Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed

794

Total Travel Cost

$115,513

172,408 miles

Avoidable Cost

$90,324

134,812 excess miles

Optimal Cost

$25,217

If closest tech always used

Avg Excess / WO

169.7 mi

$113.72 per WO

Median Excess

16.4 mi

Outlier Rate (>50mi)

33%

262 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 318 WOs with expense data

Total Expenses

$88,795

Labor - Travel

$63,472

Mileage

$1,735

Lodging

$9,586

Airfare

$1,880

Car Rental

$1,091

Per Diem

$4,825

Meals

Other

$6,205

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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 545 WOs

$83,798

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 280.9 mi

Avg Excess: 229.4 mi

Total Excess: 125,072 mi

Outlier Rate: 38.2%

Reactive 249 WOs

$6,526

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 77.6 mi

Avg Excess: 39.1 mi

Total Excess: 9,741 mi

Outlier Rate: 21.7%

Monthly Travel Cost Trend

Cost by Priority

PSM/PC (planned) priorities should have the lowest excess — they have the most scheduling flexibility.

Priority	WOs	Avg Actual	Avg Excess	Total Excess Miles	Avoidable Cost
PC	316	386.2 mi	326.5 mi	103,167	$69,122
PSM	214	149 mi	106.4 mi	22,777	$15,261
P4	173	64 mi	26.2 mi	4,532	$3,036
P7	46	94.2 mi	43.4 mi	1,995	$1,337
P3	23	87.8 mi	65.2 mi	1,500	$1,005
P5	22	47.9 mi	36.4 mi	841	$563