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