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