Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed

769

Total Travel Cost

$40,444

60,364 miles

Avoidable Cost

$24,387

36,399 excess miles

Optimal Cost

$16,057

If closest tech always used

Avg Excess / WO

47.3 mi

$31.71 per WO

Median Excess

19.4 mi

Outlier Rate (>50mi)

31.9%

245 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 472 WOs with expense data

Total Expenses

$169,865

Labor - Travel

$131,844

Mileage

Lodging

$20,240

Airfare

$3,226

Car Rental

$2,409

Per Diem

$6,275

Meals

Other

$5,870

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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 505 WOs

$21,703

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 93.1 mi

Avg Excess: 64.1 mi

Total Excess: 32,392 mi

Outlier Rate: 43.4%

Reactive 264 WOs

$2,685

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 50.6 mi

Avg Excess: 15.2 mi

Total Excess: 4,007 mi

Outlier Rate: 9.8%

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	386	102.5 mi	73.4 mi	28,319	$18,974
P5	74	70.3 mi	46.4 mi	3,431	$2,299
P3	53	58.6 mi	39.8 mi	2,111	$1,414
P4	228	47.8 mi	8.4 mi	1,916	$1,284
PC	16	58.8 mi	24.4 mi	390	$261
P7	12	55.2 mi	19.3 mi	232	$155