MANUFACTURING READINESS ASSESSMENT ON AIRCRAFT COMPONENT PRODUCTION USING TSAA (TARTARIC SULPHURIC ACID ANODIZING) TECHNOLOGY IN PT. DIRGANTARA INDONESIA

• Main Author: Laila Novianti, Hanifa
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/36612
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

PT. Indonesian Aerospace (PT. DI) is a company engaged in the aerospace industry in Indonesia and become a supplier of aircraft component for other companies such as Airbus. Currently, the trend of green industry is developing in various countries including Indonesia. This green industry issues have first known in the western countries and affect their industry patterns, including Airbus. One of the Airbus programs to support this green industry is the Airbus Chromate Free (ACF) program. The program aims to eliminate the use of chromate in any aircraft component manufacturing including anodizing process. Airbus requires all suppliers to meet the specifications of the aircraft components that have been updated. In order to meet the specifications of Airbus, PT. DI should conduct the technology transfer in the anodizing process. Anodizing process that previously used chromic should be replaced using a more-environmentally-friendly material i.e. tartaric sulphuric acid. This technology transfer project was called by TSAA (Tartaric Sulphuric Acid Anodizing) project. The TSAA project has a high manufacturing risk. Production cost for this project is also expensive. One of the causes of manufacturing failure is the lack of knowledge on the status of manufacturing readiness. Identification of risks that may arise in the process of technology transfer also needs to be known so that mitigation measures can be made. Countermeasures against the manufacturing failures can be done by measuring the level of manufacturing readiness of the company. One of the models that can be used in manufacturing readiness level measurement is the model Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) developed by the United State Department of Defense. A theoretical model was developed in advance to adjust to the object of this research. The development of the model was done using expert judgment from among practitioners and academicians. The model development process was conducted using the delphi method. The opinions of the experts validated using a Content Validity Ratio (CVR). The results of the development show that the MRL was used in this study consists of ten levels and illustrated by 9 criterias and 22 sub-criterias. Manufacturing readiness level measurement was carried out by ten respondents who held positions at top management and middle management level in this project. The measuring instrument in this study consists of 524 indicators (172 indicators compose MRL1 to MRL5 and 352 indicators compose MRL6 to MRL10) to measure the level of manufacturing readiness on the aircraft component production using TSAA in PT. DI. Measurement results show that the current state of manufacturing readiness of TSAA in PT. DI was at level two (MRL2). The goal of this project is at level eight (MRL8). Based on the results of the measurements, there is a gap between the real conditions with ideal conditions. This shows that PT. DI not ready to run this TSAA project.