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Summary Description


	Analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing.

Sample Job Titles

1.	Acquisition Analyst

2.	Acquisitions Logistics Analyst

3.	Global Logistics Analyst

4.	Inventory Manager

5.	Logistics Analyst

6.	Logistics Management Specialist

7.	Logistics Manager

8.	Logistics Specialist

9.	Operations Logistics Analyst

10.	Procurement Analyst

11.	Procurement Specialist

12.	Product Control and Logistics Analyst

13.	Provisioning Analyst

14.	Reverse Logistics Analyst

15.	Supply Chain Analyst

16.	Supply Chain Specialist

17.	Supply Technician

18.	Sustainment Logistics Analyst

Job Tasks

	Maintain databases of logistics information. Maintain data in information systems or databases.

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

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

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

	Prepare reports on logistics performance measures. Prepare operational reports.

	Confer with logistics management teams to determine ways to optimize service levels, maintain supply-chain efficiency, or minimize cost. Discuss business strategies, practices, or policies with managers.

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

	Track product flow from origin to final delivery. Monitor inventories of products or materials.

	Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes. Advise others on logistics topics.

	Enter logistics-related data into databases. Maintain data in information systems or databases.

	Develop or maintain models for logistics uses, such as cost estimating or demand forecasting. Apply mathematical models of financial or business conditions. Develop financial analysis methods.

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

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

	Monitor inventory transactions at warehouse facilities to assess receiving, storage, shipping, or inventory integrity. Monitor inventories of products or materials.

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

	Maintain logistics records in accordance with corporate policies. Maintain data in information systems or databases.

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

	Compute reporting metrics, such as on-time delivery rates, order fulfillment rates, or inventory turns. Calculate data to inform organizational operations.

	Manage systems to ensure that pricing structures adequately reflect logistics costing. Coordinate logistics or other business operations.

	Write or revise standard operating procedures for logistics processes. Establish organizational guidelines or policies. Prepare financial documents.

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

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

	Reorganize shipping schedules to consolidate loads, maximize vehicle usage, or limit the movement of empty vehicles or containers. Evaluate logistics methods to reduce environmental impact.

	Identify opportunities for inventory reductions. Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.

	Determine packaging requirements.

	Contact potential vendors to determine material availability. Obtain information about goods or services.

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

	Arrange for sale or lease of excess storage or transport capacity to minimize losses or inefficiencies associated with empty space. Execute sales or other financial transactions.

	Contact carriers for rates or schedules. Obtain information about goods or services.

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

	Enter carbon-output or environmental-impact data into spreadsheets or environmental management or auditing software programs. Maintain data in information systems or databases.

Work Activities

Importance	Work Activity

Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.

Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.

Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.

Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.

Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.

Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Staffing Organizational Units — Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.

Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment — Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.

Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.

Nature of the Work


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Logisticians
	Logisticians analyze and coordinate an organization's supply chain—the system that moves a product from supplier to consumer. They manage the entire life cycle of a product, which includes how a product is acquired, distributed, allocated, and delivered.

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Working Conditions


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Logisticians
	Logisticians work in nearly every industry. The job can be stressful because logistical work is fast-paced. Most logisticians work full time during regular business hours.

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