@Jeff Griffeth

Co-Alliance

@rfry@ceres.coop

Ceres Solutions

@Keith Milburn

GROWMARK

@Greg Fish

GROWMARK

Rob Richter

GROWMARK

@Greg Baldwin (Unlicensed)

EFC Systems

@Mike Thronson (Unlicensed)

Control Systems

@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed)

AgGateway

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Date

2019-11-06

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Time

  1:45 pm CDT

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Welcome (@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed))

Welcome the group

Group introduced themselves

Anti-Trust (@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed))

Each participant indicates that he/she understands and agrees to abide by the AgGateway Anti-Trust Policy, or leaves the meeting.

All members signed the antitrust guidelines at registration.

Minutes Taker (@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed))

A meeting taker has been selected.

@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed) took minutes.

Energy Meet-up Issues (@Jeff Griffeth)

Group understands what the issues are with energy. a

Jeff covered why we were having the meet-up

Pain Point Discussion Around Energy (@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed))

Discussion about the pain points

See slides linked above for the pain points identified by the group were captured on the slides.

What are other currently doing? (@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed))

Learn what if anything companies are currently doing from an electronic standpoint.

Below are some of the electronic connectivity

• EDI X12 (B2B – 810, 214, 210, 204)

  • Invoice B2C – X12-810, XML

  • ShipNotice B2C – XML (AGW)

• Electronic BoL (B2B & B2C)

• Tank Monitoring – IoT(both bulk & end-use)

  • Cellular – carrier agnostic

• GPS & Cameras (in trucks & some in locations)

• Identifiers – are currently using prop codes

• Lubricants – all proprietary for locations and UPC for product codes

Is Tank Location Important? (@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed))

Learn whether the tank location important

Tank location is important.  The following are things they thought were important:

• Identified by Lat/Long

  • Multiple stakeholders (multiple billing)

  • Route optimization

  • Route consolidation

• Quantity going through the tanks

  • Leased tanks

  • Pricing tiers based on the turns/volume

  • Where you got the fuel for what tank

• New Drivers – to find them

• Bulk Plant – carriers need to know which tank

  • Mixing the fuel in the wrong tanks

• Greenfield – building a new location/plant

  • Eliminate some of the smaller locations (consolidation)

Discuss next steps (@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed))

Document next steps

• Who are the players we need involved?

  • CHS, MFA Oil, Growmark, CountryMark

  • 3rd Party Terminal (stay away from them for now)

  • Retailers & their AP

• Phone call to follow-up

• F2F meeting – 2020 – February or early March

• Technical people with energy knowledge

Other items

Discuss any additional items that came up during meeting that need to be addressed in another meet-up

@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed) to set up a call to follow up with the group to determine the F2F meeting in February or March 2020 and targets to contact for the F2F meeting.

Need to follow up with CountryMark membership - check with @rfry@ceres.coop and @Jeff Griffeth as to who to follow up with at CountryMark.

Next Meeting

Is there a need for another Meet-Up or what?

End of November or beginning of December.

Adjournment

Adjourn

Adjourned at 2:45 pm.

@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed)

Nov 6, 2019 

Check with Randy & Jeff as to who we need to follow up with CountryMark

Nov 15, 2019 

@Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed)

Nov 6, 2019 

Set up a call to follow up with the group to determine the F2F meeting in February or March 2020 and targets to contact for the F2F meeting.

Nov 15, 2019