AI exposure: Logisticians
Analyze and coordinate the ongoing logistical functions of a firm or organization. Responsible for the entire life cycle of a product, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, and final disposal of resources.
Reading this score
computed49.5% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Logisticians at the 88th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 3.0 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 22 tasks it averages 1.91 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements, at 80.0%. The least is Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved..., at 11.7%. A gap of 68.3% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within business and financial operations occupations, this one is more exposed than most. The median across the 48 roles in the group is 47.1%, and only 18 of them score higher than this. Occupational families are not uniform, and the spread inside them is often wider than the gap between them.
What would move this score. Of 22 tasks, 19 are currently banded exposed, 0 assisted and 3 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take systems being given deeper access to the organisation's own records and history, which is already happening. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
22 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements. | 80.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 4.12 | exposed |
| Provide project management services, including the provision and analysis of technical data. | 80.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 3.58 | exposed |
| Develop proposals that include documentation for estimates. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 4.13 | exposed |
| Perform system lifecycle cost analysis and develop component studies. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.35 | exposed |
| Support the development of training materials and technical manuals. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.00 | exposed |
| Report project plans, progress, and results. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 3.92 | exposed |
| Participate in the assessment and review of design alternatives and design change proposal impacts. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 3.30 | exposed |
| Explain proposed solutions to customers, management, or other interested parties through written proposals and oral presentations. | 55.4% | 32.1% | 12.5% | 4.04 | exposed |
| Develop an understanding of customers' needs and take actions to ensure that such needs are met. | 55.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 4.33 | exposed |
| Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 4.10 | exposed |
| Protect and control proprietary materials. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.87 | exposed |
| Develop and implement technical project management tools, such as plans, schedules, and responsibility and compliance matrices. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.65 | exposed |
| Manage the logistical aspects of product life cycles, including coordination or provisioning of samples, and the minimization of obsolescence. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.44 | exposed |
| Redesign the movement of goods to maximize value and minimize costs. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.04 | exposed |
| Collaborate with other departments as necessary to meet customer requirements, to take advantage of sales opportunities or, in the case of shortages, to minimize negative impacts on a business. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.96 | exposed |
| Plan, organize, and execute logistics support activities, such as maintenance planning, repair analysis, and test equipment recommendations. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.32 | exposed |
| Direct and support the compilation and analysis of technical source data necessary for product development. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.20 | exposed |
| Stay informed of logistics technology advances and apply appropriate technology to improve logistics processes. | 36.7% | 13.3% | 50.0% | 3.71 | exposed |
| Perform managerial duties such as hiring and training employees and overseeing facility needs or requirements. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 4.00 | exposed |
| Manage subcontractor activities, reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaisons between subcontractors and organizations. | 13.3% | 11.7% | 75.0% | 4.17 | untouched |
| Direct team activities, establishing task priorities, scheduling and tracking work assignments, providing guidance, and ensuring the availability of resources. | 13.3% | 11.7% | 75.0% | 4.00 | untouched |
| Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity. | 11.7% | 13.3% | 75.0% | 4.46 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.98 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.25 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 0.86 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 0.95 | 0-3 |
| Context | 1.91 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.23 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.