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