Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (c5d165)

SITUATION DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data has one working extract — lead-time outlier report — after a new source that has never made this form-fit-function. If lead-time outlier report cannot support an alternate source is, the only defensible Defense Sustainment output is hold.

DECISION DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using lead-time outlier report after a new source that has never made this form-fit-function.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Lead-time outlier report reads as Fund and move materiel once a new source that has never made this form-fit-function is lined up to the same Defense Sustainment population. 2. Lead-time outlier report is closer to Cannibalize or substitute after a new source that has never made this form-fit-function; Fund and move materiel would over-claim this Depot Procurement Intelligence extract. 3. Defer a cycle is still live in lead-time outlier report for DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data. 4. Lead-time outlier report is missing the fact DLA item manager's data counterpart needs after a new source that has never made this form-fit-function; stop this Defense Sustainment close.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move lead-time outlier report. 2. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 3. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in lead-time outlier report. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read lead-time outlier report against a new source that has never made this form-fit-function and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is for DLA item manager's data counterpart.

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 a new source that has never made this form-fit-function). If lead-time outlier report cannot force a Defense Sustainment label under Depot Procurement Intelligence, stop. Do not invent missing evidence a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data does not have.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on an alternate source is, then the evidence in lead-time outlier report, then the action for DLA item manager's data counterpart - Hypothesis scorecard against lead-time outlier report: supported / rejected / untestable - Owner and next date for DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data - What changes an alternate source is if a new source that has never made this form-fit-function is later withdrawn