Business Process Reengineering in the Inventory Management to Improve Aircraft Maintenance Operations in the Indonesian Air Force

摘要

The Indonesian Air Force has utilized computers in its administration as early as 1990. However, the computers have not yet been optimized to support inventory management in aircraft maintenance operations, especially for the helicopter fleet. The processes involved in materials procurement to support maintenance operations still rely heavily on the services of intermediaries. Even though the Air Force has already adopted the Automatic Logistic Management System (ALMS), the system has several weaknesses. The objective of this study is to propose the implementation of the Material Requirement Planning (MRP) method to improve inventory management in the Air Force's helicopter fleet. It is hoped that by implementing the MRP, the Air Force can get the right materials in the right amount at the right time without imposing unnecessary costs by minimizing the roles of intermediaries. The implementation of MRP, however, cannot be done without redesigning the Air Force's business process in material acquisition and transforming it to an IT- enabled business process. Therefore, this study also discusses the Business Process Reengineering (BPR) concept to support the implementation of MRP.