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