Maintaining your own private fleet of vehicles is relatively easy - after all, it most likely consists of only two or three cars. But things get much more complicated when you are responsible for the fleet of delivery trucks for companies like Coca Cola or Frito Lay. How does one maintain a nationwide fleet of hundreds of vehicles and drivers? Fortunately, FleetCor is one company dedicated to making the process efficient and streamlined.

FleetCor is a leading provider of fleet card and related information services for business fleets and petroleum retailers. Founded in 2000, FleetCor is headquartered in Atlanta with 21 regional offices nationwide. The company is fast growing, with a 40 percent growth rate, and currently has 350,000 fleet clients and more than 2.4 million active cardholders.

A division of FleetCor, Fuelman® fleet cards are specialty credit cards used for fuel and fleet maintenance purchases. The cards offer a streamlined, efficient program designed to benefit both drivers and fleet operators. Drivers benefit from a single card used for both fuel and maintenance transactions, and the corporation benefits by having automated maintenance service tracking and reporting. The cards also eliminate much of the manual paperwork and tracking often used in other systems, providing added ease of use for the drivers. Fleet operators save an average of 15 percent on overall fuel costs due to the elimination of unnecessary fuel, maintenance and other incidental purchases through the Fuelman fleet card program. Additionally, FleetCor provides a detailed reporting process that tracks both driver and vehicle data that is accessible at any time.

Fuelman fleet cards are designed to provide transaction flexibility through a nationwide network of fuel and maintenance centers. The cards are accepted at 25,000 different gas stations across the country, including many well-known brands such as ExxonMobil, Sinclair, BP, Shell and Love's Travel Stops. In addition, they are accepted at many maintenance locations, including Meineke, NTB and Maaco. FleetCor recently announced the formation of a strategic partnership between Fuelman and RBS Lynk, a leading payment processor. The integration effort will allow Fuelman fleet cards to be accepted at an expanding network of fuel centers processed by RBS Lynk.

In addition to its Fuelman fleet card program, FleetCor also offers services to major oil companies through its FleetNet program and an independent petroleum marketer business for oil distributors.

During a time when the cost of fuel is at a premium, FleetCor's program is providing corporations with a way to not only save money on fuel costs, but also maximize efficiencies for both fleet operators and drivers. To learn more about FleetCor and its Fuelman fleet card division, visit the company's Web site.