MIL-HDBK-512A, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HANDBOOK: PARTS MANAGEMENT (21 OCT 2001) [S/S BY MIL-STD-3018]., This handbook is a guideline for successfully defining and evaluating parts management objectives in support of acquisition strategies and systems engineering practices of DoD 5000.2, "Mandatory Procedures for Major Defense Acquisition Programs and Major Automated Information System Acquisition Programs"?. When used in conjunction with SD-19, "Life Cycle Cost Savings Through Parts Management" will provide further guidance for persons involved in parts management, and for defining parts management needs in contracts, setting up a parts management process for prime contractors, suppliers and subcontractors, and offering an efficient means of providing a manageable part selection process for anyone involved with standard parts. Additional guidance can be found in the "Defense Acquisition Deskbook" at http://web.deskbook.osd.mil/default.asp under section 26G, Parts Control Program.