Assess whether to repair organically, buy, or qualify an alternate (7b581f)

SITUATION Alternate-source qualification packet arrived with a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN for Hill AF logistics data reviewer. That is a Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence decision on to repair organically, buy, in a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source.

DECISION Hill AF logistics data reviewer in a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source must choose To repair organically, buy, / Qualify an alternate using alternate-source qualification packet after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Hill AF logistics data reviewer can defend To repair organically, buy, from alternate-source qualification packet after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN in a Defense Sustainment challenge. 2. Hill AF logistics data reviewer cannot defend To repair organically, buy, from alternate-source qualification packet; Qualify an alternate is what the extract actually supports after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN. 3. A mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN never reached the population in alternate-source qualification packet — reopen intake, do not close to repair organically, buy,. 4. Two facts in alternate-source qualification packet after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN conflict for Hill AF logistics data reviewer; hold this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move alternate-source qualification packet. 2. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 3. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in alternate-source qualification packet. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read alternate-source qualification packet against a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN and write the one fact that would move to repair organically, buy, for Hill AF logistics data reviewer.

RECOMMENDATION Choose To repair organically, buy, / Qualify an alternate on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (alternate-source qualification packet after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN). 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 to repair organically, buy,, then the evidence in alternate-source qualification packet, then the action for Hill AF logistics data reviewer - Hypothesis scorecard against alternate-source qualification packet: supported / rejected / untestable - What changes to repair organically, buy, if a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN is later withdrawn - Named option among To repair organically, buy,, Qualify an alternate and the fact that kills the others