Reducing the complexity of a product and improving a product's maintainability are activities of:
A) product lifecycle management (PLM).
B) product-by-value analysis.
C) manufacturability and value engineering.
D) organizing for product development.
E) design for destruction (DFD).

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The activities of reducing complexity and improving maintainability are part of manufacturability and value engineering, which focuses on improving a product's design and making it easier to manufacture and maintain. Product lifecycle management (A) involves managing a product from conception to retirement, organizing for product development (D) involves creating a structure for a team to work on the development of a product, and design for destruction (DFD) (E) involves intentionally designing a product to fail in a specific way for safety or testing purposes. Product-by-value analysis (B) is not directly related to this specific activity.

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