Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
466
Total Travel Cost
$22,970
34,284 miles
Avoidable Cost
$10,772
16,077 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$12,199
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
34.5 mi
$23.12 per WO
Median Excess
9.4 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
18%
84 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 258 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$72,997
Labor - Travel
$62,758
Mileage
$1,680
Lodging
$1,938
Airfare
$1,104
Car Rental
$740
Per Diem
$1,350
Meals
$0
Other
$3,426

🎯 Low Hanging Fruit — Biggest Drivers of Excess Travel Cost

Ranked by total avoidable cost across five dimensions. Focus on the top items in each category for the highest ROI improvements.

By Vertical

Which service verticals generate the most excess travel? Clinical Education stands out with very high per-WO excess.

# Vertical WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Outliers Flew Actual Expense Techs
1 Healthcare Provider 287 $7,344
68.2%
38.2 mi 55 ✈ 1 $60,471 8
2 EMS 61 $1,956
18.2%
47.9 mi 18 $6,066 4
3 Kiosk 96 $842
7.8%
13.1 mi 4 $2,298 6
4 Bed Services 6 $375
3.5%
93.2 mi 3 $791 2
5 Lab/Power 7 $141
1.3%
30.0 mi 2 4
6 Animal Health 5 $109
1%
32.5 mi 2 $1,486 3
7 Training/Other 4 $6
0.1%
2.3 mi 0 ✈ 1 $1,884 3

By State

States with the highest total avoidable travel cost.

# State WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Flew
1 TX 466 $10,772
34.5 mi ✈ 2

By City

Top cities by total avoidable cost. These are your biggest geographic hotspots.

# City State WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Flew
1 El Paso TX 8 $2,104
392.7 mi ✈ 1
2 San Antonio TX 30 $913
45.4 mi
3 Laredo TX 8 $779
145.2 mi
4 Austin TX 17 $649
57.0 mi
5 FORT SAM HOUSTON TX 5 $451
134.5 mi
6 Corpus Christi TX 9 $426
70.7 mi
7 FORT WORTH TX 4 $385
143.6 mi
8 Houston TX 47 $369
11.7 mi
9 Dallas TX 38 $320
12.5 mi
10 Temple TX 4 $303
112.9 mi
11 Galveston TX 8 $182
34.0 mi
12 Terrell TX 4 $178
66.5 mi ✈ 1
13 New Braunfels TX 3 $157
77.9 mi
14 Edinburg TX 4 $147
55.0 mi
15 Conroe TX 4 $127
47.5 mi
16 Irving TX 7 $123
26.2 mi
17 Round Rock TX 3 $119
59.4 mi
18 EULESS TX 3 $104
51.8 mi
19 Fort Worth TX 12 $92
11.5 mi
20 Hurst TX 7 $92
19.6 mi
21 Tyler, TX 4 $89
33.3 mi
22 Tyler TX 4 $84
31.4 mi
23 Mckinney TX 7 $81
17.3 mi
24 Plano TX 9 $75
12.4 mi
25 Pearland TX 4 $68
25.3 mi

By Coordinator

Coordinators whose dispatching decisions result in the most excess travel. High avg excess suggests systematic over-dispatching; high WO count with moderate excess suggests volume-driven impact.

# Coordinator WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Outliers Flew Actual Expense Techs Used
1 Kaitlyn Kelch 466 $10,772
34.5 mi 84 ✈ 2 $72,997 10

By Technician — Repeat Offenders

Techs who consistently travel far beyond the closest available option. High states-served count may indicate a roaming/national tech; high avg excess with few states suggests a misplaced home base.

# Technician WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Actual Dist Avg Excess Outliers Flew States Actual Expense
1 Chane Lacy 116 $3,453
82 mi 44.4 mi 28 1 $20,561
2 Arturo Diaz 56 $3,008
120 mi 80.2 mi 12 ✈ 1 1 $9,154
3 Anthony Wirth 66 $1,573
65 mi 35.6 mi 24 1 $10,157
4 Curtis Sprague 27 $1,014
123 mi 56.1 mi 11 1 $6,628
5 Christopher Womack 95 $740
43 mi 11.6 mi 2 ✈ 1 1 $12,715
6 Zachary Stieben 94 $665
43 mi 10.6 mi 4 1 $10,897
7 Darrell Hendrix 8 $0
191 mi 0.0 mi 0 1 $825