Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (0dc5c7)

SITUATION Depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN has one working extract — alternate-source qualification packet — after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN. If alternate-source qualification packet cannot support an alternate source is, the only defensible Defense Sustainment output is hold.

DECISION Depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using alternate-source qualification packet after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Alternate-source qualification packet reads as Fund and move materiel once a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN is lined up to the same Defense Sustainment population. 2. Alternate-source qualification packet is closer to Cannibalize or substitute after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN; Fund and move materiel would over-claim this Depot Procurement Intelligence extract. 3. Defer a cycle is still live in alternate-source qualification packet for depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. 4. Alternate-source qualification packet is missing the fact depot procurement-intelligence analyst needs after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN; stop this Defense Sustainment close.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move alternate-source qualification packet. 2. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 3. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in alternate-source qualification packet. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read alternate-source qualification packet against a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is for depot procurement-intelligence analyst.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (alternate-source qualification packet after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what depot procurement-intelligence analyst does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on an alternate source is, then the evidence in alternate-source qualification packet, then the action for depot procurement-intelligence analyst - Hypothesis scorecard against alternate-source qualification packet: supported / rejected / untestable - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in alternate-source qualification packet that a second reviewer can re-perform - Missing page in alternate-source qualification packet after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN, if any