• Partnering. The PMATs partner with OEMs, acquisition activities, and other industry and government organizations for the following purposes:
e Develop standardized CBs.
e Identify common parts used throughout industry through a variety of tools.
e Assist companies, as parts management experts, with their standardization and parts management efforts.
e Assist with developing viable PMPs and provide advice relating to parts management in solicitations.
e Provide and update DMSMS information by screening CBs for obsolete and near obsolete parts when requested to do so.
e Provide source-of-supply information on obsolete parts, qualified products lists, and source-of-supply quality problems.
e Provide part history, application, quality, and trend information useful for determining life-cycle cost.
e Assist with establishing NGSs, CIDs, or defense specifications, as applicable, for com- monly used vendor items and corporate documented vendor parts to eliminate duplica- tion and provide standardization.
e Participate on IPTs and in technical interchange meetings with contractors, subcontrac- tors, and military service acquisition activities.
• Guidelines for providing supporting documentation to PMATs for part selection advice. Supporting documentation is not required for parts that are defined by DoD standardization docu- ments.These documents include defense and Federal specifications, CIDs, NGSs, and SMDs. Documentation may be necessary for all other parts.
Tools Supporting Parts Management
The following Internet-based and automated tools are available to assist with achieving parts management goals and objectives. Most, if not all, will require the users to establish authoriza- tions and passwords for access. The tools are as follows:
• Defense Parts Management Portal (DPMP). The DPMP provides links to various parts man- agement tools used throughout the life cycle of DoD systems.The tools enable users to access parts management information through a single point of entry.The intent of the tools is to provide engineering and material data relevant to design, parts availability, parts obsolescence, and parts program management information.This portal should help acqui- sition offices, designers, and specification preparing activities make informed decisions on PMPs, parts selection, and standardization.
• Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System (ASSIST). ASSIST is a com- prehensive website providing access to current information associated with military and Federal specifications and standards in the management of the Defense Standardization
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