How do I set up freight costs?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou can setup freight costs based on a carrier’s freight rate table or an agreed upon point-to-point freight charge between a terminal and destination. To setup charges based on a freight rate tables: Build freight rate tables that specify rates by range of miles for gasoline and diesel products. Define surcharge rates with an effective
Read MoreHow do I see Price Formulas on Price Analysis?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn order to see Price Formulas, you must click the Price Formulas selection box before clicking Get Prices. Price Formulas are highlighted with a green background and designated as “PF.” Rack posted prices have a plain background. When you click the PF price, an information box will open to display more information.
Read MoreHow do I see Price Formulas on Best Rack?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn order to include Price Formulas in your Best Rack report, you must click the Price Formulas selection box before clicking the Search button. Price Formulas are highlighted with a green background and designated as ”PF.”
Read MoreHow do I get Best Rack to calculate freight costs?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn order for Best Rack to calculate freight costs, the following must be pre-defined through Freight Management: The Best Rack location must be associated with a destination through Freight Management. If you use a custom location group as your Best Rack location, each location within the custom location group must be associated with the same destination
Read MoreHow do I cross reference Fuel Buyer terms to those used by my back office?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo add cross references, you will need to go do the Cross References screen within Price Exports. Once cross references have been added, the export process will use your identifiers for supplier, terminal, and product. Cross references are applied on a company-wide basis. So, if you have more than one person on your account, you
Read MoreHow do I compensate for other factors – such as local supply issue or a forward roll in pipeline cycle of the future contract?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe DTN Spot Ticker is extremely effective in determining the change for next day price postings at the rack. But it is only one tool within a suite of tools found in DTN Fuel Buyer. We urge you to take advantage of the whole package to guard against a sudden departure in the spot-to-rack relationship.
Read MoreHow do EA settings work?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn general, the following apply to EA-defined settings: The EA can add, change, and delete settings that apply to all users. EA-defined settings are designated as Set by Admin. Single users will not be able to change or delete EA-defined settings. Single users will be able to set and use their own settings, in addition to
Read MoreHow do Bogus Values appear in FastRacks canned reports?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRange Outage Prices: Bogus Value Prices: The supplier doesn’t display in the Rack reports. The Bogus Value defines the last confirmed price but it is marked with an X. The move date provides the date when that price went into effect. Move amount displays as —-
Read MoreHow do Bogue Values appear in Fuel Buyer Price Analysis?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRange Outage Prices: Bogus Value Prices: The price displays as seen on suppliers prices sheet (ex. 9.9999). The price displays in Fuel Buyer as seen on suppliers price sheet (ex. 4.0000) The price has a line drawn through it (ex. 9.9999) The price has a line drawn through it (ex. 4.0000) The price detail provides Outage: Y –
Read MoreHow do blended prices work?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou can use the Blended Prices screen to select from 1-3 component products. The amount of each product is specified as a percentage of the whole. The percentage of all components must add up to 100%. When creating a blended price, the first product you enter will be considered the primary product, no matter
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