Logistics Functions - planning, procurement, transportation, supply, and maintenance. Logistics Planning - the process of evaluating requirements, ensuring adequate logistics support of these requirements, and identifying any limiting factors in logistics support. Logistics Processes - requirements determination, acquisition, distribution, and conservation. Term used in the Canadian Forces. Maintenance - the process of keeping equipment in a useable condition or returning it to that condition when it fails.
Maintenance involves either preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, or modifications.
Manufacturing Support - the process of planning, scheduling and supporting manufacturing operations. Military Logistics - the system established to create and sustain military capability. Also, a system in which a single critical system is not functioning. Organizational maintenance activities usually do not require highly specialized skills or equipment. Physical Distribution - the process of providing logistics services to customers.