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Eric Murphy
Boeing
The Government Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP) was established to share information/data on issues affecting hardware, parts, and materials, which may be used, by multiple Federal Agencies and industry. The GIDEP program participation in recent years has declined particularly at the lower levels of the supply chain. The Government/DOD has recognized the declining participation coupled with the increased risks posed by counterfeit parts and materials along with those associated with Cyber Security has decided to re-constitute the GIDEP.
The Government/DOD has issued a new Federal Acquisition Requirement (FAR) (52.246-26) requiring GIDEP participation for all government procurements. The FAR requirement will have significant impact to the supply chain. When a contractor has the FAR requirement included not only will the contractor be required to participate in the GIDEP but the “flow through” will be require to flowdown of the FAR down to all of their sub-tier suppliers.
The GIDEP Operations Manual provides the process for drafting and submitting the GIDEP Documents. While very detailed, the Manual does not describe when to report or exactly what to report, and the Manual cannot direct a contractor how to make use of information provided by The Manual also predates the FAR by many years and does not address it at all.
These requirements although detailed are often implemented with inconsistent processes. To help provide additional clarity to these requirements and ensure consistent industry responses the SAE APMC Committee is working on a new industry standard. This standard is being written with the participation of all levels of the supply chain and government/DOD representatives. A few of the key issues to be addressed by this new standard are:
- What is the advantage that using GIDEP information can bring to a company? What might be the concerns?
- Utilization reporting - it is a requirement to be a participant, how to do it and how to use it.
- What options a company has if it learns that a subassembly in a system may have a nonconforming item inside it, particularly if ready to ship?
- New GIDEP FAR 52.246-26 has requirements for reporting and usage. Industry requires additional assistances to meet the newly imposed requirements. Defense contractors maybe required to provide objective evidence of GIDEP utilization and reporting submittals prior to the (DD) Form 250 signature process. (DD) Form 250. Department of Defense (DD) Form 250 is the Material Inspection and Receiving Report (MIRR) that is required for most contracts for supplies and services.
With the release of this standard and the GIDEP Handbook all levels of the supply chain will be able to participate in GIDEP to help ensure the efficient dissemination of technical risk information and mitigation of those risks while facilitating transparency throughout the process.
Bio: Eric Murphy is current a regulator at Boeing. He joined The Boeing Company in September 2008 after working for three years in Finance for the Bank of New York and Bank of America. He is an innovative organizer with broad leadership and project management experience in Strategy, Global logistics Supply Chain, and Finance. He has supported Supply Chain Integration supporting DLA, LSE, F/A-18, F-15, AV-8, Ground Support Systems, 777X (AUSS), and AV-8 / T-45 Training Systems. Currently, Eric is a Corporate Compliance Manager within the Law Department, focusing on Supply Chain Risk management whilst chairing the Boeing Counterfeit Parts IPT and leading efforts to mitigate counterfeit parts risk at a Boeing Enterprise level.
Eric is a member of the Boeing St. Louis Leadership Association, CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals), and is an active member of the Boeing Institute of International Business and World Trade Center of Saint Louis and numerous other Civic-minded organizations.
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