By Nick Quaratiello Blue Cow Software “You can’t tell where you are going unless you know where you have been.” The source of this quote has been lost to time, but the advice remains as appropriate as ever. In order to create a workable plan for the future of your...

By Nick Quaratiello Blue Cow Software “Lies, damned lies, and statistics” is a phrase whose origin is lost in history. But statistics are very much applicable in today’s modern business world. With success or failure riding on making the best choices on a range of...

Reducing the amount of paper used in your office is an environmentally responsible step to take. But moving toward a truly paperless office environment has benefits for your business as well as for Mother Nature.

By Nick Quaratiello Blue Cow Software For the past 26 years, the accounting firm of Gray, Gray & Gray has conducted an annual survey of the energy industry. Every year the results provide a look into the “best practices” of fuel oil and propane companies, as well as...

Staying in touch from top-to-bottom within a business creates a more productive and efficient operation, helps reduce errors and avoid duplication, and eventually leads to a more satisfied staff.

By Mark Nardone Blue Cow Software It has been a busy month for disasters. Television coverage of the devastating floods inundating the Carolinas can’t begin to tell the full story of the calamity that has befallen that region. At the same time, just a few miles from...

By Mark Nardone Blue Cow Software Trucks on the road and technicians in the field, either making a fuel delivery or service call, are only assets when they are active and busy. Idle vehicles and people cost you money. Which is why the “art & science” practiced by...

By Mark Nardone Blue Cow Software A century ago, virtually every home in America included at least one item purchased from Sears, Roebuck & Co., often ordered from the company’s iconic catalog. Today, Sears is teetering on the edge of insolvency, having been replaced...