Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
2,842
Total Travel Cost
$171,790
256,402 miles
Avoidable Cost
$114,308
170,608 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$57,482
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
60.0 mi
$40.22 per WO
Median Excess
11.3 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
23.2%
659 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 1,741 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$653,199
Labor - Travel
$546,252
Mileage
$958
Lodging
$38,987
Airfare
$18,798
Car Rental
$16,617
Per Diem
$14,975
Meals
$0
Other
$16,613

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 1,422 WOs
$80,371
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 109.9 mi
Avg Excess: 84.4 mi
Total Excess: 119,956 mi
Outlier Rate: 33.7%
Reactive 1,420 WOs
$33,937
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 70.5 mi
Avg Excess: 35.7 mi
Total Excess: 50,652 mi
Outlier Rate: 12.7%

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 895 110.6 mi 85 mi 76,061 $50,961
P4 1,295 71.5 mi 33.4 mi 43,277 $28,996
PC 141 165.9 mi 129.6 mi 18,274 $12,244
P7 95 159.1 mi 136.6 mi 12,979 $8,696
P5 218 65.2 mi 50.8 mi 11,074 $7,420
P3 197 60.5 mi 44.5 mi 8,772 $5,877
P2 1 192.5 mi 171.4 mi 171 $115