a$)$ Using a diagram explain what is a product lifecycle and describe the four main stages?

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b$)$

i$.$ What does Digital Transformation mean for manufacturing companies?

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ii$.$ Using an example explain how Digital Transformation can be beneficial to an organisation?

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c$)$ Product lifecycle management $($PLM$)$ is a business approach to manage the complete set of product definition information from initial ideation, development, service, and product disposal. Using a diagram explain what DATA that PLM shares with other key product manufacturing tools like Enterprise Resource Planning $($ERP$)$ and Manufacturing Execution Systems $($MES$).$

$(10$ Marks$)$