Assess whether a cancelled spec is still being bought as if current (6b0ebb)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION Depot Procurement Intelligence work in a workload that shifted from organic repair to contract now turns on a cancelled spec is because a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock put DMSMS alert vs. current stock position in play. Obsolescence and DMSMS analyst should say what DMSMS alert vs. current stock position proves.
DECISION Obsolescence and DMSMS analyst in a workload that shifted from organic repair to contract must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using DMSMS alert vs. current stock position after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. DMSMS alert vs. current stock position reads as Fund and move materiel once a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock is lined up to the same Defense Sustainment population. 2. DMSMS alert vs. current stock position is closer to Cannibalize or substitute after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock; Fund and move materiel would over-claim this Depot Procurement Intelligence extract. 3. Defer a cycle is still live in DMSMS alert vs. current stock position for obsolescence and DMSMS analyst in a workload that shifted from organic repair to contract. 4. DMSMS alert vs. current stock position is missing the fact obsolescence and DMSMS analyst needs after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock; stop this Defense Sustainment close.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move DMSMS alert vs. current stock position. 2. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 3. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in DMSMS alert vs. current stock position. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read DMSMS alert vs. current stock position against a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock and write the one fact that would move a cancelled spec is for obsolescence and DMSMS analyst.
RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (DMSMS alert vs. current stock position after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock). If DMSMS alert vs. current stock position cannot force a Defense Sustainment label under Depot Procurement Intelligence, stop. Do not invent missing evidence a workload that shifted from organic repair to contract does not have.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on a cancelled spec is, then the evidence in DMSMS alert vs. current stock position, then the action for obsolescence and DMSMS analyst - Hypothesis scorecard against DMSMS alert vs. current stock position: supported / rejected / untestable - What changes a cancelled spec is if a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock is later withdrawn - Named option among Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle and the fact that kills the others
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