Marketer Consignee

• Marketer Consignee overview
• Marketer Consignee field definitions
• Marketer Consignee FAQs
• TABS Marketer FAQs
• Rack Marketer FAQs

 

The Consignee page allows you to add and manage consignees. DTN TABS defines a consignee”as the customer or the buyer of the product. In some cases a consignee may be a ShipTo location for the customer. In other cases, the consignee may designate the BillTo location of the customer.

 

If you are a seller, use the Seller Consignee page (Data Management > Seller Consignees) to add consignees. DTN TABS sellers own product at terminals and sell that product to marketers and consignees.

 

If you are a marketer, use the Marketer Consignee page (Data Management > Marketer Consignees) to add consignees. DTN TABS marketers are rack wholesalers who do not own product at a terminal, but who sell a DTN TABS seller's product to the TABS Marketer's consignees. A TABS Marketer must first be approved by the Seller in order to use DTN TABS for allocation control.

 

You can also add consignees through the ADMLOD process.

 

Once a consignee has been added to your database, you need to assign that consignee to the terminal or terminals where that consignee is allowed to load product. Terminal assignments can be made through the Seller (Data Management > Seller Consignees) or Marketer Consignees page (Data Management > Marketer Consignees).

 

Once a consignee has been assigned to a terminal, DTN TABS recognizes that consignee as authorized for entry to that terminal. In order for the consignee to be authorized to load product, you must assign an Open to Buy status to the consignee. You can assign an Open to Buy authorization status on a terminal-by-terminal basis through the Product Allocations Setup page (Allocations > Product > Manage) . An easier and faster way to assign this status is through the Defaults page (Data Management > Marketer Consignees). Once you select the Automatically Create Allocation as Open to Buy option on the Defaults page (Admin > TABS Defaults), a consignee assigned to a terminal is assigned an Open to Buy allocation record also.

 

The consignee is not authorized to load product until the consignee has been assigned to a terminal and assigned an Open to Buy authorization status. Without an Open to Buy authorization, the consignee is denied at the rack.

 

If the terminal you want is not in the Available Terminals list, you may need to add it or call DTN PetroEx Support at 1-800-982-1583 (for North America) or 1-855-493-0260 (for Global) for additional information on the terminal.

 

Once a consignee has been added to your database, you can assign carriers to the consignee. You can assign a carrier to a consignee through the appropriate Consignee Setup page (Data Management > Marketer Consignees) or (Data Management > Seller Consignees).

 

If the carrier you want is not in the Available Carriers list, you may need to add it.

 

To add a consignee to a group, you must first setup a consignee group through the Consignee Groups page (Data Management > Consignee Groups). Once that is done, you can assign consignees to that group either through the Consignee Groups page  (Data Management > Consignee Groups) or the appropriate Consignee Setup page (Data Management > Marketer Consignees) or (Data Management > Seller Consignees).

 

Sellers can use the TABS Marketers page  (Admin > TABS Marketers) to approve DTN TABS marketers and to assign allocation viewing privileges. Sellers can also change and delete previously created approvals, and export current approvals in an Excel (CSV) format.

 

Typically, a marketer company contacts DTN to let us know they are interested in using DTN TABS. We work with the marketer to help them set up their DTN TABS database. Part of that process involves DTN contacting the suppliers/sellers who use DTN TABS to allocate product and/or credit to the marketer company. By approving a marketer, suppliers can allow the marketer customer or trading partner to manage their own product and credit allocations based on those the supplier has set up for them. This adds a subordinate layer of allocations that works in conjunction with the supplier's existing hierarchy.

 

Only users of the Seller company who are authorized through the TABS Users page (Admin > TABS Users) with All, All Except Auth, and CSR defined roles (Admin > Roles) can access the TABS Marketers page (Admin > TABS Marketers).

 

Marketers can use DTN TABS for:

 

• Credit controls to manage or lock-out their own customers

• Product controls to control the volume they're willing to re-sell

• Real-time BOLs to feed their own billing systems

 

The Rack Marketer feature makes it possible for rack marketers to use DTN TABS to receive real-time BOLs and implement product and credit allocations in much the same way that sellers do. Some of the key benefits of using DTN TABS are as follows:

•  DTN TABS credit controls reduce marketer and supplier exposure to financial risk.

• DTN TABS product controls allow marketers to better manage their own allocations and the volume they’re willing to re-sell.

• Real-time BOLs enable faster billing, better cash flow, and more profitability.

• DTN TABS Alerts provide marketers with proactive monitoring of terminal activity. Alerts can be set up to provide advance warning of a potential denial, and that can give the marketer time to take proactive action to prevent the denial, therefore reducing call volume for both the marketer and the supplier.

Anyone who has an inventory position at a terminal that is DTN TABS capable can use DTN TABS. If you are not an inventory position holder and your supplier uses DTN TABS, then in most cases you can use DTN TABS or DTN TABS Rack Marketer.

 

If you are using the Rack Marketer feature, the Marketer Consignee ID that is used in your DTN TABS database must be identical to the Supplier Consignee ID used by your supplier .

 

Rack Marketers are approved by a supplier who either has an inventory position or an exchange relationship with an inventory holder at terminals. You can setup a rack marketer that is approved by an inventory position holder.

 

Here's how to approve a rack marketer:

1. From the Admin menu, select TABS Marketers. The Approved Marketers page opens and displays all existing approved Rack Marketers.

2. To approve a new Rack Marketer, click . The New page opens.

3. From the Marketer column, select the marketer to approve.

4. Select the View Allocations check box to allow the Rack Marketer to view allocations through DTN TABS. These product allocations can be seen in Allocation Reports. For informational purposes, you can select the Sold To that represents the Rack Marketer that you are approving.

5. Click the Save link. The marketer appears as a Seller for the rack marketer to select from in the Marketer Consignee page.