Fuel supply chain management system and method for integration of retail gas station, carrier tank trucks, and fuel terminal storage truck racks

A method for pre-authorizing loading of fuel at a central fuel management system, the central fuel management system being in network communication with a plurality of retail-side fuel supply chain management system and a fuel terminal automated system containing information on physical inventory at two or more terminals, the central fuel management system comprising a pre-authorization module including non-transitory machine readable medium containing instructions thereon, that when executed by a processor, perform steps of:

• receiving carrier, trailer, and driver identifying information from corresponding ones of the plurality of retail-side fuel supply chain management systems;
• matching, for each meter under a truck rack, at each of the two or more terminals, one or more loads associated with the corresponding ones of the plurality of retail-side fuel supply chain management systems to corresponding ones of the carrier, trailer, and driver identifying information;
• simultaneously querying for each of the one or more loads being matched:
• a nomination system containing information on book stock;
• the fuel terminal automated system;
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• an allocation management system containing information on loading quantity limits at each of the two or more terminals;
• deciding, on the basis of the query, whether each load of the one or more loads is authorized by a supplier and a retailer prior to the trailer matched to the load arriving to the truck rack and loading and, where authorized, identifying which terminal of the two or more terminals and which truck rack at the identified terminal contains the authorized load;
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• sending notifications in advance of the trailer arriving at the truck rack to at least one of the carrier and the driver where load authorization is approved and where load authorization it is not approved;
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• displaying the notifications to the at least one of the carrier and the driver;
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• mapping the driver to the identified terminal and truck rack containing the authorized load and send fuel filling instructions to the truck rack at the identified terminal;
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• after loading of the trailer, simultaneously
• sending a completion notification from the truck rack at the identified terminal to the carrier, the fuel terminal automated system, and the allocation management system;
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• updating one or more databases associated with the nomination system, the fuel terminal automated system, and the allocation management system.