Assess whether a cancelled spec is still being bought as if current (109ff3)

SITUATION A live Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA now turns on technical-data-package completeness checklist after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master. NSN research lead should state what that extract proves for whether a cancelled spec is still being bought as if current.

DECISION NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using technical-data-package completeness checklist after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master is noise around an already-controlled Depot Procurement Intelligence process in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA, given technical-data-package completeness checklist. 2. Buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master is the event in technical-data-package completeness checklist that forces Fund and move materiel for NSN research lead under Defense Sustainment. 3. Technical-data-package completeness checklist shows a one-file miss after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master, not a Depot Procurement Intelligence program failure. 4. Technical-data-package completeness checklist cannot decide a cancelled spec is yet after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master; hold is the only Defense Sustainment close a depot whose parts master does not match DLA can defend.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Quantify mission impact if a cancelled spec is is deferred one cycle in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 2. Reconcile depot demand in technical-data-package completeness checklist to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master. 3. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move technical-data-package completeness checklist. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read technical-data-package completeness checklist against buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master and write the one fact that would move a cancelled spec is for NSN research lead.

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 buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what NSN research lead does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on a cancelled spec is, then the evidence in technical-data-package completeness checklist, then the action for NSN research lead - Hypothesis scorecard against technical-data-package completeness checklist: supported / rejected / untestable - What changes a cancelled spec is if buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master is later withdrawn - Named option among Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle and the fact that kills the others