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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
Also Known As…
- Systems Engineer
- Reliability Engineer
- Logistics 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 “Logistics Engineers”
- Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes.
- Review global, national, or regional transportation or logistics reports for ways to improve efficiency or minimize the environmental impact of logistics activities.
- Propose logistics solutions for customers.
- Develop or maintain cost estimates, forecasts, or cost models.
- Interview key staff or tour facilities to identify efficiency-improvement, cost-reduction, or service-delivery opportunities.
- Evaluate the use of inventory tracking technology, Web-based warehousing software, or intelligent conveyor systems to maximize plant or distribution center efficiency.
- 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.
- Prepare or validate documentation on automated logistics or maintenance-data reporting or management information systems.
- Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses.
- Develop logistic metrics, internal analysis tools, or key performance indicators for business units.
- Determine logistics support requirements, such as facility details, staffing needs, or safety or maintenance plans.
- Develop specifications for equipment, tools, facility layouts, or material-handling systems.
- Design comprehensive supply chains that minimize environmental impacts or costs.
- 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.
- Direct the work of logistics analysts.
- Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities.
- 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.
- 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.
- Design plant distribution centers.
- Create models or scenarios to predict the impact of changing circumstances, such as fuel costs, road pricing, energy taxes, or carbon emissions legislation.
- Develop or document reverse logistics management processes to ensure maximal efficiency of product recycling, reuse, or final disposal.
- Determine requirements for compliance with environmental certification standards.
- 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.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Computer laser printers
- Multimedia projection equipment
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Digital cameras
- Laptop computers
- Multimedia projectors
- Laser facsimile machines
- LOGSA SYSPARS
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Visio
- ITEM Software Spare Cost
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- IBM ILOG CPLEX/Dispatcher
- Prolog
- Microsoft Excel
- IBM Cognos Impromptu
- Oracle Java
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Warehouse management system WMS
- LOGSA COMPASS
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Relex FMEA
- Logistics Cost Estimating Tool
- Minitab
- ReliaSoft RCM++
- Logistics management information LMI database software
- i2 Transportation Modeler
- JMS Software RCM WorkSaver
- ReliaSoft XFMEA
- C++
- SAP Business Objects
- Reliability centered maintenance RCM software
- Microsoft Access
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- Oracle Hyperion
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Failure modes and effects analysis FMEA software
- SAP
- Reliass EAGLE
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Project
- Logistics Support Analysts SmartLogic
- ITEM Software ITEM ToolKit
- JDA Manugistics