When considering the executive management decision to launch a mobile oil change business whether it is a small business or a large Corporation there is much to think about besides the obvious things of employee training, equipment, scheduling, marketing, business structure, cash flow and growth. Such unique businesses like mobile oil change business will require additional Business Management Decisions; especially things such as Environmental Controls and perhaps some alternative marketing plans.

You see, although a Mobile Oil Change Business is rather a simple automotive on-site service business it also makes sense that getting to all those customers and getting rid of the oil collected will take significant planning. When discussing this business management case study with a gentleman going into the business recently he stated;

With the networking approach you mentioned I think I could easily have all the business I need, still have to figure out what to do with all that spent oil though.

Indeed and these issues must be ironed out before anyone gets too gung-ho with the business plan proformas. Now then to get rid of this used motor oil perhaps we should check with the city, also out at the airport and find out what the Marine Repair Shops and Auto Shops do with it. Obviously they are not using it for heating their shops like other parts of the country? That is to say in the Northern Climates people use waste motor oil to run space heaters for their shops. The gentleman checked with the city and other shops then explained what he had learned;

Residents are allowed 2 or 4 1-gallon containers/wk I think. I spoke with the local auto parts stores and they have trouble getting rid of theirs a company Safety Klean out of Plano, Texas

Safety Klean? Hmm? I thought they were a Canadian Company, I always get suspicious this way? Safety Klean as I remember has had lots of fines; EPA, although the EPA goes around fining everyone, almost to the point of extortion, like OSHA and other agencies. I have heard stories about them in NJ and many other parts of the country. I wonder why they come out of Plano, TX, hell that is a long-haul considering they come all the way to the CA border from there.

Indeed, I thought I saw Safety Klean offices in Phoenix, San Bernardino, Bakersfield and Las Vegas too; hell they are everywhere. Is that one of their offices in Plano? Perhaps they specialize in some sort of business industry sector and added these little outlets to there stop? That hardly makes sense however.

In Mesa, AZ there is a company, which runs most of AZ, they sell the oil for ships, after minimal filtration, ship it to Houston by rail car. When they use to use it for oiling the roads things were different. Perhaps we should; Go to the Ford Dealership and talk with the service manager, he'll give you a number to call, there has to be an easier way on this.

When considering Business Management Decisions and Environmental Controls for a Mobile Oil Change Business or any business these issues and the costs associated with them must be completely flushed out prior to commencement or continuation of business plan development. Think on this in 2006.