Servicing Companies During Summer Surges

Written by SysAdmin on July 10, 2024. Posted in Service Capabilities, The All Chemical Way.

Servicing Companies During Summer SurgesFrom May to August, when the A/C is on and the pressure to deliver is high, our expertise becomes even more critical. As temperatures soar and utility bills spike, water and power companies face increased operational demands. At All Chemical, we understand (and anticipate) these seasonal challenges and are committed to providing reliable and efficient support to these companies to keep essential services running smoothly. This is your behind-the-scenes guide to the types of demand we experience, and our expert levels of preparation.

Rising Resource Demand in the Heat of Summer

During the summer months, the demand for water and power surges. Public pools open, air conditioners run nonstop, and overall consumption peaks. This time frame also sees an uptick in the need for maintenance and repairs, especially for power transformers that need oil removal for disassembly and reassembly. Similarly, water companies require more process chemicals (such as fluorosilicic acid, ferric chloride, and bleach) to ensure safe and clean water supplies. We consistently observe heightened activity by our water and power customers from late spring through the height of summer. Unique requests, quick turnarounds, or specific needs… we’ve got all the tools we need to be a partner ready to jump into action.

Ensuring Employee Safety in High Temperatures

At All Chemical, we prioritize both the safety of our personnel and the integrity of the chemicals we transport.

Here’s how we manage:

Hydration and Cool Down Protocols: Around our terminals, we maintain hydration stations and ensure our team stays cool and hydrated, taking breaks from the heat as needed.
Extended Transit Times: On the road, we allow extra transit time to account for potential issues caused by the heat. This ensures a safe journey without compromising delivery schedules.

Temperature-Controlled Storage and Transport

For temperature-sensitive loads, we use advanced insulation techniques that function like a thermos, maintaining a stable temperature throughout the transport. This ensures that the chemical properties remain unaffected, even in the sweltering summer heat.

Regulatory Compliance in Extreme Heat

Compliance with regulations is non-negotiable, especially when transporting hazardous materials in extreme temperatures. We employ virgin tires—avoiding recapped tires that can fail under heat stress—and perform rigorous inspections to prevent mechanical issues. By using high-quality tires and equipment, we minimize risks associated with excessive heat.

Safety Protocols and Emergency Preparedness

Safety is our top priority. To prevent heat-related incidents:

Avoiding High-Risk Routes: We steer clear of notoriously congested and hot routes.
Enhanced Equipment Checks: Our maintenance checklists are more thorough during extreme temperatures, with a strong emphasis on tire pressure and coolant levels.
Flexible Delivery Schedules: We may adjust our delivery schedules as allowable by customer demand to avoid unsafe conditions and communicate changes with our customers.

Ensuring Reliable Deliveries During Peak Summer Months

High demand and challenging conditions can strain delivery schedules, but our commitment to reliability never wavers. Our customer service team works closely with our logistics department to adjust routes and schedules as needed, ensuring timely deliveries.

Why All Chemical is Your Trusted Partner in the Summer Surge

When the summer heat makes you sweat, choose a partner who can handle the increased demand with expertise and reliability. With our advanced safety protocols, meticulous equipment maintenance, and flexible delivery options, we ensure that your operations run smoothly, no matter how high the mercury climbs.

Discover the peace of mind that comes with using All Chemical for your summer transportation needs. From bulk liquid transport to comprehensive chemical management, we’ve got you covered. Reach out to us today – or request a quote – and let us help you navigate the summer surge with confidence!

Setting the Standard: Our Portfolio of Associations and Certifications

Written by SysAdmin on January 23, 2024. Posted in Steve Quadrel, Founder and Owner, The All Chemical Team, The All Chemical Way.

Setting the Standard: Our Portfolio of Associations and CertificationsAchieving success is a collaborative endeavor at All Chemical. We define success as outstanding customer service, rigorous safety standards, exceptional employee care, continuous innovation, and a steadfast commitment to our core values. Our success is further underscored by our industry associations, reflecting our enduring dedication to elevated standards in ongoing education, safety, and training.

Our Associations

All Chemical can boast membership status with several nationally recognized professional and trade organizations, such as the New Jersey Motor Truck Association (NJMTA), the American Trucking Association (ATA), the Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD), and National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC).

These organizations, both local and national, are committed to transportation advocacy and education: helping the public, the media, federal and state officials, and lawmakers understand the crucial role that liquid tanker trucking companies play in the economy and the functioning of society at large. They offer education and training in safe chemical transport procedures, collaborating with officials, companies, government agencies, and organizations to enhance highway safety, educate drivers, and advocate for policies benefiting the industry’s long-term well-being.

We couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with these associations, knowing their values align with our own and help us better serve our community, ensure safe chemical transport, and advocate for our employees and truck drivers nationwide.

