, NC (February 27, 2020) — Alliance AutoGas (AAG) will be unveiling its latest technology at the 20th Anniversary NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, IN, March 4th – 6th. The show features the latest advancements in technology in the work truck industry, and AAG will have their new aftermarket autogas system on display in a 2020 Ford F250 7.3 8v in the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) booth. This Bi-Fuel engine will provide an average savings of $1.00 per gallon on fuel and extend operating range over 700 miles between refueling, giving fleets an added advantage of not servicing complicated emission control systems or buy DEF fluid, as with diesel engines. Ed Hoffman, President of Blossman Services (the distribution partner for Alliance AutoGas…
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  • Technology Road Map Helps Companies Achieve Business Goals

    (December 17, 2019) — Is there a new technology that could help you achieve your business goals? The only way to know the answer is to stay up-to-date on what’s out there. “You need a structured way to evaluate new technology that you might want to put in place,” says Aaron Cargas. “Technology and your business are constantly changing, so you need to plot out a road map that goes a year to three years into the future.” Cargas has been with business software and consulting company Cargas Systems (Lancaster, Pa.) for 23 years and is currently vice president of marketing and product development. He shared with BPN his tips for plotting out and following a technology road map. Always be evaluating. Back-office software, CRM…
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  • Lessons Learned: Adopt New Technology, Continue To Improve

    While many people who operate fleets see electronic driver logs (EDLs) as a burden, Lon Holloway sees EDLs as tools that help increase profitability. An EDL, he explains, gives him data that helps him determine when the truck needs preventive maintenance. That, in turn, helps him avoid the costs of breakdowns and unplanned repairs. “If you’re not using all or most of the new technologies, you’re leaving money on the table,” he says. “You don’t have a lot of control over the cost of propane, but you have many ways you can control your expenses. If you do a real good job of that, you will make money.” Holloway’s embrace of new technology and continuous improvement has served him well during a propane industry career…
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