Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.

Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 9 occupations and seen in 13 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Identify business or organizational opportunities. in Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 13 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 12 (92%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 4 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.003% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Identify and prioritize energy-saving measures. · Energy Auditors · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned. · Funeral Attendants · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Identify opportunities to improve the operation, maintenance, or energy efficiency of building or process systems. · Energy Auditors · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities. · Logistics Engineers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Consolidate loads with a common destination to reduce costs to individual shippers. · Freight Forwarders · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Plan, design, and improve components of traffic control systems to accommodate current or projected traffic and to increase usability and efficiency. · Traffic Technicians · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate the operation and maintenance of water or wastewater systems to identify ways to improve their efficiency. · Water/Wastewater Engineers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes. · Logistics Engineers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Interview key staff or tour facilities to identify efficiency-improvement, cost-reduction, or service-delivery opportunities. · Logistics Engineers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Identify means to reduce costs, minimize risks, or increase efficiency of solar installation projects. · Solar Energy Installation Managers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Identify opportunities for inventory reductions. · Logistics Analysts · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Identify opportunities to improve plant electrical equipment, controls, or process control methodologies. · Geothermal Production Managers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Seek new ways to improve efficiency and increase profits. · Budget Analysts · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Energy Auditors
• Funeral Attendants
• Logistics Engineers
• Freight Forwarders
• Traffic Technicians
• Water/Wastewater Engineers
• Solar Energy Installation Managers
• Geothermal Production Managers
• Budget Analysts

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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