Customize Fuel Buyer

Custom Locations are typically terminals are grouped around the terminal city where they are located. But you can create your own terminal group any way you want through Custom Locations. You can use Custom Locations to group terminals with which you routinely do business or group terminals located in an area where you routinely deliver product. These custom location groups will be listed as a Location option for Price Analysis and Best Rack.

You can use Custom Locations to:

• Group multiple terminal locations into a single custom location

• Group terminals with which you routinely do business then find the best price through Price Analysis

• Group terminals located in an area where you routinely deliver product then compare the cost of freight through Best Rack

Location:  Fuel Buying  >  Price Management  >  Custom Locations

By setting up Custom Location Groups, you can place multiple terminal locations within one group to filter price information and decide where you can save the most money for delivery.

  If the custom location group is “Set by Admin” you will not be able to change or delete it unless you are an Enterprise Administrator.

1. Enter the name of the location group you want to set up in the Location Name field.

2. Select Manage Terminals.

3. Either scroll through the terminals or search for specific terminals using the Search field.

4. Click + to add each terminal.

5. Click Save and verify that you’ve selected all the terminals you’d like to include in that group.

6. Click Add Location Group. Your new group appears in the Location Groups column.

Custom Product Groups lets you group products, and then recall those groups whenever you need them. That way, you can streamline your analysis process by zeroing in on the array of products you typically purchase at selected locations. The custom product groups you define through Custom Product Groups can be viewed through the Price Analysis screen and the Market Analysis pane of the Dashboard.

You can use Custom Product Groups to:

• Group products for viewing on Market Analysis and Price Analysis

• Zero in on the products you routinely purchase

Location:  Fuel Buying  >  Price Management  >  Custom Product Groups

  If the custom product is “Set by Admin” you will not be able to change or delete it unless you are an Enterprise Administrator.

1. Enter the name of the product group you want to set up in the Product Group Name field.

2. Select Manage Products.

3. Either scroll through the products or search for specific products using the Search field.

4. Click + to add each product.

5. Click Save and verify that you’ve selected all the products you’d like to include in that group.

6. Click Add Product Group. Your new group appears in the Product Groups column.

Inactive Price Rules lets you inactivate any combination of supplier, terminal, and product that you don’t use without permanently removing them from your account. Price displays and reports (including Market Analysis, Price Analysis, and Best Rack) will not include the associated prices as long as they remain inactivated. But any time you want to see them back in the mix, you simply reactivate.

The same thing goes for terminals and products, or any combination of supplier/terminal/product. Through Inactive Price Rules you can zero in on those terminals and products you need, and leave the rest out of the picture. Change your mind and they’re back in with the click of your mouse.

Likewise, Inactive Price Rules lets you decide when a price is ”old.” You select that date you want. Any prices effective on or before that date will be inactive and will no long display in Price Analysis.

  To include an inactive price for display in Price Analysis, you must click the appropriate box in the Create a New Inactive Price Rule screen. You can also flag the inactive price for inclusion in price exports, if desired.

Inactive prices are not removed from your DTN Fuel Buyer database, and can be reactivated by deleting the inactive price rule that has been applied to them.

You can use Inactive Price Rules to:

• Inactivate a specific product price and associate it with a supplier at a specific terminal

• Inactivate all product prices associated with a supplier at a specific terminal

• Inactivate all product prices associated with a supplier at all terminals

• Set an inactive date for prices with an attached inactive price rule

• Reactivate inactive prices (and associated suppliers and terminals) as needed

• Prices with an attached inactive price rule that are older than the inactive date will not be included in Market Analysis, Price Analysis, and Best Rack.

• Flag an inactive price for inclusion or exclusion in price exports or Price Analysis.

Location:  Fuel Buying  >  Price Management  >  Inactive Price Rules

Use this option if you want to inactive prices based on a specific supplier/terminal/product combination.

1. Click the Add Custom Inactive Price Rule link.

2. Select a Supplier, Terminal, and Product.

3. Indicate your display and export preferences for the inactive price rule:

  Setting up inactive price rules for exporting can be helpful because it prevents errors from printing from your back office.

4. Click Add.