In fact, as of January 1, our own COO Anthony Coruccini is serving as Chair of NTTC’s Chemical Committee! Together, we are improving the liquid tanker trucking industry from the ground up.

Our Certifications and Awards

In addition to our professional association partnerships, we’re also proud of the certifications and awards we’ve earned.

All Chemical is certified with SmartWay Transport, an initiative by the Environmental Protection Agency helping liquid tanker trucking companies advance supply chain sustainability by measuring, benchmarking, and improving freight transportation efficiency. The environmentally conscious nature of this program aligns well with our focus on green initiatives.

We are also certified with Smith System, using its Smith5Keys program in our truck driver training. The Smith5Keys help truck drivers see, think, and act their way through various driving environments, challenges, and changes that exist regardless of where they travel or the vehicles they operate. With this program, we’ve achieved 100% compliance in truck driver safety protocols and training. The Smith System’s reputation for the highest levels of safety falls right in line with our top-notch safety standards.

Finally, we’re pleased to announce that All Chemical was the recipient of Trainual’s “Top 20 Customers” award in 2023. We use the Trainual software to centralize our company processes and procedures; it’s our central playbook our employees can reference at any time. With Trainual’s process systematization, we get things right the first time, giving us us the ability to distill magic in a bottle and flawlessly replicate that success!

As an All Chemical customer, you already know how committed we are to upholding the highest standards of safety and customer service. These associations, certifications, and awards make good on that promise. Contact us today to help with your chemical transport needs!

Increasing Productivity, Streamlining Processes, and Cutting Unnecessary Costs While Utilizing Existing Resources

Written by SysAdmin on August 14, 2023. Posted in The All Chemical Way.

Increasing Productivity, Streamlining Processes, and Cutting Unnecessary Costs While Utilizing Existing Resources

Does the idea of enhancing your current performance without adding overhead appeal to you? Imagine being able to increase productivity, streamline processes, and cut unnecessary costs, all while utilizing your existing resources.

Because of All Chemical’s commitment to industry innovation in service to our customers, this isn’t a distant dream—it’s a tangible reality.

What Are Robotic Process Automation Technologies?

RPA is a user-friendly software technology designed to automate digital tasks, saving the labor that workers would otherwise have to expend on repetitive, time-consuming processes.

RPA technologies enable users to create software robots, also known as “bots,” that have the capability to learn, mimic, and execute rules-based business processes. These bots replicate the steps a human would follow, but in an automated format. Tasks that might take 8–12 hours a month for an employee to do manually are completed by the bot in a fraction of the time. Once set up, these bots run themselves, leaving workers free to direct their energy where it’s most needed.

Here at All Chemical, we’ve already set up 13 bots and counting, offloading repetitive tasks where accuracy is key. RPA technologies handle our accounts payable, our tolls violation processes, our batch order updates, our delivery expense reports, and more. We’ve already seen more than 80% improvement in turnaround time.

Now, automation is certainly a hot topic these days, but it’s crucial to set the proper structure and processes in place before jumping on any “shiny new tech” bandwagons. That’s why we proactively partnered with Poka-Yoke Solutions, an organization that excels in process documentation and system setup.

We knew our partners at Poka-Yoke Solutions had the know-how to ensure a smooth, accessible transition to RPA technologies, so that we could deliver reliable, consistent service offerings to you.

How Robotic Process Automation Benefits You

We embarked on the journey to adopt RPA technologies, not as a cost-cutting strategy for ourselves, but with the primary objective of enhancing value for you. Automating traditionally manual and time-consuming tasks delivers a host of benefits:

More accurate, timely, and insightful reporting.
Streamlined compliance.
Greater operational efficiency.
Reduction in errors.
Valuable business insights through data collection.
Reduction in costly work-hours.
Preservation of human capital.

And we’re excited to tell you about all this not just because you’re getting more streamlined, accurate, high-quality service from us. We’re excited because of what it might mean for you and your own company. Perhaps, like us, you’re looking to add process automation to your repertoire and leverage your current capabilities without adding overhead.

We use Nividous: a global intelligent automation company whose team helps identify and build out bots for those repetitive, costly tasks. Nividous walks you through set-up, ensuring that the automation is established to the degree of precision required. They’re there for the rollout, and they’re on hand for any troubleshooting afterward. We’ve partnered with them in implementing our RPA technologies, and we couldn’t be more satisfied with the result.

To learn more, we invite you to watch the interview with our COO, Anthony Coruccini, for a more significant insight into the world of process automation.

At All Chemical, we’re committed to bringing you the best of innovation. Let’s redefine what’s possible together.

The Benefits of Green Initiatives at All Chemical

Written by SysAdmin on July 18, 2023. Posted in The All Chemical Way.

The Benefits of Green Initiatives at All Chemical

Four Ways We Are Incorporating Innovative Solutions Into Our Operations

By Anthony Coruccini, Chief Operating Officer

All Chemical is striving to make tangible, beneficial changes at our locations to create a more sustainable future for all of us.

