Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
2,224
Total Travel Cost
$169,090
252,373 miles
Avoidable Cost
$144,968
216,370 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$24,122
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
97.3 mi
$65.18 per WO
Median Excess
4.3 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
18.5%
411 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 145 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$97,784
Labor - Travel
$10,733
Mileage
$0
Lodging
$26,715
Airfare
$27,050
Car Rental
$12,518
Per Diem
$9,825
Meals
$0
Other
$10,943

🎯 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 Lab/Power 2,224 $144,968
100%
97.3 mi 411 ✈ 39 $97,784 34

By State

States with the highest total avoidable travel cost.

# State WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Flew
1 TX 196 $27,872
212.2 mi ✈ 2
2 CA 322 $21,735
100.7 mi ✈ 8
3 CO 19 $17,177
1,349.3 mi ✈ 6
4 NM 71 $16,974
356.8 mi ✈ 1
5 OR 10 $10,581
1,579.2 mi ✈ 3
6 MI 14 $5,715
609.3 mi
7 MA 1,388 $5,085
5.5 mi
8 MN 8 $4,378
816.8 mi
9 WA 6 $3,585
891.8 mi ✈ 2
10 PA 17 $3,540
310.8 mi ✈ 4
11 AL 7 $2,655
566.0 mi ✈ 3
12 OK 17 $2,320
203.6 mi
13 IL 6 $1,877
466.8 mi ✈ 1
14 GA 7 $1,804
384.5 mi ✈ 1
15 NY 10 $1,649
246.1 mi
16 NC 9 $1,284
212.9 mi
17 SC 11 $1,018
138.2 mi ✈ 1
18 DE 23 $987
64.0 mi ✈ 1
19 IN 4 $984
366.9 mi ✈ 1
20 VA 4 $803
299.7 mi

By City

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

# City State WOs Avoidable Cost Impact Avg Excess Flew
1 Albuquerque NM 71 $16,974
356.8 mi ✈ 1
2 Houston TX 26 $13,948
800.7 mi
3 Hillsboro OR 5 $5,387
1,607.9 mi ✈ 2
4 Golden CO 7 $5,361
1,143.0 mi ✈ 2
5 Adrian MI 13 $5,331
612.1 mi
6 Billerica MA 1,337 $4,118
4.6 mi
7 LEESPORT PA 11 $3,077
417.4 mi ✈ 2
8 Redwood City CA 36 $2,372
98.3 mi ✈ 2
9 Chanhassen MN 3 $2,197
1,092.9 mi
10 Oklahoma City OK 15 $2,076
206.5 mi
11 Longmont CO 3 $1,928
959.1 mi ✈ 3
12 Menlo Park CA 3 $1,778
884.2 mi
13 Austin TX 12 $1,621
201.6 mi
14 Dallas TX 22 $1,572
106.7 mi
15 REDWOOD CITY CA 8 $1,186
221.3 mi ✈ 1
16 Burnet TX 5 $1,141
340.5 mi
17 Round Rock TX 20 $1,067
79.6 mi
18 Irving TX 15 $1,045
103.9 mi
19 Wilmington DE 11 $987
133.9 mi
20 Waco TX 9 $973
161.3 mi
21 BISHOP TX 9 $742
123.1 mi
22 Henrietta NY 3 $634
315.4 mi
23 SUNNYVALE CA 3 $572
284.8 mi ✈ 2
24 East Taunton MA 23 $526
34.1 mi
25 Garland TX 8 $517
96.4 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 Kim Pearson 1,121 $73,748
98.2 mi 86 6
2 Kaitlyn Kelch 92 $21,358
346.5 mi 82 ✈ 9 $14,431 5
3 Chris Bakkemo 24 $13,821
859.5 mi 24 1
4 Leona Coonrod 448 $12,828
42.7 mi 143 ✈ 2 $8,116 5
5 Michael Burris 80 $9,483
176.9 mi 44 ✈ 15 $50,645 8
6 Tami Dawe 314 $8,062
38.3 mi 17 $255 3
7 Melissa Owens 32 $2,919
136.1 mi 10 ✈ 7 $10,599 5
8 Rhea Berry 5 $861
257.1 mi 2 ✈ 1 $3,102 4
9 Abby Jinerson 5 $285
85.2 mi 1 ✈ 2 $3,573 3
10 Kourtney Smith 18 $199
16.5 mi 1 $770 3
11 MICHAEL MCNAMARA 5 $15
4.5 mi 0 2
12 Charles Ramen 15 $0
0.0 mi 0 ✈ 3 $5,390 3

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 Minh Huynh 58 $36,724
965 mi 945.0 mi 51 24
2 Shawn Kelley 23 $24,965
1,654 mi 1,620.1 mi 23 12
3 Ben Heinz 73 $16,974
358 mi 347.0 mi 71 ✈ 2 3 $4,071
4 Chris Bakkemo 24 $13,821
867 mi 859.5 mi 24 1
5 VPD Bench 1,335 $12,210
14 mi 13.7 mi 19 7 $255
6 Charles Sellon 12 $7,903
1,195 mi 983.0 mi 10 8
7 Maria Davis 98 $7,878
139 mi 120.0 mi 90 3 $3,567
8 Kwame Cobb 48 $7,669
363 mi 238.5 mi 42 ✈ 14 5 $47,309
9 Curtis Sprague 19 $6,845
739 mi 537.7 mi 12 ✈ 9 6 $13,870
10 Jose Gutierrez 84 $4,702
96 mi 83.5 mi 49 ✈ 2 3 $5,269
11 Rozier Cole 26 $2,928
294 mi 168.1 mi 10 ✈ 4 5 $7,248
12 Hermilo Solano 64 $831
30 mi 19.4 mi 1 1 $208
13 Larry Alberty 109 $647
26 mi 8.9 mi 7 1
14 Mike McNamara 26 $355
21 mi 20.4 mi 0 1
15 Ronnie Salone 9 $220
649 mi 36.6 mi 1 ✈ 5 6 $7,392
16 Pete Ramos 16 $170
88 mi 15.9 mi 1 5 $583
17 Steven Bionelli 24 $62
4 mi 3.9 mi 0 1
18 Tim Dinh 5 $36
11 mi 10.8 mi 0 2
19 Jermaine Hernandez 8 $0
0 mi 0.0 mi 0 1
20 Nidal Al-Sharif 26 $0
0 mi 0.0 mi 0 1