Guest Lecture Session from Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia

On Thursday, 26 May 2016, the Bachelor of Industrial Engineering Study Program of Swiss German University, held a Guest Lecture about "Quality System for Global Competitiveness".  This lecture was attended by all Industrial Engineering students from the 2nd, 4th and 8th semesters. The talk was delivered by Ir. Erman Noor Adi, MMTr , the Vice Presiden of Quality Assurance and Safety of Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia (GMF – Garuda Indonesia Group). Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia is an Indonesian company specializing in aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO).The company serves Asia-Pacific region that employs around 2,500 employees based in Jakarta, Indonesia, and has many offices around the world. It services airplanes of many types and is one of the largest and leading aircraft maintenance facilities in Asia.

The talks from Mr. Erman Noor Adi was delivered to raise awareness of Quality System of aircraft and its maintenance. Most of the talks provoked the importance of quality in world class maintenance facilities. Mr Erman Noor Adi revealed how GMF AeroAsia manages the system to meet the quality standard of the customers that come from around the world and how Airbus acknowledges GMF AeroAsia as their maintenance support.

All of the facilities of GMF AeroAsia are at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. They comprise 480,000 m2 of built-up structures, including three hangars, a spares warehouse, workshops, utility buildings, ground support equipment building, chemical stores, engine test cell and management offices. In addition, GMF AeroAsia has an apron capable of handling up to 50 aircraft, taxiways, a run-up bay and a waste treatment area taking up a 1,150,000 m2 area.