The vital few and trivial many
September 1, 2008 By Carl Hughes
In the early 1900s, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto developed a mathematical formula to describe the uneven distribution of income and wealth in Switzerland.
Read More Fire in the newsroom
September 1, 2008 By Jay Johnston
I’m not sure what concerns me more about propane accident stories in the news – the apathy of the public or the apathy of some propane marketers.
Read More Finding the right expert
August 1, 2008 By John McCoy
When your company is faced with a catastrophic and/or complex claim or lawsuit, it is difficult to know what to do and where to turn.
Read More Who oversees your marketing?
August 1, 2008 By Tom Jaenicke
Marketing is even more important in the retail propane business today than it has been in the recent past. Skyrocketing energy prices, customer conservation, energy switching, global warming and the green movement are a few of the new considerations we didn’t have to think about much just a few years ago. External factors are changing the propane business environment faster than at any time in the history of our industry. If marketing has been on the backburner in your company, you need to move it forward. Do it yourself or delegate marketing to a key employee if you want your propane business to succeed.
Read More A desire to know
August 1, 2008 By Patrick Hyland
Nobody can say for certain that residents face a greater safety risk by cooking on a backyard grill that has a plastic sleeve across the belly of its propane cylinder.
Read More Are plastic sleeves causing propane cylinders to rust?
August 1, 2008 By Patrick Hyland
The virgin cylinder exchange business of the early 1990s found its groove in the willingness of American homeowners to pay a premium to replace their battered, empty propane tanks with clean, full ones wherever they bought gasoline, grills and groceries.
Read More High cost of tanks forces propane marketers to better manage purchases, placement
August 1, 2008 By James Guyette
As the cost of steel keeps going up, with propane-tank pricing bursting at the seams, marketers are facing a conundrum when trying to save money on LPG delivery by making fewer runs and installing larger vessels at accounts drawing heftier loads.
Read More Motivate with incentives
August 1, 2008 By Carl Hughes
Of all the useful managerial tools available to retail propane distributors, none may be more underutilized than a well-designed, performance-incentive compensation plan.
Read More From molehill to mountain
August 1, 2008 By Jay Johnston
Whenever someone is perceived to exaggerate probability and consequences, they are accused of making a mountain out of a molehill. This catchphrase is usually applied when bean counters and actuaries point out the cost of addressing some problem that seems unlikely to occur.
Read More Vital Signs
July 1, 2008 By LP Gas
Ferrellgas Partners has withdrawn its membership from the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) over claims of inequity in service provided to major retailers and independent marketers.
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