Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) [Suggest Change]
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Primary Functional Area : Life Cycle Logistics
According to the January 2016 SD-22 DoD Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages (DMSMS) Guidebook, DMSMS is “...the loss or impending loss of manufacturers of items or suppliers of items or raw materials may cause material shortages that endanger a weapon system's or equipment's development, production, or post-production support capability.” DMSMS directly impacts system readiness, system availability, potentially costing the Department of Defense hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
To combat DMSMS, a) proactively take timely and effective actions to identify and minimize the DMSMS impact on DoD acquisition and logistics support efforts, b) develop a process to resolve problems created by DMSMS and reduce or eliminate any negative impacts, c) proactively consider DMSMS through a system's life cycle by anticipating potential DMSMS occurrences and taking appropriate logistics, acquisition, and budgeting steps to prevent DMSMS from adversely affecting readiness or total ownership cost, d) aggressively pursue proactive responses to DMSMS issues, particularly, when those items threaten to degrade weapon system readiness below established goals, and e) establish DMSMS programs that shall reduce or eliminate the cost and schedule impacts of all identified DMSMS problems and help ensure that DMSMS problems do not prevent weapon system readiness and performance goals from being met.
Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) (Chapter 5)
The DAG establishes a Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Materiel Shortages (DMSMS) Plan as a key program document, stating "An efficient, proactive DMSMS management process is critical to providing more effective, affordable, and operational systems by proactively identifying and mitigating DMSMS issues that affect their availability and supportability. Actively addressing DMSMS concerns throughout the entire life of the program will help ensure effective life-cycle support and reduce adverse impacts on readiness or mission capability. The DoD DMSMS Guidebook (SD-22) provides a compilation of the best proactive practices for managing the risk of obsolescence. Establishment of the DMSMS program and proper planning during design will ensure successful implementation in sustainment and throughout the life cycle." Paragraphs 5.1.2.2. and 5.4.3.2.1. also establish DMSMS as a special interest item which should be addressed as part of a program Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP). Para 5.5.1 identifies the DoD Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Guidebook (SD-22) as "a compilation of the best practices for managing the risk of obsolescence. It identifies assorted measurement tools that may useful in analyzing and tracking the effectiveness of DMSMS programs."
SD-22 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS): A Guidebook of Best Practices and Tools for Implementing a Robust DMSMS Management Program (2016)
The primary objectives of this guidebook are to define a proactive DMSMS management process that can be used by a Program Manager (PM) to build an effective DMSMS Program, to define DMSMS support metrics to measure the effectiveness of a proactive DMSMS Program, and to promote cost-effective supply chain management integrity through DMSMS problem resolution at the lowest (cost, time, functional) level. This guide outlines an effective DMSMS process as one which:
- Ensures that all parts and material to produce or repair the platform are available
- Reduces, or controls, Total Ownership Cost (TOC)
- Minimizes Total Life Cycle Systems Management (TLCSM) cost
- Eliminates, or at least minimizes, reactive DMSMS actions
- Evaluates design alternatives
- Provides for risk mitigation as it applies to DMSMS
- Evaluates more than one approach to resolve DMSMS issues
- Collects metrics to monitor process effectiveness
The guidebook includes common practices developed by various DoD organizations to achieve these goals and results are presented for consideration as well.
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Articles & Other DMSMS-Related Resources:
- Mitigating Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (Defense AT&L Magazine, May-June 2005)
- DMSMS Management Practices Article (See also the two tables below)
- DoD DMSMS Knowledge Sharing Portal (DKSP) The DOD-sponsored DMSMS DKSP exists to encourage communication, education and cooperation among interested and affected agencies within the DMSMS world, assisting everyone in achieving solutions to DMSMS challenges. The DKSP is a DOD portal that offers the PM a source for information to aid in obsolescence management. The DOD sponsor, Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO), has facilitated and empowered a team to bring the DKSP to reality. PMs will be able to access the DKSP and get help to proactively manage their DMSMS problems using its tools, services, and data. While the DKSP is still a work in progress, great strides have been made in setting up the website and populating it with relevant DMSMS information, links, training and other information. Portions of the site allow unrestricted access while other portions are password protected. The restricted sections of the site require you to be a GIDEP user (see how to register for GIDEP at www.gidep.org). The DKSP can be accessed by government and contractor personnel as authorized with the applicable accesses. Information on how to access the restricted portions is available at the site.
- Government-Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP) Cooperative activity between government and industry participants seeking to reduce or eliminate expenditures of resources by sharing technical information essential during research, design, development, production and operational phases of the life cycle of systems, facilities and equipment.
- DMSMS Shared Data Warehouse (SDW) Promotes a systematic, single methodology for processing notices of discontinuance and facilitates a central repository for DMS management within DOD, provides rapid, economical identification, dissemination, and processing of DMS affected part numbers and national stock numbers.
- Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) Land and Maritime Site: The thrust of DLA's DMSMS program is to assure ongoing availability of electronics and construction type parts to customers, irrespective of their availability in the marketplace and to provide this service as cost effectively as possible. If you have support concerns, about a new, old, or potential DMS situation contact DLA. They may have sufficient assets on hand to satisfy your needs and help you avoid a possible costly fix such as redesign. In short, check with them.
- DLA Land and Maritime Generalized Emulation of Microcircuits (GEM): Program Information on form, fit, and function replacement for non available microcircuits using current design and processing technologies at this Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) site.
- Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA): DMEA provides technologically correct and economically viable solutions to
DAU Continuous Learning Modules: DAU offers five outstanding DMSMS Continuous Learning Modules (CLM) developed collaboratively with DLA headquarters, DSCC, the Defense Standardization Program Office, the DoD DMSMS Working Group, and ARINC and Karta Technologies industry partners. These training modules can be found on the DAU Continuous Learning Site under the CLL (logistics) tab, and are entitled:
Several additional DAU logistics courses & continuous learning modules are also available which address issues related to DMSMS, counterfeit parts, parts management, technology refreshment, and obsolescence:
- LOG 102 System Sustainment Management Fundamentals
- LOG 204 Configuration Management
- LOG 206 Intermediate System Sustainment Management
- LOG 235 Performance Based Logistics (PBL)
- CLL 032 Preventing Counterfeit Electronic Parts from Entering the DoD Supply System
- CLL 062 Counterfeit Prevention Awareness
- CLL 019 Technology Refreshment Planning
- CLL 119 Technology Refreshment Implementation
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8/31/2009
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10/28/2016
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5/3/2016
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