Advancing NASA Supply Chain Resiliency.pdf

Advancing NASA Supply Chain Resiliency

January 2024

Valle Kauniste

Program Executive

Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM)

Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate (OSMA), NASA Headquarters

Public Release Approved / STRIVES 20240014965 https://plus.nasa.gov/video/nasa-2024-onward-and-upward/

A World of Risks Threaten Supply Chains

Trends / conditions driving risks include:

• Globalization of markets, technology and industry with supply chains operating across geographical, political, social, cultural and economic environments

• Supply chains yield advantages and exposure to risks

• Competition and conflicts (e.g., U.S. - China rivalry, Russian invasion of Ukraine)

• Climate change

Dynamic interplay of a wide array of risk types can disrupt supply chains, such as:

Natural Disasters / Hazards Human-Made Disasters / Hazards Geopolitical & Economic Events

Regulatory Actions Litigation Enterprise Management Financial Capabilities

Workforce Shortages Cyberattacks Disease Pandemics Reputational / Political

Product / Service Security Transportation / Logistics Foreign Influence / Dependency

Diminishing / Sole Sources Fragile Supplier New Risk Types: ”Unknown Unknowns”

Limited Visibility into Supply Chains = Unknown Risk Exposure

Strategic Situation

• NASA missions rely upon transnational supply chains of commercial, non-profit and government organizations and the U.S. industrial base to develop and operate complex, high-value and innovative systems for the nation

– Dynamic array of technical, business, economic, security, and climate risks threaten to disrupt or deny the timely, affordable provisioning of products and services as required for mission success

• Administration policy

– Executive Order 14005, Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers

(1/25/2021)

• ... the United States Government should ....maximize the use of goods, products and materials produced in, and services offered in, the United States.

– Executive Order 14017, America’s Supply Chains (2/24/2021)

• The United States needs resilient, diverse and secure supply chains to ensure our economic prosperity and national security.

– United States Space Priorities Framework (12/2021)

• .... the United States will ... strengthen the resilience of supply chains across the nation’s space industrial base.

– Executive Order 14123, White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience (6/21/2024)

• The Council shall coordinate and promote Federal Government efforts to strengthen long-term supply chain resilience and American industrial competitiveness

About the OSMA SCRM Program Launched October 2019

• Program Mission:

– Advance strategy, policy, processes and capabilities to assure resilient supply chains for NASA mission performance

• Holistic, multidisciplinary approach to implementing integrated, collaborative and substainable solutions

• Program Goals:

– Build Supply Chain Visibility and Insight

– Optimize Government Contractor Quality Assurance

– Use Established Risk Management Processes

– Establish SCRM Mindset and State-of-the-Market Capabilities

• Key Initiatives:

– SCRM Policy, Processes and Partnerships

• Agency-level Supply Chain Resiliency Board

• Supply Chain Visibility Reporting by prime contractors (Data Requirements Description)

• Industrial Base and Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Strategy and Status requirement (NPR

7120.5F / NASA Space Flight Program & Project Management Requirements)

– Supply Chain Insight Central (SCIC) information and analysis services platform

– Supply Chain Research & Analysis

Supply Chain Resiliency Board (SCRB) Charter Highlights1

• Support the Acquisition Strategy Council (ASC) and the Chief Acquisition Officer (CAO) in advancing Agency strategy, policy, processes, capabilities, and organizational culture for (1) the pro-active assessment and management of supply chain and industrial base risks and opportunities to assure resilient NASA mission performance, and (2) the fulfillment of applicable U.S. Government policy and statutory requirements.

• Assess, formulate, and recommend courses of action and solutions for review and decision-making by member organizations, the ASC, the ASC Chair and/or the CAO.

• Assess, submit, and report on risks and associated mitigations as part of the NASA

Enterprise Risk Management process.

• Support NASA-level coordination, review and decision-making pertaining to NASA strategy, policy, initiatives, and actions, including matters involving legislation, public laws, executive orders, and strategic stakeholders.

• Make decisions on board recommendations, actions, and activities.

Note: (1) Go to https://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/OPD Docs/NC 1000 56 .pdf for the charter publicly released on 11/02/2023 https://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/OPD_Docs/NC_1000_56_.pdf

Supply Chain Visibility (SCV) Reporting Implementation Effective Agencywide 6/28/2024

Supply Chain Research & Analysis

Purpose:

• Build visibility and insight into suppliers / supply chains to enable pro-active SCRM

Approach:

• Holistic analytical framework, business intelligence techniques, robust information sources,

• Non-intrusive to suppliers; internal NASA/USG use only

• Right-sized: profiles → briefings → in-depth reports

Analytics / Dashboards:

• Interactive visual displays with integrated data

Financial Capability Assessments:

• Produce assessments for $500m+ procurements per

NASA FAR 1809.105-1 and for other procurements as requested

U.S. Civil Space Industrial Base Survey:

• Teamed with HQ/Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy and DOC’s Bureau of Industry & Security to manage and analyze survey data

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