We maintain top of the line equipment, find innovative solutions to reuse resources, and strive to be forward thinking by harnessing renewable energy options.

It’s the kind of future where everybody wins.

Why Green Initiatives?

Over the past 45 years, we’ve seen how leading with our values means more benefits for all: for our team, for our customers, and for the business as a whole.

So, when we began focusing on environmentally conscious business strategies, we didn’t adopt them to be trendy or to avoid getting in trouble. It’s just good business sense. Success in business is all about the long game—not short-term profit and ultimate loss.

With green initiatives, we see a whole host of benefits: better, more sustainable profits; higher safety standards; excellent regulatory compliance records; innovative new technologies; and exponential customer satisfaction.

All Chemical’s Green Initiatives

Waste oil burning. Typical oil changes result in “waste oil,” which is incinerated, creating harmful emissions. At All Chemical, we have adopted a green initiative to use this oil without creating emissions.

All our waste oil is strategically stored in a cargo tank for future use, allowing us to draw from it to refill our shop’s tank, as needed.

To burn waste oil, we obtained a state permit to purchase a specialized heater that comes with emissions protections, ensuring there is no black plume of smoke discharged during incineration.

Solar panels. We are excited about our innovative solar farm that is taking shape at our Lakewood headquarters. Construction will be finished at the end of the summer.

Situated strategically on the left of a storm water retention basin stands a unique structure: a concrete pillar supporting a slanted roof, perched atop 40-foot shipping containers.

This structure serves a dual purpose. It stores materials not immediately in use and the slanted roof hosts our solar panels.

Fuel economy. We own and operate a newer fleet that adheres to stringent emissions standards, surpassing commonly mandated regulations.

All our company trucks incorporate the CARB DEF method, a progressive technology that recycles emissions from diesel burn to power the engine, capturing the exhaust with a fluid coupled with additional fuel that is then rerun through the engine.

This practice not only abides by the highest standard of emissions control but also enhances the efficiency of our operations. Additionally, all new trucks built to our specifications are automatics, meaning cost savings on fuel for us and you.

LED office lights. All Chemical’s commitment to green initiatives extends into our office spaces, too.

Our LED lights reduce our carbon footprint while also significantly cutting down our energy costs. Moreover, they last longer, reducing waste and sparing our bottom line—which enables us to spare yours.

Even small-scale green initiatives like these are both beneficial to the environment and advantageous to our customers, proving that sustainability and practicality can indeed go hand in hand.

Join Us in Green Initiative Benefits

We are working toward a more sustainable future, one where we are environmentally responsible and also operationally efficient. All Chem is a company that’s got your back—as well as the planet’s.

Bulk Chemical Shipping: Avoid “Multi-Vendor Syndrome” and Have All Chemical Haul It

Written by SysAdmin on May 16, 2023. Posted in Anthony Coruccini, Chief Operating Officer, The All Chemical Way.

Bulk Chemical Shipping: Avoid “Multi-Vendor Syndrome” and Have All Chemical Haul It

How All Chemical Hauls Customer Loads

By Anthony Coruccini, Chief Operating Officer

When you’re looking for liquid trucking companies to handle your bulk chemical shipping needs, do you fall prey to “multi-vendor syndrome”? In this industry, we see it all the time: customers contracting with several carriers to cover all their bases. They may end up losing time and money juggling multiple vendor relationships, invoices, and unnecessary transfers of product.

But “multi-vendor syndrome” is 100% preventable. Just ask our customers here at All Chemical, where our portfolio includes top Fortune 500 companies in water, power, and pharmaceuticals.

“They are able to handle our loads with absolute proficiency and superb customer service. Because of their wonderful team, our organization is held in the highest regards by our customers. Their vast industry knowledge gives us peace of mind the moment they take load possession.”

–Logistics coordinator

We give our customers the full-service treatment, managing every aspect of their chemical transportation needs: loading, delivery, storage, washing, and equipment servicing. And we can do that for you, too.

Bulk Chemical Shipping at All Chemical

As a full-service bulk liquid transportation company, our liquid bulk tankers can handle a broad range of loads. This incredible load capacity array is one of the standouts that keeps customers returning year after year.

We’re experts in hauling for power, water, and pharmaceuticals, plus we haul loads from every category of the US bulk chemical shipping industry.
Our intermodal fleet means we’re equipped for safe hauling most chemicals such as hazardous, non-hazardous, specialty, inorganic, and organic.
We service customers in the Northeast Corridor and east of the Mississippi, with capacity to ship throughout the continental US and parts of Canada.

Say Goodbye to Multi-Vendor Syndrome

Life’s stressful enough without adding more for you to manage. All Chemical has the capacity, flexibility, and the expertise to serve you.

Contact our team today to get a quote for your bulk chemical shipping needs and start breathing easy—we’ve got you covered.