header-bg

How Fleet Fuel Tracking System Helps Reduce Fuel Fraud

July 27, 2021

Get the latest fleet management news

put-fuel-in-car
Written by Lori Pinter
July 27, 2021 / 3 minute read
Blog Topic: Manage My Fleet

Tracking your fleet’s fuel spend is very easy if you use a fuel tracking system. If you don’t, you will have to deal with fuel fraud and tons of paperwork.  

Vehicle fleet managers are saving money by identifying incidents, addressing the situation with drivers, and ultimately reducing fuel fraud with efficient fuel management.

Want to know how they do it?

In this blog, we’ll talk about fleet fuel tracking, and how it can help your business and boost your bottom line.

Download our guide for details on how a fleet card allows you to closely track and reduce your fuel and maintenance costs> >

HOW DOES A FLEET FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REDUCE FLEET COSTS?

You might think your staff isn’t taking liberties at the pump. But the truth is, that fuel fraud is actually very common. 

For example in 2018 a Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) officer has been charged with fraud after using $5,000 from a service-issued gas card.

car-refill-transportation-gas

Fight Fuel Fraud with Fuel Card Tracking Software

So what can you do to reduce fuel fraud?

Implement a fuel card tracking systemHere’s how it works:

A tracking system runs in the background, measuring the amount of fuel your drivers purchase. When it detects an anomaly (like if someone is buying more fuel than the vehicle’s tank can hold), it’ll flag that purchase as potential abuse for the fleet manager to follow up with.


Other possible indicators of fraud are:

  • the frequency of fuelling
  • the locations where the fuelling is done
  • the type of fuel purchased

(At Foss National, these are just four of over 60 indicators we use to evaluate fuel transactions.)

Also, in the video below, we share the top five benefits of using a fleet card for your business.

Ultimately, your fleet fuel card will help you identify potential fraud so you can put protocols into place to deal with and eliminate it.

The best part?

The money you save directly improves your bottom line and makes your business more profitable.

For more proven cost-saving strategies, check out our ultimate guide to lowering fleet costs and insights on optimizing fuel tracking.

Greatly Reduce Your Paperwork With a Fuel Card System

We know how it is.

The sheer volume of paperwork you have to deal with while running your fleet is daunting. Especially since all vehicle-related purchases have to be tracked, recorded, and reconciled.

So here’s some good news:

The same fleet card that can help you reduce fuel fraud can also help you record and track all of your costs. It aggregates, consolidates, analyzes, and reconciles. In addition, it gives you every purchase from every fuel vendor, along with your total fuel burn in a single invoice.

Even better, the invoice provides complete reporting flexibility to find more detail on individual purchases.

The card is really a comprehensive fleet management tool that will save you money and help you worry less so you can get back to running your business.

Conclusion

A fleet fuel card system is an amazing time and money saver. If you’re ready to improve your business, save money and simplify your administrative overhead, think about putting one into place.

It can help you reduce fuel fraud, your paperwork, and your headaches—helping make your fleet operations smoother and more profitable.

View all posts

Get the latest fleet management news

thumbnail-control-fuel-and-maintenance

Control Your Fuel and Maintenance Costs

Discover how a fleet card allows you to closely track and reduce your fuel and maintenance costs, while spending less time on administration.

Download Guide

Subscribe and stay up to date