Assess whether a DMSMS hit is already a stock-out risk (de3f25)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION Depot Procurement Intelligence work in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA now turns on a DMSMS hit is because buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master 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 buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. The population in lead-time outlier report is the one buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master named, so Fund and move materiel follows for this Depot Procurement Intelligence file. 2. The population in lead-time outlier report is adjacent only to buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master; Cannibalize or substitute is the honest Defense Sustainment call. 3. A depot whose parts master does not match DLA already contained buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master before lead-time outlier report arrived; no new Depot Procurement Intelligence path. 4. Provenance on lead-time outlier report after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master is broken; do not pick Fund and move materiel or Cannibalize or substitute yet.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 2. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in lead-time outlier report. 3. Quantify mission impact if a DMSMS hit is is deferred one cycle in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read lead-time outlier report against buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master and write the one fact that would move a DMSMS hit 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 buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master). Lead with the Defense Sustainment option lead-time outlier report can support after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master, 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 a DMSMS hit 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 - Missing page in lead-time outlier report after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master, if any - Regulatory or exam hook Depot Procurement Intelligence would cite
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