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Employment Percentage
14.62400928
SOC ID
13-1081
SOC Title
Logisticians
ONET ID
13-1081.01
ONET Concat ID
13108101
Median Salary
84436.55
Ed Level High School
0
Ed Level Certificate
5
Ed Level Some College
5
Ed Level Associates
10
Ed Level Bachelors
75
Ed Level Masters
5
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a Bachelor's degree
Career 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.
Core Tasks
  • Propose logistics solutions for customers.
  • Develop logistic metrics, internal analysis tools, or key performance indicators for business units.
  • Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses.
  • Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities.
  • Review contractual commitments, customer specifications, or related information to determine logistics or support requirements.
  • Evaluate effectiveness of current or future logistical processes.
  • Prepare logistic strategies or conceptual designs for production facilities.
  • Provide logistics technology or information for effective and efficient support of product, equipment, or system manufacturing or service.
  • Develop or maintain cost estimates, forecasts, or cost models.
  • Determine logistics support requirements, such as facility details, staffing needs, or safety or maintenance plans.
  • Analyze or interpret logistics data involving customer service, forecasting, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, transportation, or warehousing.
  • Direct the work of logistics analysts.
  • Evaluate the use of inventory tracking technology, Web-based warehousing software, or intelligent conveyor systems to maximize plant or distribution center efficiency.
  • Develop specifications for equipment, tools, facility layouts, or material-handling systems.
  • Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes.
  • Apply logistics modeling techniques to address issues, such as operational process improvement or facility design or layout.
  • Determine requirements for compliance with environmental certification standards.
  • Create models or scenarios to predict the impact of changing circumstances, such as fuel costs, road pricing, energy taxes, or carbon emissions legislation.
  • 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.
  • Interview key staff or tour facilities to identify efficiency-improvement, cost-reduction, or service-delivery opportunities.
  • Design plant distribution centers.
  • 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.
Start Annual Earnings
53511.64
Top Annual Earnings
132278.87
EMSI Career Title Slug
logistics-engineer