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Job Description
Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost containment, capacity enhancement, routing and shipment optimization, or information management.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1081.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Logistics Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Logistics Engineers
- Systems Engineer
- Reliability Engineer
- Logistics Engineer
- Procurement Engineer
- Logistics System Engineer
- Logistics Research Engineer
- Logistics Planning Engineer
- Logistics Engineering Manager
- Integrated Logistics Operations Manager
- Cost Reduction Engineer
- Cost Estimating Engineer
- Cost Engineer
Tasks for “Continuous Improvement Specialist”
- Prepare logistic strategies or conceptual designs for production facilities.
- Provide logistical facility or capacity planning analyses for distribution or transportation functions.
- Develop specifications for equipment, tools, facility layouts, or material-handling systems.
- Develop or document reverse logistics management processes to ensure maximal efficiency of product recycling, reuse, or final disposal.
- Develop logistic metrics, internal analysis tools, or key performance indicators for business units.
- Prepare or validate documentation on automated logistics or maintenance-data reporting or management information systems.
- Interview key staff or tour facilities to identify efficiency-improvement, cost-reduction, or service-delivery opportunities.
- Determine requirements for compliance with environmental certification standards.
- Evaluate the use of technologies, such as global positioning systems (GPS), radio-frequency identification (RFID), route navigation software, or satellite linkup systems, to improve transportation efficiency.
- Conduct environmental audits for logistics activities, such as storage, distribution, or transportation.
- Direct the work of logistics analysts.
- Review contractual commitments, customer specifications, or related information to determine logistics or support requirements.
- Evaluate effectiveness of current or future logistical processes.
- Design comprehensive supply chains that minimize environmental impacts or costs.
- Develop or maintain cost estimates, forecasts, or cost models.
- Determine feasibility of designing new facilities or modifying existing facilities, based on factors such as cost, available space, schedule, technical requirements, or ergonomics.
- Apply logistics modeling techniques to address issues such as operational process improvement or facility design or layout.
- Review global, national, or regional transportation or logistics reports for ways to improve efficiency or minimize the environmental impact of logistics activities.
- Propose logistics solutions for customers.
- Develop or document procedures to minimize or mitigate carbon output resulting from the movement of materials or products.
- Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses.
- Analyze or interpret logistics data involving customer service, forecasting, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, transportation, or warehousing.
- Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities.
- Create models or scenarios to predict the impact of changing circumstances, such as fuel costs, road pricing, energy taxes, or carbon emissions legislation.
- Design plant distribution centers.
- Assess the environmental impact or energy efficiency of logistics activities, using carbon mitigation software.
- Provide logistics technology or information for effective and efficient support of product, equipment, or system manufacturing or service.
- Evaluate the use of inventory tracking technology, Web-based warehousing software, or intelligent conveyor systems to maximize plant or distribution center efficiency.
- Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes.
- Determine logistics support requirements, such as facility details, staffing needs, or safety or maintenance plans.
Related Technology & Tools
- Digital cameras
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Multimedia projection equipment
- Laser facsimile machines
- Laptop computers
- Computer laser printers
- Desktop computers
- Personal computers
- Multimedia projectors
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- C++
- SAP Business Objects
- Microsoft SharePoint
- i2 Transportation Modeler
- ReliaSoft XFMEA
- ITEM Software ITEM ToolKit
- Microsoft Project
- Reliability centered maintenance RCM software
- Microsoft Visio
- Minitab
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Logistics Support Analysts SmartLogic
- ITEM Software Spare Cost
- Microsoft Office
- Relex FMEA
- JMS Software RCM WorkSaver
- Logistics management information LMI database software
- Oracle Java
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- IBM ILOG CPLEX/Dispatcher
- Warehouse management system WMS
- Failure modes and effects analysis FMEA software
- LOGSA SYSPARS
- Oracle Hyperion
- Microsoft Excel
- Reliass EAGLE
- JDA Manugistics
- LOGSA COMPASS
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- IBM Cognos Impromptu
- Prolog
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- Logistics Cost Estimating Tool
- SAP
- Microsoft Word
- ReliaSoft RCM++
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Access