Download the file now to learn it all about DTN TABS®. You need firm control to protect your business in this fast-moving age of supply constraints, higher cost of product, and retailer consolidation and bankruptcies. Imagine how much time and money you could save if you could deny credit or adjust allocation limits with just a few keystrokes on a computer, instead of having to call all the terminals you work with. DTN TABS helps you manage credit limits and product allocations for customers and trading partners at proprietary and third-party terminals. In addition, you can quickly and easily receive real-time loading data from the terminal to anticipate product demand and manage inventory as well as prioritizing volume for yourself and your top customers. The DTN TABS protocol was developed by industry majors and is supported by more than 95 percent of the terminal automation systems on the market. Product enhancements based on customer requests translate into real dollars saved by fuel suppliers and their partners; along with petroleum rack marketers re-selling product at the rack that need to manage customers purchasing fuel from their accounts with other suppliers.

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Real-time credit and product allocation control at your fingertips
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2. DTN TABS®
You need firm control to protect your business in this fast-moving
age of supply constraints, higher cost of product, and retailer
consolidation and bankruptcies. Imagine how much time and
money you could save if you could deny credit or adjust allocation
limits with just a few keystrokes on a computer, instead of having to
call all the terminals you work with.
Product enhancements
based on customer
requests translate into
real dollars saved by
fuel suppliers and their
partners.
DTN TABS helps you manage credit limits and product allocations for customers
and trading partners at proprietary and third-party terminals. In addition, you can
quickly and easily receive real-time loading data from the terminal to anticipate
product demand and manage inventory as well as prioritizing volume for yourself
and your top customers.
The DTN TABS protocol was developed by industry majors and is supported by
more than 95 percent of the terminal automation systems on the market. Product
enhancements based on customer requests translate into real dollars saved by
fuel suppliers and their partners; along with petroleum rack marketers re-selling
product at the rack that need to manage customers purchasing fuel from their
accounts with other suppliers.
A better way to define who gets what
DTN TABS authorizes or denies a customer trying to load fuel at the terminal
based upon pre-defined controls, which reduces the risk of credit losses and/or
inventory runs.
With DTN TABS, you have the flexibility to manage your business the way you
need to — by customers or groups of customers, by terminal or across terminals.
Credit management can be set by gallons, dollars or loads. In addition, you can
set up unique “single load” additions for pre-paying customers.
When you have to move quickly to react to news, DTN TABS “scaleback”
controls give you the ability to set temporary percentage increases or decreases
in product access. Load decrements in the DTN TABS database are updated
in real time to help you immediately limit loading, when needed, to prevent
multi-location rack raiding. There’s even a “lock-out” function for fast customer
restrictions across all terminals.
Simply put, it’s the flexible, real-time control and granular
data you need to make smarter marketing decisions.
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3. A better way to manage inventory and
exchange positions
An instant, up-to-the-minute view of rack demand
helps you proactively manage supply and take quick
action to capture new sales opportunities. Once you
set a total monthly volume for product allocations,
DTN TABS will automatically calculate daily and
weekly volumes. You can also independently control
daily, weekly and monthly product allocations as
needed to quickly respond to changing market
conditions at a specific terminal with just a
few keystrokes.
Proactive alerts sent via e-mail or cell phone notify
to a customer. Schneider Electric can extend even
when an allocation is nearing a specified percentage
value downstream by automatically feeding real-time
of exhaustion so you can fix potential issues before
allocation information through Schneider Electric-
they become a crisis, or before an allocation or credit
hosted portals, so your customer’s have
limit is reached. Terminal activity alerts notify you
up-to-the-minute access to their account and
when there has been no activity at a terminal within
allocation information.
certain time parameters to give warning of a possible
communication failure, product outage, or pricing
Because DTN TABS lets you more effectively monitor
inconsistency at busy or crucial terminals.
and track customer allocations, receipt and delivery
balances, and other critical data, you gain significant
Real-time bills of lading available within minutes of
marketing advantages. Simply put, it’s the flexible,
loading help expedite early customer invoicing and
real-time control and granular data you need to
inventory and supply management. In short, you gain
make smarter marketing decisions. And in the
complete control over what you’re selling and the
competitive, thin-margin arena of the downstream,
credit you’re extending to better optimize supply and
why not use every edge you can get?
prevent terminal runs.
A better way to plan your next moves
With loading information available on command, you
can adjust sales strategies to fit the day’s demand.
You can identify contract liftings to hedge positions,
and calculate exchange positions to maximize
your market value. Supply groups can proactively
manage a customer’s account in real-time, with an
instant view of the amount remaining in product
allocations as well as the amount of credit remaining
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