Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
555
Total Travel Cost
$74,586
111,322 miles
Avoidable Cost
$56,484
84,305 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$18,102
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
151.9 mi
$101.77 per WO
Median Excess
29.2 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
48.6%
270 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 122 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$26,556
Labor - Travel
$14,108
Mileage
$513
Lodging
$6,638
Airfare
$1,546
Car Rental
$442
Per Diem
$2,300
Meals
$0
Other
$1,009

🎯 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 FCO 158 $33,382
59.1%
315.3 mi 88 $2,798 8
2 Bed Services 164 $16,789
29.7%
152.8 mi 164 $6,056 2
3 Kiosk 109 $3,755
6.6%
51.4 mi 9 $682 4
4 Healthcare Provider 108 $1,575
2.8%
21.8 mi 7 $12,890 5
5 Lab/Power 4 $984
1.7%
366.9 mi 2 ✈ 1 $2,737 2
6 EMS 9 $0
0%
0.0 mi 0 $788 1

By State

States with the highest total avoidable travel cost.

# State WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Flew
1 IN 555 $56,484
151.9 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 NOBLESVILLE IN 85 $32,472
570.2 mi
2 Terre Haute IN 166 $16,789
151.0 mi
3 Warsaw IN 13 $255
29.2 mi
4 INDIANAPOLIS IN 13 $231
26.5 mi
5 Jeffersonville IN 3 $153
76.5 mi
6 Fort Wayne IN 7 $101
21.5 mi
7 Indianapolis IN 89 $44
0.7 mi
8 Gas City IN 3 $44
22.0 mi
9 Anderson IN 8 $43
7.9 mi
10 elkhart IN 9 $42
6.9 mi
11 Kokomo IN 5 $38
11.2 mi
12 Elkhart IN 9 $38
6.2 mi
13 Mishawaka IN 3 $35
17.2 mi
14 South Bend IN 4 $31
11.5 mi
15 Bloomington IN 7 $24
5.1 mi
16 Lafayette IN 7 $20
4.4 mi
17 Greenwood IN 4 $13
4.7 mi
18 Muncie IN 5 $11
3.4 mi
19 GREENSBURG IN 4 $9
3.6 mi
20 Carmel IN 4 $2
0.7 mi
21 WESTFIELD IN 3 $0
0.0 mi
22 FORT WAYNE IN 4 $0
0.0 mi
23 Indianapolis, IN 3 $0
0.0 mi
24 Fishers IN 5 $0
0.0 mi
25 Noblesville IN 6 $0
0.0 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 Allison Belyea 80 $30,996
578.3 mi 80 1
2 Charles Ramen 342 $17,494
76.3 mi 168 ✈ 1 $21,466 7
3 Rhea Berry 21 $1,940
137.9 mi 7 $1,355 3
4 Laura Hill 19 $77
6.1 mi 0 $147 1
5 Cristina Everetts 11 $0
0.0 mi 0 $109 1

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 Fady Messak 80 $30,996
603 mi 578.3 mi 80 1
2 Jim Kingery 140 $15,542
244 mi 165.7 mi 140 1 $5,704
3 Scott R Roberts 33 $1,248
133 mi 56.4 mi 24 1 $1,140
4 Mike Huffman 7 $957
249 mi 204.2 mi 7 1 $830
5 Vincent Nyathi 181 $931
35 mi 7.7 mi 4 1 $9,449
6 Jon Kuehl 27 $231
90 mi 12.8 mi 1 1 $2,736
7 Jackson Reeves 70 $9
43 mi 0.2 mi 0 1 $1,662