Logistics Analysts

Maintain databases of logistics information.

Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.

Provide ongoing analyses in areas such as transportation costs, parts procurement, back orders, or delivery processes.

Develop or maintain payment systems to ensure accuracy of vendor payments.

Prepare reports on logistics performance measures.

Confer with logistics management teams to determine ways to optimize service levels, maintain supply-chain efficiency, or minimize cost.

Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers.

Track product flow from origin to final delivery.

Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.

Enter logistics-related data into databases.

Develop or maintain models for logistics uses, such as cost estimating or demand forecasting.

Review procedures, such as distribution or inventory management, to ensure maximum efficiency or minimum cost.

Apply analytic methods or tools to understand, predict, or control logistics operations or processes.

Monitor inventory transactions at warehouse facilities to assess receiving, storage, shipping, or inventory integrity.

Analyze logistics data, using methods such as data mining, data modeling, or cost or benefit analysis.

Maintain logistics records in accordance with corporate policies.

Develop or maintain freight rate databases for use by supply chain departments to determine the most economical modes of transportation.

Compute reporting metrics, such as on-time delivery rates, order fulfillment rates, or inventory turns.

Manage systems to ensure that pricing structures adequately reflect logistics costing.

Write or revise standard operating procedures for logistics processes.

Communicate with or monitor service providers, such as ocean carriers, air freight forwarders, global consolidators, customs brokers, or trucking companies.

Monitor industry standards, trends, or practices to identify developments in logistics planning or execution.

Reorganize shipping schedules to consolidate loads, maximize vehicle usage, or limit the movement of empty vehicles or containers.

Identify opportunities for inventory reductions.

Contact potential vendors to determine material availability.

Determine packaging requirements.

Route or reroute drivers in real time with remote route navigation software, satellite linkup systems, or global positioning systems (GPS) to improve operational efficiencies.

Arrange for sale or lease of excess storage or transport capacity to minimize losses or inefficiencies associated with empty space.

Contact carriers for rates or schedules.

Compare locations or environmental policies of carriers or suppliers to make transportation decisions with lower environmental impact.

Enter carbon-output or environmental-impact data into spreadsheets or environmental management or auditing software programs.