Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (cf1889)

SITUATION A program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source cannot treat a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x as incidental context on lead-time outlier report. Hill AF logistics data reviewer must close an alternate source is from that extract under Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence.

DECISION Hill AF logistics data reviewer in a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using lead-time outlier report after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Lead-time outlier report reads as Fund and move materiel once a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x is lined up to the same Defense Sustainment population. 2. Lead-time outlier report is closer to Cannibalize or substitute after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x; Fund and move materiel would over-claim this Depot Procurement Intelligence extract. 3. Defer a cycle is still live in lead-time outlier report for Hill AF logistics data reviewer in a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source. 4. Lead-time outlier report is missing the fact Hill AF logistics data reviewer needs after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x; stop this Defense Sustainment close.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Reconcile depot demand in lead-time outlier report to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 2. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move lead-time outlier report. 3. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read lead-time outlier report against a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is for Hill AF logistics data reviewer.

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 repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x). If lead-time outlier report cannot force a Defense Sustainment label under Depot Procurement Intelligence, stop. Do not invent missing evidence a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source does not have.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on an alternate source is, then the evidence in lead-time outlier report, then the action for Hill AF logistics data reviewer - Hypothesis scorecard against lead-time outlier report: supported / rejected / untestable - What changes an alternate source is if a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x is later withdrawn - Named option among Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle and the fact that kills the others