Assess whether lead time is supplier, depot, or data-quality (cdcd23)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION Lead-time outlier report arrived with a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock. NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA still has an evidence gap on whether lead time is supplier, depot, or data-quality.
DECISION NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA must choose Lead time is supplier, depot, / Data-quality using lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. A OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock is noise around an already-controlled Depot Procurement Intelligence process in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA, given lead-time outlier report. 2. A OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock is the event in lead-time outlier report that forces Lead time is supplier, depot, for NSN research lead under Defense Sustainment. 3. Lead-time outlier report shows a one-file miss after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock, not a Depot Procurement Intelligence program failure. 4. Lead-time outlier report cannot decide lead time is supplier, yet after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock; hold is the only Defense Sustainment close a depot whose parts master does not match DLA can defend.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in lead-time outlier report. 2. Quantify mission impact if lead time is supplier, is deferred one cycle in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 3. 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. 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 lead time is supplier, for NSN research lead.
RECOMMENDATION Choose Lead time is supplier, depot, / Data-quality on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock). If lead-time outlier report cannot force a Defense Sustainment label under Depot Procurement Intelligence, stop. Do not invent missing evidence a depot whose parts master does not match DLA does not have.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on lead time is supplier,, 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 a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock, if any - Regulatory or exam hook Depot Procurement Intelligence would cite
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