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.
<ul><li>Determine logistics support requirements, such as facility details, staffing needs, or safety or maintenance plans.</li><li>Review contractual commitments, customer specifications, or related information to determine logistics or support requirements.</li><li>Propose logistics solutions for customers.</li><li>Direct the work of logistics analysts.</li><li>Evaluate effectiveness of current or future logistical processes.</li><li>Analyze or interpret logistics data involving customer service, forecasting, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, transportation, or warehousing.</li><li>Provide logistics technology or information for effective and efficient support of product, equipment, or system manufacturing or service.</li><li>Evaluate the use of inventory tracking technology, Web-based warehousing software, or intelligent conveyor systems to maximize plant or distribution center efficiency.</li><li>Develop logistic metrics, internal analysis tools, or key performance indicators for business units.</li><li>Prepare or validate documentation on automated logistics or maintenance-data reporting or management information systems.</li><li>Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities.</li><li>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.</li><li>Develop or maintain cost estimates, forecasts, or cost models.</li><li>Develop specifications for equipment, tools, facility layouts, or material-handling systems.</li><li>Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses.</li><li>Apply logistics modeling techniques to address issues such as operational process improvement or facility design or layout.</li><li>Prepare logistic strategies or conceptual designs for production facilities.</li><li>Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes.</li><li>Design comprehensive supply chains that minimize environmental impacts or costs.</li><li>Interview key staff or tour facilities to identify efficiency-improvement, cost-reduction, or service-delivery opportunities.</li></ul>