Logistics Engineers — Tasks

Task statements

• Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities.
• Analyze or interpret logistics data involving customer service, forecasting, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, transportation, or warehousing.
• 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.
• Develop logistic metrics, internal analysis tools, or key performance indicators for business units.
• Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes.
• Interview key staff or tour facilities to identify efficiency-improvement, cost-reduction, or service-delivery opportunities.
• Apply logistics modeling techniques to address issues, such as operational process improvement or facility design or layout.
• Design plant distribution centers.
• Review contractual commitments, customer specifications, or related information to determine logistics or support requirements.
• Evaluate the use of inventory tracking technology, Web-based warehousing software, or intelligent conveyor systems to maximize plant or distribution center efficiency.
• Propose logistics solutions for customers.
• Develop or maintain cost estimates, forecasts, or cost models.
• Prepare or validate documentation on automated logistics or maintenance-data reporting or management information systems.
• Provide logistical facility or capacity planning analyses for distribution or transportation functions.
• Determine feasibility of designing new facilities or modifying existing facilities, based on factors such as cost, available space, schedule, technical requirements, or ergonomics.
• Design comprehensive supply chains that minimize environmental impacts or costs.
• Create models or scenarios to predict the impact of changing circumstances, such as fuel costs, road pricing, energy taxes, or carbon emissions legislation.
• 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.
• Provide logistics technology or information for effective and efficient support of product, equipment, or system manufacturing or service.
• Evaluate effectiveness of current or future logistical processes.
• Direct the work of logistics analysts.
• 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 requirements for compliance with environmental certification standards.
• Develop or document procedures to minimize or mitigate carbon output resulting from the movement of materials or products.
• Conduct environmental audits for logistics activities, such as storage, distribution, or transportation.
• 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.
• Assess the environmental impact or energy efficiency of logistics activities, using carbon mitigation software.