How do they match: Logistics Analysts

  • Product Control Analyst

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

  • 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.
  • Apply analytic methods or tools to understand, predict, or control logistics operations or processes.
  • Monitor industry standards, trends, or practices to identify developments in logistics planning or execution.
  • Provide ongoing analyses in areas such as transportation costs, parts procurement, back orders, or delivery processes.
  • Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.
  • Track product flow from origin to final delivery.
  • Write or revise standard operating procedures for logistics processes.

  • Develop business or financial information systems.
  • Develop financial analysis methods.
  • Analyze logistics processes.
  • Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
  • Monitor inventories of products or materials.
  • Monitor organizational processes.