Travel & Margin Analysis

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

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WOs Analyzed
5,411
Total Travel Cost
$311,401
464,777 miles
Avoidable Cost
$197,828
295,265 excess miles
Optimal Cost
$113,640
If closest tech always used
Avg Excess / WO
54.5 mi
$36.55 per WO
Median Excess
11.2 mi
Outlier Rate (>50mi)
23.7%
1,281 WOs

Actual Travel Expenses

From 3,650 WOs with expense data
Total Expenses
$1,352,807
Labor - Travel
$1,157,198
Mileage
$631
Lodging
$78,151
Airfare
$33,320
Car Rental
$23,850
Per Diem
$28,450
Meals
$0
Other
$31,207

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 2,723 WOs
$140,656
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 104.8 mi
Avg Excess: 77.1 mi
Total Excess: 209,935 mi
Outlier Rate: 34.6%
Reactive 2,688 WOs
$57,171
Avoidable Travel Cost
Avg Actual: 66.7 mi
Avg Excess: 31.7 mi
Total Excess: 85,330 mi
Outlier Rate: 12.6%

Monthly Travel Cost Trend

Cost by Priority

PSM/PC (planned) priorities should have the lowest excess — they have the most scheduling flexibility.

PriorityWOsAvg ActualAvg ExcessTotal Excess MilesAvoidable CostExcess Distribution
PSM 1,762 106.1 mi 78.4 mi 138,217 $92,605
P4 2,386 65.8 mi 27.6 mi 65,849 $44,119
PC 269 131.7 mi 91.0 mi 24,584 $16,471
P5 429 72.0 mi 56.4 mi 24,189 $16,207
P7 165 173.2 mi 145.3 mi 23,976 $16,064
P3 399 64.6 mi 45.8 mi 18,281 $12,248
P2 1 192.5 mi 169.3 mi 169 $113