Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (be2fa4)

SITUATION The working file is NSN demand-and-backorder extract after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract. NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA has to name Fund and move materiel or Cannibalize or substitute for this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

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 NSN demand-and-backorder extract after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. NSN research lead can defend Fund and move materiel from NSN demand-and-backorder extract after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract in a Defense Sustainment challenge. 2. NSN research lead cannot defend Fund and move materiel from NSN demand-and-backorder extract; Cannibalize or substitute is what the extract actually supports after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract. 3. A TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract never reached the population in NSN demand-and-backorder extract — reopen intake, do not close an alternate source is. 4. Two facts in NSN demand-and-backorder extract after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract conflict for NSN research lead; hold this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in NSN demand-and-backorder extract. 2. Quantify mission impact if an alternate source is is deferred one cycle in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 3. Reconcile depot demand in NSN demand-and-backorder extract to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read NSN demand-and-backorder extract against a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract 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 (NSN demand-and-backorder extract after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract). Lead with the Defense Sustainment option NSN demand-and-backorder extract can support after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on an alternate source is, then the evidence in NSN demand-and-backorder extract, then the action for NSN research lead - Hypothesis scorecard against NSN demand-and-backorder extract: supported / rejected / untestable - Missing page in NSN demand-and-backorder extract after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract, if any - Regulatory or exam hook Depot Procurement Intelligence would cite