Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (54910b)

SITUATION UCAs older than the local policy cap raised whether an alternate source is technically qualified for Hill AF logistics data reviewer at a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source. Technical-data-package completeness checklist is incomplete relative to that question, so Hold remains live until the file is complete.

DECISION Hill AF logistics data reviewer in a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using technical-data-package completeness checklist after UCAs older than the local policy cap.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. UCAs older than the local policy cap is noise around an already-controlled Depot Procurement Intelligence process in a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source, given technical-data-package completeness checklist. 2. UCAs older than the local policy cap is the event in technical-data-package completeness checklist that forces Fund and move materiel for Hill AF logistics data reviewer under Defense Sustainment. 3. Technical-data-package completeness checklist shows a one-file miss after UCAs older than the local policy cap, not a Depot Procurement Intelligence program failure. 4. Technical-data-package completeness checklist cannot decide an alternate source is yet after UCAs older than the local policy cap; hold is the only Defense Sustainment close a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source can defend.

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 technical-data-package completeness checklist. 3. Quantify mission impact if an alternate source is is deferred one cycle in a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read technical-data-package completeness checklist against UCAs older than the local policy cap and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is for Hill AF logistics data reviewer.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (technical-data-package completeness checklist after UCAs older than the local policy cap). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what Hill AF logistics data reviewer does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on an alternate source is, then the evidence in technical-data-package completeness checklist, then the action for Hill AF logistics data reviewer - Hypothesis scorecard against technical-data-package completeness checklist: supported / rejected / untestable - Named option among Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle and the fact that kills the others - Owner and next date for Hill AF logistics data reviewer in a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source