Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
655
Total Travel Cost
$106,358
158,743 miles
Avoidable Cost
$99,751
148,882 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$6,607
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
227.3 mi
$152.29 per WO
Median Excess
6.8 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
32.1%
210 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 65 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$26,221
Labor - Travel
$5,633
Mileage
$16
Lodging
$8,037
Airfare
$2,352
Car Rental
$3,039
Per Diem
$2,550
Meals
$0
Other
$4,594

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 482 WOs
$77,175
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 253.5 mi
Avg Excess: 239 mi
Total Excess: 115,187 mi
Outlier Rate: 32.2%
Reactive 173 WOs
$22,576
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 211.3 mi
Avg Excess: 194.8 mi
Total Excess: 33,695 mi
Outlier Rate: 31.8%

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
PSM 419 230.9 mi 220.1 mi 92,236 $61,798
P5 155 222.8 mi 212.2 mi 32,897 $22,041
PC 51 495.6 mi 448.6 mi 22,880 $15,330
P4 18 63.3 mi 28 mi 504 $338
P7 8 120.7 mi 42.9 mi 343 $230
P3 4 19 mi 5.5 mi 22 $15