Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages: A Guidebook of Best Practices for Implementing a Robust DMSMS Management Program
Abstract
This Institute for Defense Analyses publication updates Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) management guidance. The first principal change modifies DMSMS resolution types. The resolution formerly called development of a new item or source is split into three categoriesdevelopment of a new source, design refreshment, and redevelop the itemto reflect specific situations better. The second principal change incorporates additional best practices on interfaces among the people involved in DMSMS management, product (improvement and supportability) roadmaps, technology roadmaps, and programming and budgeting for modifications reflected by technology refreshment and technology insertion to the system. The DMSMS community uses roadmaps to formulate resolutions to issues and improve forecasts of future issues. The use of the proactive, risk-based best practices for DMSMS management over the life cycle of a system will: 1) delay the occurrence of DMSMS issues via strategic technology refreshment, 2) enable longer windows of opportunity to resolve DMSMS issues by identifying them sooner, 3) increase the availability of lower cost resolutions because there will be more time available to resolve them, and 4) minimize negative effects on schedule and readiness due to DMSMS issues by resolving them prior to impact on the system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1211277
Entities
People
- Christina M. Patterson
- Jay Mandelbaum
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses