Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
238
Total Travel Cost
$10,203
15,229 miles
Avoidable Cost
$5,678
8,475 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$4,525
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
35.6 mi
$23.86 per WO
Median Excess
4.5 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
9.2%
22 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 130 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$44,383
Labor - Travel
$34,429
Mileage
$99
Lodging
$1,919
Airfare
$2,805
Car Rental
$3,097
Per Diem
$675
Meals
$0
Other
$1,358

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 150 WOs
$3,566
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 60.6 mi
Avg Excess: 35.5 mi
Total Excess: 5,323 mi
Outlier Rate: 10.7%
Reactive 88 WOs
$2,112
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 69.7 mi
Avg Excess: 35.8 mi
Total Excess: 3,152 mi
Outlier Rate: 6.8%

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 98 67.8 mi 43.9 mi 4,302 $2,882
PC 26 150.5 mi 98.6 mi 2,563 $1,717
P4 54 47.1 mi 14.6 mi 788 $528
P3 15 39.7 mi 24.9 mi 373 $250
P5 22 24.9 mi 15.7 mi 346 $232
P7 23 42.9 mi 4.5 mi 104 $70