A Global Product Override (GPO) is a quick way to add product to a product allocation that has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. This helps you keep traffic moving at the rack if you have the product available. For example,when a product allocation is running low and the customer needs to load more product than will be available before the next Refresh Date, you can issue a GPO to provide additional product right now. You can use the Global Product Override page (Allocations > Global Product Overrides > Manage) to add a GPO.
When a driver attempts to lift product from the terminal, the Terminal Automation System (TAS) issues a customer authorization or load authorization transaction. DTN TABS checks to see if there are any product allocations for the product, terminal,and consignee combination. It then checks to see if there is a remaining amount on the product allocation. If the product allocation has been exhausted, that is, if the remaining amount on the product allocation equals zero, DTN TABS checks to see if there are any GPOs. If so, the driver is authorized to load. When loading is complete, the lifted amount on the GPO is incriminated by the quantity loaded.
A GPO cannot be used to override a credit allocation. If a customer’s credit is exhausted, a GPO does not allow the customer to load.
There are two types of GPO’s that can be utilized:
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Borrowed Global Product Override (GPO) operates by borrowing volume from a longer period allocation (for both flat and hierarchical allocations) to be lifted during the shorter GPO period. For example, if a customer has daily, weekly,and monthly allocations in place, and a GPO is approved in the first week of the month, the customer is able to load additional fuel above their daily limit. The extra lifts for that day apply against both the GPO and also against the active higher periods (monthly and weekly).
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Incremental Global Product Override (GPO) maintains the appropriate amount of product at all active periods of a product allocation. The GPO Allowance Amount is the amount that exceeds the allowed allocation and that incremental lifted amount of the GPO. Incremental Amount is added to the longer active periods when the GPO is used and is set to 0 (zero)by the Product Allocation Refresh process