Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (4e02e6)

SITUATION Depot Procurement Intelligence work in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA now turns on an alternate source is because a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock put lead-time outlier report in play. NSN research lead should say what lead-time outlier report proves.

DECISION NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. NSN research lead can defend Fund and move materiel from lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock in a Defense Sustainment challenge. 2. NSN research lead cannot defend Fund and move materiel from lead-time outlier report; Cannibalize or substitute is what the extract actually supports after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock. 3. A OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock never reached the population in lead-time outlier report — reopen intake, do not close an alternate source is. 4. Two facts in lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock conflict for NSN research lead; hold this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Quantify mission impact if an alternate source is is deferred one cycle in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 2. Reconcile depot demand in lead-time outlier report to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock. 3. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move lead-time outlier report. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read lead-time outlier report against a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is for NSN research lead.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what NSN research lead 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 lead-time outlier report, then the action for NSN research lead - Hypothesis scorecard against lead-time outlier report: supported / rejected / untestable - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in lead-time outlier report that a second reviewer can re-perform - Missing page in lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock, if any