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