Potency of Manufacturing Readiness Level Assessment from Defense Industry

Assessment of manufacturing readiness in an industry can be done using the MRL scale that appropriates to apply in the military and commercial industry. The assessment criteria according to the US Department of Defense (DoD) can be adjusted to the process carried out by the intended industry. The implementation of MRL assessment helps to manage risk in the manufacturing process by improving the work performance to increase the quality product, reducing cycle time, save the cost production and as a result MRL provide the scale of manufacturing readiness. This research conducting the study of the initial approach by analysis of the manufacturing readiness level, especially for the defense industry in Indonesia. To support the research process, the researcher used the literature study as a method which provides a resource from scientific journals and MRL Desk book by DoD. The analysis with MRL will help the stakeholder also the government to develop the defense industry in the future. Therefore, this research directly contributes to broadening knowledge of the importance of the defense industry to have the MRL assessment by understanding each process of its.