Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
202
Total Travel Cost
$16,687
24,905 miles
Avoidable Cost
$9,849
14,700 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$6,838
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
72.8 mi
$48.76 per WO
Median Excess
0.0 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
9.9%
20 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 55 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$4,925
Labor - Travel
$0
Mileage
$0
Lodging
$0
Airfare
$0
Car Rental
$31
Per Diem
$300
Meals
$0
Other
$4,594

🎯 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 Kiosk 202 $9,849
100%
72.8 mi 20 $4,925 14

By State

States with the highest total avoidable travel cost.

# State WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Flew
1 CO 19 $6,748
530.1 mi
2 IL 28 $2,044
109.0 mi
3 TX 96 $842
13.1 mi
4 MO 10 $72
10.7 mi
5 AZ 4 $31
11.5 mi
6 OK 39 $6
0.2 mi
7 KS 3 $5
2.2 mi

By City

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

# City State WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Flew
1 Dallas TX 15 $94
9.4 mi
2 Houston TX 9 $72
11.9 mi
3 Pearland TX 3 $68
33.7 mi
4 Plano TX 4 $60
22.5 mi
5 Irving TX 5 $54
16.0 mi
6 Mckinney TX 3 $32
16.1 mi
7 Phoenix AZ 4 $31
11.5 mi
8 Garland TX 4 $25
9.6 mi
9 Springfield IL 14 $21
2.2 mi
10 Grand Prairie TX 3 $19
9.8 mi
11 Amarillo TX 3 $0
0.0 mi
12 Edmond OK 3 $0
0.0 mi
13 Norman OK 3 $0
0.0 mi
14 Oklahoma City OK 13 $0
0.0 mi
15 Spring TX 3 $0
0.0 mi
16 Tulsa OK 7 $0
0.0 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 202 $9,849
72.8 mi 20 $4,925 14

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 Jason Morris 10 $6,366
1,001 mi 950.2 mi 10 1 $171
2 Christopher Womack 43 $354
42 mi 12.3 mi 0 1 $729
3 Curtis Sprague 10 $288
120 mi 43.0 mi 3 1
4 Chane Lacy 25 $193
33 mi 11.5 mi 1 1 $545
5 Blake Ward 13 $158
82 mi 18.1 mi 0 2 $224
6 Thomas J Langenberg Jr 6 $103
87 mi 25.5 mi 2 3 $322
7 Kevin Cox 19 $19
100 mi 1.5 mi 0 2 $256
8 Darrell Hendrix 47 $10
65 mi 0.3 mi 0 3 $1,112
9 Zachary Stieben 9 $3
20 mi 0.5 mi 0 1 $865
10 Ben Heinz 9 $0
44 mi 0.0 mi 0 2 $205