Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed

600

Total Travel Cost

$32,636

48,711 miles

Avoidable Cost

$18,390

27,448 excess miles

Optimal Cost

$14,246

If closest tech always used

Avg Excess / WO

45.7 mi

$30.65 per WO

Median Excess

5.8 mi

Outlier Rate (>50mi)

25.5%

153 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 265 WOs with expense data

Total Expenses

$67,830

Labor - Travel

$41,088

Mileage

$5,735

Lodging

$9,175

Airfare

$1,458

Car Rental

$1,123

Per Diem

$3,225

Meals

Other

$6,025

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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 392 WOs

$15,903

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 90.8 mi

Avg Excess: 60.6 mi

Total Excess: 23,736 mi

Outlier Rate: 30.6%

Reactive 208 WOs

$2,486

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 63.1 mi

Avg Excess: 17.8 mi

Total Excess: 3,711 mi

Outlier Rate: 15.9%

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
PSM	293	97.4 mi	62.9 mi	18,420	$12,341
PC	57	83.9 mi	67.1 mi	3,823	$2,561
P4	121	51.4 mi	12.6 mi	1,522	$1,020
P5	66	36.8 mi	20.1 mi	1,328	$890
P7	49	100.7 mi	24.8 mi	1,216	$815
P3	14	129.8 mi	81.4 mi	1,139	$763