Depot Maintenance - activities extending beyond the capabilities of the organizational or intermediate levels. Depot maintenance tasks include overhaul, repair, major modification, and technical assistance. Distribution - the process of moving the people, resources, and services to where they are needed or will be used. Distribution involves transporting, storage, issue, disposal and reuse. Distribution Logistics - the concept of viewing business processes of sales forecasting, purchasing, manufacturing, inventorying, shipping, and receiving as a single system.
Intermediate maintenance includes inspection, calibration, adjustment, bench testing, and rebuild.
Logistics - Logistics is defined as a business planning framework for the management of material, service, information and capital flows. It includes the increasingly complex information, communication and control systems required in today's business environment. 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.