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