Access Tanks General Delivery Info

Select the Type of Delivery requested for the tank

  • Degree Day Base - Delivery of fuel during the six month heating period.
  • Degree Day Extended - Delivery of fuel year round. When selected the Daily Use Gallons field becomes active.
  • Julian 6 month- Delivery on a set schedule for six month heating period of the year.
  • Julian 12 month- Delivery on a set schedule year round. When selected the Daily Use Gallons field becomes active.
  • Specific Day- Set a specific day for delivery.
  • Will Call- The customer will call and request a delivery.

K Factor adjusts automatically as delivery to the Tank is completed. Using the number of deliveries specified in the K Factor Calculation Deliveries parameter in Merchant Ag FIN, the K Factor is calculated by taking the number of degree days between fuel deliveries and dividing it by the number of gallons of fuel delivered.

For example, if your parameter is set to 3 Deliveries, the current delivery plus the past 2 deliveries are utilized when calculating the K Factor for the Tank.

  Previous Degree Day Delivery Degree Day Gallons Delivered
Delivery 1 1200 1900 200
Delivery 2 1900 2500 230
Delivery 3 (current) 2500 3800 200
Totals 5600 8200 630

Number of Degree days 8200 - 5600 = 2600

2600 / 630 = 4.12

Number of degree days / gallons delivered = K factor

For Orders that have been split, the K factor is recalculated after the last child order is settled.

If Fixed K Factor is selected, the K factor entered for the Tank will remain constant.

When Summer Fill is selected, the Tank is flagged for a delivery to Fill at the end of the heating season. This option is selected automatically when Degree Day Base set as the Delivery Type for newly added Tanks and if a Tank is updated to Degree Day Base. See Generate Summer Fill Orders for more information.

Select Dual Heat to indicate there is an alternate source of heat at the delivery location which may limit the number of deliveries to the Tank.

Last Delivery displays the date fuel was last delivered.

Use Next Delivery to select a date for the next fuel delivery using mm/dd/yyyy date format or by using the available drop down calendar.

For Tanks set to Julian 6 or 12 month in Type, in the Julian Week field, enter the number of weeks between deliveries.

Select a day of the week is active if Specific Day is selected as Type. Select a Specific Day of the week for delivery.

The Daily Use Gallons field is only available when Type in the Delivery Info section is set to Degree Day Extended or Julian 12 Month. Daily Use Gallons is initially set to 0.00 but may be set to a maximum of 9999.99. This field is informational.

Last Del Deg Day, Last Delivery Degree Day, the Degree Day that prompted a delivery to the Tank.

Del Deg Day Trigger, Delivery Degree Day Trigger, delivery will be made to the Tank on the Degree Day indicated.