Whether to repair organically, buy, or qualify an alternate from contract

SITUATION Depot Procurement Intelligence work in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN now turns on to repair organically, buy, because a new source that has never made this form-fit-function put contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern in play. Depot procurement-intelligence analyst should say what contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern proves.

DECISION Depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN must choose To repair organically, buy, / Qualify an alternate using contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern after a new source that has never made this form-fit-function.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern reads as To repair organically, buy, once a new source that has never made this form-fit-function is lined up to the same Defense Sustainment population. 2. Contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern is closer to Qualify an alternate after a new source that has never made this form-fit-function; To repair organically, buy, would over-claim this Depot Procurement Intelligence extract. 3. A dual reading is still live in contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern for depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. 4. Contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern is missing the fact depot procurement-intelligence analyst needs after a new source that has never made this form-fit-function; stop this Defense Sustainment close.

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 contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern. 3. Quantify mission impact if to repair organically, buy, is deferred one cycle in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern against a new source that has never made this form-fit-function and write the one fact that would move to repair organically, buy, for depot procurement-intelligence analyst.

RECOMMENDATION Choose To repair organically, buy, / Qualify an alternate on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern after a new source that has never made this form-fit-function). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what depot procurement-intelligence analyst 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 contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern, then the action for depot procurement-intelligence analyst - Hypothesis scorecard against contract vehicle vs. actual buy pattern: supported / rejected / untestable - What changes to repair organically, buy, if a new source that has never made this form-fit-function is later withdrawn - Named option among To repair organically, buy,, Qualify an alternate and the fact that kills the others