SD-19 Parts Management GuideIn todays acquisition environment-characterized by rapidly changing designs, increased risk for Department of Defense DoD weapon systems and equipment acquisition contracts due to an increase in the use of commercial part types, offshore manufacture of parts, and Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages DMSMS-the need for contractors to have an effective Parts Management Program PMP is greater than ever before.The PMP is an integral part of the acquisition process for design, development, modification, and support of weapon systems and equipment.

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tor should interact or team with its acquisition activity counterpart to ensure mutual aware- ness of all part-type issues and any recommended changes to the contractor's processes that could affect program objectives. The contractor should conduct or support technical inter- change or parts management IPT meetings to ensure that contractual requirements are met.

•  SE technical review responsibilities. SE technical reviews are used throughout the life cycle as a means for the program office to "evaluate significant achievements and assess technical matu- rity and risk. … They allow the Program Manager and Systems Engineer to jointly define

and control the program's technical effort by establishing the success criteria for each review and audit."4  Appendix B identifies a number of specific parts-management questions for use in support of technical reviews. The parts management questions offered in that appendix have been designed for use by the parts management community to inform discussions before the technical reviews and to highlight issues to be addressed during the reviews.

•  Logistics assessment (LA) responsibilities. The implementation of LAs during weapons system development, production, and post-initial operational capability (IOC) acquisition phases was recommended by the DoD Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Product Support Assessment to improve the effectiveness of product support.5  Appendix B identifies a num-

ber of specific parts management-related questions for use in support of LAs. As was the case for SE technical reviews, the parts management-related questions offered in the appendix have been designed for use by the parts management community to inform discussion

before the LAs and to highlight parts management issues to be addressed during the LAs.

4DeJense Acquisition Guidebook, https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=638315&lang=en-US, accessed November 14, 2013.

5Logistics Assessment Guidebook, July 2011, p. 2.

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