Abstract:
This thesis attempts to establish the enterprise risk management system for the Engineering Department of an International Airline. This Engineering Department is in charge of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhauls for its main airline and other international airlines fleets. Within case organisation, the strategic plan is annually revised and updated. Failure to meet specific objects of the strategic plan should be one of the set of risks to be managed by the enterprise risk management system. However the establishment of ERM system is expensive and costly, it is worthwhile to do preliminary scoping and pilot study. The Australian/New Zealand Risk Management Standard AS/NZS 4360 : 1999 has been used as a basic framework together with the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). As the FMEA is a quantitative analysis, it can assist the AS/NZS 4360 in assessing the risks, giving a higher level of accuracy in risk assessment. Cross functional team of four key personnel was in charge of conducting the ERM workshop, which is divided into four parts. Firstly the risks were identified and ranked. The potential risks discovered are 1.Limited Service to only Aircraft Model Operated by Main Airline, 2.Cost Overrun, 3.Core Competence, 4.Ineffective Management, 5. Accidents and 6. Low Service Quality and Defected Products. Secondly the potential risks were assessed by the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The potential causes and effects of the potential risks turned out to be: high investment for equipment and personnel training, outdated EDP system in aircraft maintenance and inventory control, increasing number of personnel, complex organisational structure, low personnel competency, insufficient management information system (MIS), poor health & safety in workplace practice, low personnel competency and poor requirement capture of customers needs. The results of risk assessment had led to the formulation of risk mitigation plan. Finally the risk early warning system was established, giving a linkage between enterprise risk management to performance measurement, to continually monitor the potential risks. The key risk measures are Customer satisfaction index, Total sales on existing customer, Total sales on new customer, Employee satisfaction index, Number of training day per year, Ranking in industry benchmark, Mean time between service interruptions, Number of incident / accidents per 20,000 working hours, Number of suggestion per employee, Number of suggestions implemented, System reliability index and Communication index.