Assess whether cost history can support a fair-and-reasonable call from NSN

SITUATION A mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN put NSN demand-and-backorder extract in front of depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. This Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence close is cost history can support from NSN demand-and-backorder extract, and the live options are Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle.

DECISION Depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using NSN demand-and-backorder extract after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; NSN demand-and-backorder extract already has the discriminator after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until NSN demand-and-backorder extract is completed after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN for depot procurement-intelligence analyst. 3. Treat NSN demand-and-backorder extract as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: depot procurement-intelligence analyst does not have the decision cost history can support turns on in NSN demand-and-backorder extract.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in NSN demand-and-backorder extract. 2. Quantify mission impact if cost history can support is deferred one cycle in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. 3. Reconcile depot demand in NSN demand-and-backorder extract to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read NSN demand-and-backorder extract against a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN and write the one fact that would move cost history can support for depot procurement-intelligence analyst.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (NSN demand-and-backorder extract after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN). Lead with the Defense Sustainment option NSN demand-and-backorder extract can support after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on cost history can support, then the evidence in NSN demand-and-backorder extract, then the action for depot procurement-intelligence analyst - Hypothesis scorecard against NSN demand-and-backorder extract: supported / rejected / untestable - Regulatory or exam hook Depot Procurement Intelligence would cite - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in NSN demand-and-backorder extract that a second reviewer can re-perform