Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed

276

Total Travel Cost

$12,529

18,700 miles

Avoidable Cost

$7,704

11,499 excess miles

Optimal Cost

$4,825

If closest tech always used

Avg Excess / WO

41.7 mi

$27.91 per WO

Median Excess

10.2 mi

Outlier Rate (>50mi)

18.5%

51 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 18 WOs with expense data

Total Expenses

$10,450

Labor - Travel

$4,766

Mileage

Lodging

$2,146

Airfare

$1,225

Car Rental

$891

Per Diem

$725

Meals

Other

$698

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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 124 WOs

$5,887

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 90.9 mi

Avg Excess: 70.9 mi

Total Excess: 8,787 mi

Outlier Rate: 30.6%

Reactive 152 WOs

$1,817

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 48.9 mi

Avg Excess: 17.8 mi

Total Excess: 2,712 mi

Outlier Rate: 8.6%

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
PSM	70	77.9 mi	59.5 mi	4,163	$2,789
PC	15	265 mi	240.1 mi	3,601	$2,413
P4	137	44.3 mi	10.3 mi	1,410	$945
P7	20	72 mi	55.6 mi	1,113	$746
P3	16	58.4 mi	40.8 mi	653	$438
P5	18	45.9 mi	31 mi	558	$374