How do they match: Logistics Analysts

  • Supply Chain Systems Analyst

  • 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.
  • Confer with logistics management teams to determine ways to optimize service levels, maintain supply-chain efficiency, or minimize cost.
  • 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.
  • Manage systems to ensure that pricing structures adequately reflect logistics costing.
  • Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers.
  • Route or reroute drivers in real time with remote route navigation software, satellite linkup systems, or global positioning systems (GPS) to improve operational efficiencies.

  • Develop business or financial information systems.
  • Evaluate logistics methods to reduce environmental impact.
  • Maintain data in information systems or databases.
  • Obtain information about goods or services.