Assess whether a cancelled spec is still being bought as if current (a61f87)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION After buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master, BOM that still lists a cancelled spec is the working evidence for vendor-base mapper in a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround. Decide whether a cancelled spec is still being bought as if current using only what BOM that still lists a cancelled spec actually supports.
DECISION Vendor-base mapper in a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using BOM that still lists a cancelled spec after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; BOM that still lists a cancelled spec already has the discriminator after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until BOM that still lists a cancelled spec is completed after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master for vendor-base mapper. 3. Treat BOM that still lists a cancelled spec as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: vendor-base mapper does not have the decision a cancelled spec is turns on in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Reconcile depot demand in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master. 2. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move BOM that still lists a cancelled spec. 3. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read BOM that still lists a cancelled spec against buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master and write the one fact that would move a cancelled spec is for vendor-base mapper.
RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (BOM that still lists a cancelled spec after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what vendor-base mapper does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on a cancelled spec is, then the evidence in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec, then the action for vendor-base mapper - Hypothesis scorecard against BOM that still lists a cancelled spec: supported / rejected / untestable - What changes a cancelled spec is if buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master is later withdrawn - Named option among Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle and the fact that kills the others
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