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