Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
1,862
Total Travel Cost
$154,356
230,382 miles
Avoidable Cost
$101,230
151,090 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$53,125
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
81.1 mi
$54.37 per WO
Median Excess
9.4 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
31.8%
593 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 906 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$316,454
Labor - Travel
$215,172
Mileage
$9,249
Lodging
$31,355
Airfare
$22,653
Car Rental
$12,137
Per Diem
$10,575
Meals
$0
Other
$15,313

🎯 Low Hanging Fruit — Biggest Drivers of Excess Travel Cost

Ranked by total avoidable cost across five dimensions. Focus on the top items in each category for the highest ROI improvements.

By Vertical

Which service verticals generate the most excess travel? Clinical Education stands out with very high per-WO excess.

# Vertical WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Outliers Flew Actual Expense Techs
1 Bed Services 326 $42,252
41.7%
193.4 mi 156 ✈ 8 $22,347 18
2 Kiosk 413 $31,303
30.9%
113.1 mi 200 ✈ 5 $20,083 10
3 Healthcare Provider 798 $19,200
19%
35.9 mi 176 ✈ 8 $201,236 17
4 EMS 260 $5,217
5.2%
29.9 mi 47 ✈ 2 $53,653 9
5 Lab/Power 32 $2,919
2.9%
136.1 mi 10 ✈ 7 $10,599 5
6 Animal Health 7 $329
0.3%
70.1 mi 4 $2,650 6
7 Training/Other 26 $11
0%
0.7 mi 0 ✈ 4 $5,886 14

By State

States with the highest total avoidable travel cost.

# State WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Flew
1 VA 410 $43,547
158.5 mi ✈ 8
2 MD 176 $17,124
145.2 mi ✈ 2
3 SC 185 $11,141
89.9 mi ✈ 3
4 PA 431 $10,668
36.9 mi ✈ 9
5 NC 364 $10,305
42.3 mi ✈ 3
6 TN 116 $2,935
37.8 mi ✈ 2
7 AR 36 $1,523
63.1 mi ✈ 2
8 DC 5 $854
254.9 mi
9 NY 3 $738
367.0 mi ✈ 1
10 FL 4 $617
230.2 mi
11 GA 11 $518
70.3 mi
12 NJ 69 $302
6.5 mi
13 WV 7 $280
59.7 mi
14 DE 33 $48
2.2 mi ✈ 1
15 AL 9 $0
0.0 mi ✈ 1

By City

Top cities by total avoidable cost. These are your biggest geographic hotspots.

# City State WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Flew
1 Danville VA 57 $19,167
501.9 mi ✈ 5
2 Greenville SC 59 $7,096
179.5 mi ✈ 1
3 Newport News VA 130 $5,729
65.8 mi
4 Rutherfordton NC 9 $3,150
522.4 mi
5 LEESPORT PA 10 $2,906
433.8 mi ✈ 2
6 Philadelphia PA 50 $2,812
83.9 mi ✈ 1
7 Frederick MD 13 $1,970
226.2 mi
8 Richmond VA 25 $1,903
113.6 mi
9 Portsmouth VA 27 $1,743
96.3 mi
10 Charlotte NC 46 $1,268
41.1 mi ✈ 1
11 Virginia Beach VA 13 $1,191
136.8 mi
12 Lanham MD 5 $1,021
304.8 mi
13 Gaithersburg MD 5 $1,012
302.2 mi
14 Herndon VA 5 $1,004
299.9 mi ✈ 1
15 Summerville SC 7 $925
197.2 mi
16 Alexandria VA 6 $889
221.2 mi
17 Washington DC 5 $854
254.9 mi
18 Arlington VA 4 $819
305.5 mi
19 Silver Spring MD 5 $818
244.3 mi
20 Rockville MD 6 $758
188.5 mi
21 Charlottesville VA 7 $721
153.6 mi
22 Franklin VA 15 $639
63.6 mi
23 Annandale VA 3 $614
305.6 mi
24 Falls Church VA 3 $614
305.4 mi
25 COLUMBIA SC 6 $594
147.8 mi

By Coordinator

Coordinators whose dispatching decisions result in the most excess travel. High avg excess suggests systematic over-dispatching; high WO count with moderate excess suggests volume-driven impact.

# Coordinator WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Outliers Flew Actual Expense Techs Used
1 Melissa Owens 1,862 $101,230
81.1 mi 593 ✈ 34 $316,454 37

By Technician — Repeat Offenders

Techs who consistently travel far beyond the closest available option. High states-served count may indicate a roaming/national tech; high avg excess with few states suggests a misplaced home base.

# Technician WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Actual Dist Avg Excess Outliers Flew States Actual Expense
1 Praelow Cameron 271 $30,161
223 mi 166.1 mi 191 ✈ 5 8 $16,999
2 Christopher Carroll 59 $11,779
340 mi 298.0 mi 29 ✈ 6 7 $27,033
3 Michael Swingle 100 $10,064
188 mi 150.2 mi 36 ✈ 1 6 $14,638
4 Mark Stelter 19 $9,493
797 mi 745.7 mi 19 ✈ 1 1 $2,063
5 Rozier Cole 94 $7,803
205 mi 123.9 mi 48 ✈ 4 9 $22,097
6 Christopher Morning 148 $4,734
77 mi 47.7 mi 56 ✈ 1 3 $28,830
7 Joe Evans 42 $4,624
173 mi 164.3 mi 41 ✈ 1 1 $2,102
8 Kevin Cogdill 16 $3,103
298 mi 289.5 mi 16 1 $1,941
9 Todd Fogiel 155 $2,979
102 mi 28.7 mi 33 ✈ 3 7 $44,479
10 Eric Colon 103 $2,845
85 mi 41.2 mi 45 3 $26,335
11 Philip Krogstad 176 $2,529
40 mi 21.4 mi 9 2 $32,488
12 Michael Harris 113 $1,889
60 mi 25.0 mi 19 6 $24,510
13 Side Kick Technician 6 $1,743
444 mi 433.6 mi 6 1 $690
14 Pero Popovic 46 $1,189
52 mi 38.6 mi 9 ✈ 2 2 $14,930
15 James Duff 36 $1,130
81 mi 46.9 mi 6 ✈ 3 3 $11,954
16 Maximilian Tucker 72 $961
50 mi 19.9 mi 9 6 $263
17 Chris Galasso 174 $848
39 mi 7.3 mi 6 4 $22,976
18 Xiraiyah Coston 147 $245
30 mi 2.5 mi 1 ✈ 1 2 $2,148
19 Dustin Antolin 5 $89
94 mi 26.7 mi 0 1 $2,736
20 Brandon Green 31 $58
44 mi 2.8 mi 0 1 $5,653