The beauty of fleet cards is their ability to be customized to meet the current requirements of your business. Unlike a regular gas card or a regular credit card, both of which do not have the customizable security and controls to meet your company’s needs, a fleet card provider can look at your company’s current fueling method and determine what security and controls your company needs and then creates a customized program designed with your business in mind.

While corporate customization is a great feature, it’s also important for the card to be flexible in its usage. Obviously, a fleet card is used to make fuel purchases, (Often at a lower, more fixed rate), and can be very useful for a company that is trying to keep track of their operating expenses. Issuing fleet cards to driver’s means that you can keep track of their purchases, and set limits on the fleet card so there are not any unauthorized transactions, or fraudulent activity.

Maintenance Inspections

In addition, fleet cards can also be used to schedule and pay for maintenance inspections. In order to keep profitability high, it is important to keep your fleet vehicles in optimal working order. Delaying repairs or regular tune-ups can be dangerous for drivers, and can end up costing you more money in the long run. A small, inexpensive problem can become a costly mess really fast if it’s ignored. Plus, if you use your fleet card to schedule your maintenance inspections, you can plan it so that not all of your vehicles are in the shop at the same time. Having your vehicles repaired on a rotating basis means that you still have fleet vehicles out on the road conducting business, and in addition, payments will be better spread out instead of one massive bill.

Fleet cards are versatile and flexible, and allow for controls to be placed on the card according to your needs. Having a fleet card issued to all of your driver’s means that you’ll be able to budget your fuel costs, schedule maintenance and repairs, and receive reporting on all the transactions made.

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