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