life cycle definition

life cycle

General: Concept that compares the cyclical nature of families, organizations, processes, products, and systems with the cradle to grave life stages (birth, growth, maturity, decay, and death) of living organisms.

Ecological impact: Stages in the life of a material or product from resource extraction through processing, manufacturing, use, and disposal or recycling.

Marketing: Pattern of demand for a good or service from introduction, growth, stagnation, and decline.

life cycle is in the Advertising, Marketing, & Sales, Economics, Politics, & Society and Environment & Pollution Control subjects.

life cycle appears in the definitions of the following terms: activity status, selective demand, cycle, harvesting strategy, total cost of ownership (TCO), life cycle engineering, introduction stage, decline stage, organic, record management and

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