Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (31a6a5)

SITUATION After a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x, alternate-source qualification packet is what repair-vs-buy decision support lead can touch in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources. Defense Sustainment will live with Fund and move materiel versus Cannibalize or substitute on this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

DECISION Repair-vs-buy decision support lead in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using alternate-source qualification packet after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. A repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x is noise around an already-controlled Depot Procurement Intelligence process in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources, given alternate-source qualification packet. 2. A repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x is the event in alternate-source qualification packet that forces Fund and move materiel for repair-vs-buy decision support lead under Defense Sustainment. 3. Alternate-source qualification packet shows a one-file miss after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x, not a Depot Procurement Intelligence program failure. 4. Alternate-source qualification packet cannot decide an alternate source is yet after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x; hold is the only Defense Sustainment close an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources can defend.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in alternate-source qualification packet. 2. Quantify mission impact if an alternate source is is deferred one cycle in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources. 3. Reconcile depot demand in alternate-source qualification packet to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read alternate-source qualification packet against a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is for repair-vs-buy decision support lead.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (alternate-source qualification packet after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x). Lead with the Defense Sustainment option alternate-source qualification packet can support after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for repair-vs-buy decision support lead in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources.