Logisticians
On the Job
Logisticians analyze and coordinate the logistics for a company or organization. They are responsible for overseeing the entire life cycle of a product, including planning, purchasing, distribution, delivery, and disposal of waste.
Typical Work Tasks
People who work in this career often:
- Confer with personnel to coordinate business operations.
- Obtain information about goods or services.
- Report information to managers or other personnel.
- Analyze environmental regulations to ensure organizational compliance.
- Analyze jobs using observation, survey, or interview techniques.
- Analyze logistics processes.
- Apply mathematical models of financial or business conditions.
- Evaluate logistics methods to reduce environmental impact.
- Analyze industry trends.
- Analyze logistics processes.
Typical Working Conditions
- Having telephone conversations.
- Working with a group or team.
- Meeting strict deadlines.
- Working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
- Freedom to make decisions without supervision.
- The importance of being accurate or exact.
- Sitting.
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