Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
14,484
Total Travel Cost
$1,272,300
1,898,955 miles
Avoidable Cost
$934,980
1,395,492 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$338,208
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
96.3 mi
$64.49 per WO
Median Excess
6.5 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
27.6%
3,993 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 5,278 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$1,716,642
Labor - Travel
$1,120,486
Mileage
$53,835
Lodging
$180,209
Airfare
$76,585
Car Rental
$51,527
Per Diem
$70,900
Meals
$458
Other
$162,643

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 10,024 WOs
$772,544
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 151 mi
Avg Excess: 114.9 mi
Total Excess: 1,153,050 mi
Outlier Rate: 32%
Reactive 4,460 WOs
$162,435
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 86.5 mi
Avg Excess: 54.4 mi
Total Excess: 242,441 mi
Outlier Rate: 17.7%

Monthly Travel Cost Trend

Cost by Priority

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

PriorityWOsAvg ActualAvg ExcessTotal Excess MilesAvoidable CostExcess Distribution
PC 6,371 143.2 mi 108.6 mi 691,783 $463,495
PSM 3,931 140.5 mi 105.9 mi 417,439 $279,684
P5 1,223 123.2 mi 106.1 mi 129,769 $86,945
P4 1,884 83.3 mi 41.6 mi 78,355 $52,498
P7 795 132 mi 81.6 mi 64,884 $43,472
P3 275 77.9 mi 47.5 mi 13,068 $8,756
P2 2 99.2 mi 85.9 mi 172 $115