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Logistics Analysts - 13-1081.02

O*NET-SOC 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 of Reported Job Titles

Global Logistics Analyst
Logistics Analyst
Logistics Management Analyst

Material Supply Planner
Supply Chain Analyst
Transportation Analyst

SOC Occupation Groups

13-0000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations
13-1000	Business Operations Specialists
13-1080	Logisticians and Project Management Specialists
13-1081.00	Logisticians
13-1081.02	Logistics Analysts

Related Occupations

11-3061.00	Purchasing Managers
11-3071.00	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
11-3071.04	Supply Chain Managers
13-1023.00	Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
13-1081.00	Logisticians Bright Outlook
13-1081.01	Logistics Engineers
13-1082.00	Project Management Specialists
43-3061.00	Procurement Clerks
43-5011.00	Cargo and Freight Agents
43-5061.00	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Tasks

Analyze logistics data, using methods such as data mining, data modeling, or cost or benefit analysis.
Apply analytic methods or tools to understand, predict, or control logistics operations or processes.
Arrange for sale or lease of excess storage or transport capacity to minimize losses or inefficiencies associated with empty space.
Communicate with or monitor service providers, such as ocean carriers, air freight forwarders, global consolidators, customs brokers, or trucking companies.
Compare locations or environmental policies of carriers or suppliers to make transportation decisions with lower environmental impact.
Compute reporting metrics, such as on-time delivery rates, order fulfillment rates, or inventory turns.
Confer with logistics management teams to determine ways to optimize service levels, maintain supply-chain efficiency, or minimize cost.
Contact carriers for rates or schedules.
Contact potential vendors to determine material availability.
Determine packaging requirements.
Develop or maintain freight rate databases for use by supply chain departments to determine the most economical modes of transportation.
Develop or maintain models for logistics uses, such as cost estimating or demand forecasting.
Develop or maintain payment systems to ensure accuracy of vendor payments.
Enter carbon-output or environmental-impact data into spreadsheets or environmental management or auditing software programs.
Enter logistics-related data into databases.
Identify opportunities for inventory reductions.
Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.
Maintain databases of logistics information.
Maintain logistics records in accordance with corporate policies.
Manage systems to ensure that pricing structures adequately reflect logistics costing.
Monitor industry standards, trends, or practices to identify developments in logistics planning or execution.
Monitor inventory transactions at warehouse facilities to assess receiving, storage, shipping, or inventory integrity.
Prepare reports on logistics performance measures.
Provide ongoing analyses in areas such as transportation costs, parts procurement, back orders, or delivery processes.
Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.
Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers.
Reorganize shipping schedules to consolidate loads, maximize vehicle usage, or limit the movement of empty vehicles or containers.
Review procedures, such as distribution or inventory management, to ensure maximum efficiency or minimum cost.
Route or reroute drivers in real time with remote route navigation software, satellite linkup systems, or global positioning systems (GPS) to improve operational efficiencies.
Track product flow from origin to final delivery.
Write or revise standard operating procedures for logistics processes.

Detailed Work Activities

Advise others on logistics topics.
Analyze industry trends.
Analyze logistics processes.
Apply mathematical models of financial or business conditions.
Calculate data to inform organizational operations.
Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
Coordinate logistics or other business operations.
Develop business or financial information systems.
Develop financial analysis methods.
Discuss business strategies, practices, or policies with managers.
Establish organizational guidelines or policies.
Evaluate logistics methods to reduce environmental impact.
Execute sales or other financial transactions.
Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
Maintain data in information systems or databases.
Monitor inventories of products or materials.
Monitor organizational processes.
Obtain information about goods or services.
Prepare financial documents.
Prepare operational reports.

