Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
26,316
Total Travel Cost
$2,770,814
4,135,543 miles
Avoidable Cost
$1,954,256
2,916,800 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$817,967
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
110.8 mi
$74.21 per WO
Median Excess
6.8 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
29.6%
7,785 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 10,821 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$3,727,971
Labor - Travel
$2,524,279
Mileage
$62,966
Lodging
$388,685
Airfare
$195,324
Car Rental
$102,622
Per Diem
$151,300
Meals
$202
Other
$302,594

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 17,906 WOs
$1,633,396
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 189.8 mi
Avg Excess: 136.0 mi
Total Excess: 2,437,904 mi
Outlier Rate: 35.3%
Reactive 8,410 WOs
$320,860
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 87.7 mi
Avg Excess: 56.9 mi
Total Excess: 478,896 mi
Outlier Rate: 17.4%

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
PC 11,595 201.3 mi 142.4 mi 1,650,784 $1,106,025
PSM 7,172 142.6 mi 104.5 mi 751,386 $503,429
P5 2,231 127.3 mi 109.0 mi 243,301 $163,012
P4 3,459 76.7 mi 36.0 mi 124,514 $83,424
P7 1,315 141.4 mi 90.5 mi 119,080 $79,784
P3 537 79.9 mi 51.1 mi 27,421 $18,372
P2 4 92.1 mi 74.7 mi 299 $200
P1 1 51.5 mi 0.0 mi 0 $0