Details Report for:
13-1081.02 - Logistics Analysts
Analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing.
This title represents an occupation for which data collection is currently underway.
Tasks | Interests | Work Values | Education | Wages & Employment
Tasks Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Analyze logistics data, using methods such as data mining, data modeling, and cost or benefit analysis.
- Apply analytic methods and tools to understand, predict, or control logistics operations and processes.
- Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing and distribution, supplier management, and transportation.
- Compute reporting metrics, such as on-time delivery rates, order fulfillment rates, and inventory turns.
- Confer with logistics management teams to determine ways to optimize service levels, maintain supply-chain efficiency, and minimize cost.
- Develop and maintain models for logistics uses, such as cost estimating and demand forecasting.
- 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 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, and delivery processes.
- Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.
- Review procedures such as distribution and inventory management to ensure maximum efficiency and minimum cost.
- Track product flow from origin to final delivery.
- Write or revise standard operating procedures for logistics processes.
- Communicate with and monitor service providers, such as ocean carriers, air freight forwarders, global consolidators, customs brokers, and trucking companies.
- Contact carriers for rates or schedules.
- Contact potential vendors to determine material availability.
- Determine packaging requirements.
- Develop and maintain freight rate databases for use by supply chain departments to determine the most economical modes of transportation.
- Develop and maintain payment systems to ensure accuracy of vendor payments.
- Enter logistics-related data into databases.
- Identify opportunities for inventory reductions.
- Monitor industry standards, trends, or practices to identify developments in logistics planning or execution.
Interests Save Table (XLS/CSV)
 Occupational Interest |
Interest |
|
|---|---|---|
83   |
Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. | |
| 56 |
Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. | |
| 39 |
Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. | |
| 28 |
Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. | |
| 6 |
Artistic — Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. | |
| 6 |
Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. | |
Work Values Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Extent |
Work Value |
|
|---|---|---|
| 67 |
Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. | |
| 67 |
Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employs to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. | |
| 61 |
Recognition — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. | |
| 56 |
Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. | |
| 50 |
Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. | |
| 45 |
Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. | |
Education
Education data collected from Logisticians.
Percentage of Respondents |
Education Level Attained |
|---|---|
| 43 |
Bachelor's degree or higher |
| 38 |
Some college |
| 19 |
High school or less |
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
survey of employees aged 25-44.
Wages & Employment Trends
National
Median wages data collected from Logisticians.
Employment data collected from Logisticians.
| Category | Occupation Information |
|---|---|
| Median wages (2008) | $31.96 hourly, $66,480 annual |
| Employment (2006) | 83,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2006-2016) | 
Faster than average (14% to 20%)
|
| Projected need (2006-2016) | 27,000 additional employees |
State & National
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2008 wage data
and 2006-2016 employment projections
.
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2006-2016). "Projected need" represents job openings due to growth and net replacement.