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