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