The Fuel Command Center provides a consolidated view of total and recoverable fuel spending, including costs associated with idling, fueling locations, driver efficiency, fraud, and suspicious fuel transactions. Managers can use the dashboard to identify areas for potential savings and take actions such as enabling in-cab idling alerts or establishing preferred fuel vendors.
“We used to worry about fraud all the time. Cards went missing, PINs were shared, and we had no way to verify transactions,” said Tim Weisser, Fleet Operations Manager at Milestone Home Services. "Now with Coast and Samsara, the system takes care of it. If the truck's not there, the card doesn't work. Simple.”
Commercial Navigation adds fuel planning to the routing process by incorporating preferred fuel stops into routes. Samsara said a 90-day analysis of more than 2,000 customers found organizations reduced fuel spending by a median of 4% by fueling at preferred vendors.
Through its Coast integration, the platform also connects fuel card authorization with vehicle location. Fleets can establish policies that block transactions when the assigned vehicle is not present.
The company said its analysis found detected fuel fraud incidents increase by about 9% for every 10-cent increase in diesel prices.