Military Crosswalk Titles

Acquisition Specialist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Acquisition Specialist (Navy - Enlisted)
Aircraft Material Control and Allocation Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
AIRSpeed Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Ammunition Inventory Management Specialist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Ammunition Logistics Manager (Navy - Enlisted)
Ammunition Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Automated Logistical Specialist (Army - Enlisted)
Aviation Logistician (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Aviation Maintenance Administrationman (Navy - Enlisted)
Aviation Maintenance Data Specialist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Aviation Supply Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
Aviation Support Equipment Asset Manager (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Contracting (Air Force - Enlisted)
Contracting Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
Contracting Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
Contracting Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
Contracting Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
Contracting Manager (Air Force - Enlisted)
Contracting Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) (Army - Enlisted)
Contracting Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
Designated Project Integrated Logistics Systems Coordinator (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Electronics Logistics Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Enlisted AIRSpeed Coordinator (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Enlisted Aviation Logistician (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Expeditionary Force Logistic Support (LS) - Deployed (Navy - Enlisted)
Expeditionary Force Logistic Support (LS) - Not Deployed (Navy - Enlisted)
Expeditionary Logistics Instructor (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
Expeditionary Logistics Instructor (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Expeditionary Logistics Specialist (Navy - Enlisted)
Fleet Management And Analysis (Air Force - Enlisted)
Fleet Management And Analysis Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
Fleet Management And Analysis Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
Fleet Management And Analysis Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
Fleet Management And Analysis Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
Fuel Logistics Planning Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Ground Supply Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
Ground Supply Operations Officer (Marine Corps - Warrant Officer only)
Health Services Materiel (Army - Commissioned Officer only)
Inventory Control Methods Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Landing Support Specialist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Logistician (Navy - Enlisted)
Logistics (Army - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Commander (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Manager (Navy - Enlisted)
Logistics Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Logistics Plans (Air Force - Enlisted)
Logistics Plans Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
Logistics Plans Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
Logistics Plans Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
Logistics Plans Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
Logistics Plans Manager (Air Force - Enlisted)
Logistics Plans Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
Logistics Readiness (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Readiness, ABM (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Readiness, Airlift (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Readiness, Bomber (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Readiness, C2ISREW (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Readiness, Fighter (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Readiness, General (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Readiness, Helicopter or EWO (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Readiness, RPA (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)

Logistics Readiness, Special Operations (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Readiness, Tanker (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Readiness, Trainer (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Logistics Specialist (Navy - Enlisted)
Logistics Specialist (Submarine) (Navy - Enlisted)
Logistics Support Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
Logistics/Embarkation Specialist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Logistics/Mobility Chief (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Planning Specialist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Material Management Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned Officer only)
Materiel Management (Air Force - Enlisted)
Materiel Management Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
Materiel Management Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
Materiel Management Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
Materiel Management Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
Materiel Management Manager (Air Force - Enlisted)
Materiel Management Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
Mobility Officer (Army - Warrant Officer only)
Mobility Officer (Marine Corps - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Munitions and Missile Maintenance (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Munitions and Missile Maintenance, Conventional (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Munitions and Missile Maintenance, ICBM (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Munitions and Missile Maintenance, Nuclear (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
Naval Control of Shipping (NCS) Staff Assistant (Navy - Enlisted)
Naval Engineering Logistics Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Officer in Charge/Assistant Officer in Charge, Combat Service Support Team (Navy - Commissioned Officer only)
Operational Contract Support Specialist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Operational Logistics Planner (Navy - Commissioned Officer only)
Optimized Naval Aviation Logistic Command Operations Maintenance Information System (NALCOMIS) Intermediate Maintenance Activity (IMA) Aviation Supply Systems Specialist (Navy - Enlisted)
Ordnance Quality Assurance/Safety Observer (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Property Accounting Technician (Army - Warrant Officer only)
Quartermaster Officer (Army - Commissioned Officer only)
Quartermaster, General (Army - Commissioned Officer only)
Relational Supply (Force) Technician (Navy - Enlisted)
Relational Supply Force Advance Technical Specialist (Navy - Enlisted)
Relational Supply Unit Technical Specialist (Navy - Enlisted)
Senior Noncommissioned Logistician (Army - Enlisted)
Shipping Coordination Center Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Shipping Coordination Team Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Staff Electronic Material Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Staff Weapons Material Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Stock Control Officer, Requirements (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Storekeeper (Coast Guard - Enlisted)
Submarine Logistician (Navy - Enlisted)
Supply Chain and Materiel Management Specialist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Supply Field Services Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Supply Logistics Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Supply Plans Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Supply Systems Technician (Army - Warrant Officer only)
Traffic Management Operations (Air Force - Enlisted)
Traffic Management Operations Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
Traffic Management Operations Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
Traffic Management Operations Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
Traffic Management Operations Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
Traffic Management Operations Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
Transportation Management Coordinator (Army - Enlisted)
Undersea Weapons Project Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Unit Deployment Manager (Air Force - Enlisted)
Weapons Control Systems Project Officer (General) (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Weapons Control Systems Project Officer (Surface) (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Weapons Distribution Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Weapons Equipment Project Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
Weapons Logistics Officer (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

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