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