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