Travel & Margin Analysis

Quantify excess travel cost and identify optimization opportunities across your field service operation

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WOs Analyzed

2,300

Total Travel Cost

$268,638

400,952 miles

Avoidable Cost

$215,250

321,269 excess miles

Optimal Cost

$53,402

If closest tech always used

Avg Excess / WO

139.7 mi

$93.58 per WO

Median Excess

6.8 mi

Outlier Rate (>50mi)

31.2%

718 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 195 WOs with expense data

Total Expenses

$86,006

Labor - Travel

$48,979

Mileage

$1,429

Lodging

$12,399

Airfare

$6,427

Car Rental

$4,586

Per Diem

$4,000

Meals

$458

Other

$7,727

Cost Overview Actual Expenses Cost Breakdowns Coordinator Analysis Tech Utilization Quick Wins Coverage Gaps Low Hanging Fruit

Schedulable vs Reactive — Where Can You Optimize?

Planned/PM work is schedulable — excess travel here is the most actionable. Reactive work has urgency constraints.

Planned 1,680 WOs

$190,237

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 207.1 mi

Avg Excess: 169 mi

Total Excess: 283,936 mi

Outlier Rate: 36.5%

Reactive 620 WOs

$25,013

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 85.5 mi

Avg Excess: 60.2 mi

Total Excess: 37,333 mi

Outlier Rate: 16.8%

Monthly Travel Cost Trend

Cost by Priority

PSM/PC (planned) priorities should have the lowest excess — they have the most scheduling flexibility.

Priority	WOs	Avg Actual	Avg Excess	Total Excess Miles	Avoidable Cost
PC	1,056	215.9 mi	171 mi	180,598	$121,001
PSM	601	158.6 mi	131.3 mi	78,927	$52,881
P7	157	206.3 mi	175.3 mi	27,519	$18,438
P5	233	122.5 mi	109.9 mi	25,627	$17,170
P4	225	63.2 mi	29.6 mi	6,655	$4,459
P3	28	91.3 mi	69.4 mi	1,944	$1,302