Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
1,081
Total Travel Cost
$74,259
110,834 miles
Avoidable Cost
$44,768
66,818 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$29,491
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
61.8 mi
$41.41 per WO
Median Excess
6.5 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
28.5%
308 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 436 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$158,103
Labor - Travel
$108,371
Mileage
$6,545
Lodging
$14,605
Airfare
$9,991
Car Rental
$6,058
Per Diem
$5,150
Meals
$0
Other
$7,384

🎯 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 Bed Services 252 $21,188
47.3%
125.5 mi 101 ✈ 3 $8,804 13
2 Healthcare Provider 423 $10,663
23.8%
37.6 mi 90 ✈ 4 $99,368 16
3 Kiosk 218 $6,139
13.7%
42.0 mi 70 $5,701 9
4 EMS 141 $3,574
8%
37.8 mi 34 ✈ 1 $31,740 8
5 Lab/Power 18 $2,906
6.5%
241.0 mi 10 ✈ 4 $5,965 3
6 Animal Health 4 $285
0.6%
106.3 mi 3 $639 3
7 Training/Other 25 $11
0%
0.7 mi 0 ✈ 4 $5,886 14

By State

States with the highest total avoidable travel cost.

# State WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Flew
1 VA 282 $19,386
102.6 mi ✈ 1
2 SC 124 $7,721
92.9 mi ✈ 2
3 PA 238 $5,678
35.6 mi ✈ 4
4 NC 211 $5,203
36.8 mi ✈ 2
5 AR 19 $1,523
119.6 mi ✈ 2
6 MD 79 $1,385
26.2 mi
7 TN 59 $1,032
26.1 mi ✈ 1
8 NY 3 $738
367.0 mi ✈ 1
9 FL 3 $617
306.9 mi
10 GA 5 $503
150.2 mi
11 NJ 38 $255
10.0 mi
12 DE 12 $3
0.4 mi ✈ 1
13 AL 3 $0
0.0 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 Newport News VA 130 $5,729
65.8 mi
2 Greenville SC 45 $5,643
187.1 mi ✈ 1
3 Danville VA 27 $5,607
310.0 mi ✈ 1
4 LEESPORT PA 10 $2,906
433.8 mi ✈ 2
5 Portsmouth VA 14 $1,453
154.8 mi
6 Richmond VA 19 $1,317
103.4 mi
7 Franklin VA 15 $639
63.6 mi
8 Charlotte NC 17 $617
54.2 mi
9 Virginia Beach VA 9 $611
101.3 mi
10 COLUMBIA SC 6 $594
147.8 mi
11 HENRICO VA 6 $418
104.0 mi
12 Charlottesville VA 4 $403
150.2 mi
13 Pittsburgh PA 5 $342
102.1 mi
14 Fayetteville NC 10 $316
47.2 mi
15 Summerville SC 3 $284
141.3 mi
16 Shoemakersville PA 12 $264
32.8 mi
17 Concord NC 13 $232
26.6 mi
18 Baltimore MD 10 $227
33.9 mi
19 Wilmington NC 5 $224
67.0 mi
20 Nashville TN 15 $217
21.6 mi
21 Asheville NC 4 $206
76.7 mi
22 Philadelphia PA 16 $204
19.0 mi
23 Frederick MD 4 $202
75.2 mi
24 North Little Rock AR 7 $194
41.4 mi ✈ 1
25 Raleigh NC 12 $162
20.2 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 Melissa Owens 1,081 $44,768
61.8 mi 308 ✈ 16 $158,103 33

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 Rozier Cole 66 $7,115
224 mi 160.9 mi 39 ✈ 3 7 $15,470
2 Michael Swingle 63 $7,006
204 mi 166.0 mi 25 5 $6,089
3 Praelow Cameron 123 $5,345
135 mi 64.9 mi 62 4 $2,635
4 Christopher Carroll 22 $4,696
351 mi 318.6 mi 10 ✈ 4 5 $13,013
5 Joe Evans 38 $4,174
173 mi 164.0 mi 37 ✈ 1 1 $2,102
6 Christopher Morning 82 $2,724
82 mi 49.6 mi 28 ✈ 1 3 $13,858
7 Todd Fogiel 84 $1,674
101 mi 29.8 mi 21 ✈ 1 7 $22,892
8 Eric Colon 53 $1,641
89 mi 46.2 mi 27 3 $11,249
9 Philip Krogstad 95 $1,459
42 mi 22.9 mi 6 2 $20,413
10 Side Kick Technician 5 $1,453
444 mi 433.6 mi 5 1
11 Kevin Cogdill 6 $1,298
334 mi 322.8 mi 6 1 $1,730
12 Pero Popovic 37 $1,006
55 mi 40.6 mi 8 ✈ 1 2 $9,212
13 Michael Harris 65 $905
57 mi 20.8 mi 8 5 $10,834
14 Maximilian Tucker 57 $736
50 mi 19.3 mi 8 4 $263
15 James Duff 19 $527
79 mi 41.4 mi 3 ✈ 1 2 $3,746
16 Chris Galasso 77 $403
37 mi 7.8 mi 4 4 $11,413
17 Xiraiyah Coston 134 $245
32 mi 2.7 mi 1 ✈ 1 2 $2,033
18 Curtis Allen 8 $39
43 mi 7.3 mi 0 2 $189
19 Carlos Robles 9 $32
7 mi 5.3 mi 0 1
20 Brandon Green 12 $0
49 mi 0.0 mi 0 1 $3,020