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Question 2

2.1 Over the past decades, distribution-related business functions have grown from being primarily responsible for physical distribution, i.e., warehousing and transportation, to logistics, which encompasses the evaluation of logistics elements. Now, because of the emergence of a global customer-driven marketplace and the need to improve business functions, it has progressed to an approach that reflects the lowest life-cycle cost. Distinguish five supply support activities that must be included in the system throughout its life cycle. Give an example for each of the supply support activities.

2.2 Data has become an asset in the management of the day-to-day activities of any organization or company. The design, development, and implementation of a data subsystem capability have evolved over the years. Maintenance data cover each event involving scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. Illustrate how you will record maintenance events in your maintenance event report. Give an example for each piece of maintenance data that needs to be recorded.

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