Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed

996

Total Travel Cost

$161,819

241,521 miles

Avoidable Cost

$151,430

226,015 excess miles

Optimal Cost

$10,389

If closest tech always used

Avg Excess / WO

226.9 mi

$152.04 per WO

Median Excess

6.8 mi

Outlier Rate (>50mi)

35.3%

352 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 111 WOs with expense data

Total Expenses

$43,387

Labor - Travel

Mileage

Lodging

$13,824

Airfare

$9,485

Car Rental

$4,698

Per Diem

$3,500

Meals

Other

$11,880

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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 811 WOs

$108,245

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 215.9 mi

Avg Excess: 199.2 mi

Total Excess: 161,560 mi

Outlier Rate: 32.1%

Reactive 185 WOs

$43,185

Avoidable Travel Cost

Avg Actual: 358.9 mi

Avg Excess: 348.4 mi

Total Excess: 64,455 mi

Outlier Rate: 49.7%

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	Excess Distribution
PSM	764	217.4 mi	200.3 mi	152,999	$102,509
P5	232	325.1 mi	314.7 mi	73,016	$48,921