Will AI Replace Logistics Analysts?

Maintain databases of logistics information.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Communicate with or monitor service providers, such as ocean carriers, air freight forwarders, global consolidators, customs brokers, or trucking companies.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Track product flow from origin to final delivery.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Apply analytic methods or tools to understand, predict, or control logistics operations or processes.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Prepare reports on logistics performance measures.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Enter logistics-related data into databases.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Provide ongoing analyses in areas such as transportation costs, parts procurement, back orders, or delivery processes.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Analyze logistics data, using methods such as data mining, data modeling, or cost or benefit analysis.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Monitor inventory transactions at warehouse facilities to assess receiving, storage, shipping, or inventory integrity.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Maintain logistics records in accordance with corporate policies.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Contact carriers for rates or schedules.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Manage systems to ensure that pricing structures adequately reflect logistics costing.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Confer with logistics management teams to determine ways to optimize service levels, maintain supply-chain efficiency, or minimize cost.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Compute reporting metrics, such as on-time delivery rates, order fulfillment rates, or inventory turns.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Identify opportunities for inventory reductions.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Review procedures, such as distribution or inventory management, to ensure maximum efficiency or minimum cost.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Develop or maintain models for logistics uses, such as cost estimating or demand forecasting.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Monitor industry standards, trends, or practices to identify developments in logistics planning or execution.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Write or revise standard operating procedures for logistics processes.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Reorganize shipping schedules to consolidate loads, maximize vehicle usage, or limit the movement of empty vehicles or containers.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Contact potential vendors to determine material availability.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Develop or maintain payment systems to ensure accuracy of vendor payments.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Develop or maintain freight rate databases for use by supply chain departments to determine the most economical modes of transportation.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Route or reroute drivers in real time with remote route navigation software, satellite linkup systems, or global positioning systems (GPS) to improve operational efficiencies.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Determine packaging requirements.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Enter carbon-output or environmental-impact data into spreadsheets or environmental management or auditing software programs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Compare locations or environmental policies of carriers or suppliers to make transportation decisions with lower environmental impact.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Arrange for sale or lease of excess storage or transport capacity to minimize losses or inefficiencies associated with empty space.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.