Is Your Company Ready for $7 a Gallon?

Some experts are predicting $5 A Gallon by September or December of this year. They are predicting Oil at $150 a Barrel some are predicting $200 a Barrel.

Iran has threatened to cut off the Straits of Harmuz if Israel attacks them.

That would drive a barrel of oil over $300.

What the hell is going on?

You’ve heard all the story, we’re running out of gas, the Chinese and Indian markets are buying cars and need gas for their millions of automobiles that are coming on line. Our SUVs are burning gas on the road by the tons.

Whatever reason you want to believe in, it doesn’t really matter to you. You’ve got to reach into your pocket and pay for that gas at the pump.

If you’re a small business person, it’s going to hurt your bottom line really bad.

What can you do?

You can do a lot and start you, your company and your employees get ready for it now.

First of all, do a little audit of your situation.

Do you have company vehicles?

How much of your sales depend on traveling to see your customers?

Do you have employees that travel more than thirteen miles to work?

What can you do?

Company Vehicles

Okay, let’s say you have five or more vehicles in your organization.

1. Consider putting computer systems into your vehicles in order to follow using GPS systems where your vehicles are going. This way you can keep and control where the vehicles are doing.
2. Plan out routes for your vehicles in order to save distance and gas usage. Planning the routes will show you the best and quickest way of getting to your customers and
3. Make sure that your drivers are driving within the speed limit. Remember that any miles over the speed limit can burn needed car fuel. Keep it 55 or under and save fuel.
4. Control the drag on your company vehicles. Eliminate the drag if you’ve got pickups and other open vehicles make sure that the items they carry are not creating drag on the vehicle.
5. Keep your tires inflated to the right amount. It sounds corny but it works and helps you save.

Employees

You can help your employees by holding meetings and teaching them way of saving gas for their own vehicles.

1. You can teach them to keep their tires properly inflated.

   Again, it sounds corny but it works.

2. Car Pool.

   It’s simple and can be done immediately.

3. Teach Employees how to save gas in their driving methods.

   Keep the lead foot off the pedals and don’t hit the brakes too much.

4. Help them plan out their days.

   If they have errands to run before and after work, help them design the routes that will save them gas and waste.

5. Digitize your office.

   Can you have your employees do the same work from home by computers? If so think about going Digitizing your office. Help Employees set up offices at their homes. Assist them in getting the needed material; internet hook ups, computers, cameras and so forth.

6. Four Day Work Week.

   Cutting back the time that your employees need to drive to and from work will save them money and give them an extra day to accomplish other things.

These are just a few things that can be done to make that $5 a Gallon bite not be that big and help you and your employees survive. You don’t need this to become a negative and possibly destroy your business and your employees. You can continue to work and keep your employees surviving this new era that we are entering. This is not going to be just a few months and then poof! We go back to where we were before. We’re never going back. It’s a new era, a new life style.

We need our government and leaders to get into a new mindset when it comes to our fuel and energy sources.

Detroit needs to start changing its ways and develop cars that we need today that will get forty miles or more to the gallon.

You the small to medium size business person needs to adapt. It’s just part of the new evolution in business. You need to have an energy policy ready to go.