Judul: Strategy and Business Development Model for Coconut Liquid Sugar (Syrup) Products at Koperasi W Purworejo
Abstrak: Produk gula cair (sirup) kelapa memiliki peluang ekspor dan pasar dalam negeri yang baik. Produk sirup kelapa lebih praktis digunakan dan lebih sehat karena dibuat secara organik. Produk gula cair hasil produksi dari Koperasi W masih memiliki kekurangan, karena adanya endapan pada produk gula cair (sirup) kelapa setelah penyimpanan beberapa hari. Perbaikan proses telah berhasil dilakukan, sehingga prospek pasar dalam negeri dan pasar ekspor cukup besar, namun perlu perbaikan-perbaikan sebagai upaya pengembangan model bisnis yang berkelanjutan dengan memperhatikan faktor lingkungan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengidentifikasi faktor internal dan eksternal lingkungan bisnis menggunakan matriks evaluasi faktor internal dan eksternal (IFE dan EFE), merumuskan strategi alternatif menggunakan matriks SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threats), mengambil keputusan strategi yang dijalankan melalui penilaian Quanititative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM), dan merencanakan model bisnis berkelanjutan dengan menggunakan pendekatan Business Model Canvas (BMC). Hasil prioritas utama dari penilaian QSPM berdasarkan nilai Total Attractive Score (TAS) yang diperoleh sebesar 6,111. Koperasi W memiliki kekuatan utama yaitu keaslian dan kualitas yang baik, kelemahan utama yaitu teknologi dan pemeliharaan sumber daya alam masih rendah, peluang untuk memanfaatkan pasar untuk penjualan di luar negeri, dan ancaman utama dengan adanya keterbatasan pengetahuan teknologi untuk pemasaran. Alternatif strategi yang terpilih yaitu memanfaatkan peluang pasar dengan meningkatkan kapasitas produksi, menciptakan produk yang berkualitas dan asli melalui pengoptimalan sumber daya alam, kelimpahan bahan baku dan sumber daya manusia., Coconut liquid sugar (syrup) products have good export and domestic market opportunities. Coconut syrup products are more practical to use and healthier because they are made organically. Liquid sugar products produced by Koperasi W still have a weakness, due to the deposition of liquid sugar (syrup) coconut after several days of storage. Process improvements have been successfully carried out, so that the prospects for the domestic market and export market are quite large, but improvements are needed as an effort to develop a sustainable business model by taking into account environmental factors. The purpose of this study is to identify internal and external factors of the business environment using an evaluation matrix of internal and external factors (IFE and EFE), formulate alternative strategies using a SWOT matrix (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threats), make strategic decisions that are carried out through an assessment of Quanititative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM), and plan a sustainable business model using the Business Model Canvas (BMC) approach. The main priority result of the QSPM assessment based on the Total Attractive Score (TAS) score obtained is 6.111. Koperasi W has main strengths, namely authenticity and good quality, the main weakness is technology and maintenance of natural resources is still low, opportunities to take advantage of markets for overseas market, and the main threat is the limited knowledge of technology for marketing. The chosen alternative strategy is to take advantage of market opportunities by increasing production capacity, creating quality and original products through optimizing natural resources, abundance of raw materials and human resources.
Keyword: Gula cair, strategi pengembangan, quantitative strategic planning matrix, liquid sugar, Development strategy, quantitative strategic planning matrix

Judul: Studi on Cleaner Production Oppurtunities in the Coconut Palm Sugar Processing (Case Study at Koperasi Wanita Srikandi, Purworejo)
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji penerapan produksi bersih pada industri gula semut kelapa. Tahapan penelitian meliputi identifikasi limbah, identifikasi alternatif produksi bersih, analisis kelayakan (teknis, finansial, dan lingkungan) pada penerapan produksi bersih, dan penentuan prioritas penerapan produksi bersih dengan metode MPE. Rantai proses produksi gula semut terdiri dari : (1) petani membuat gula semut dan gula cetak dari nira kelapa; (2) pengepul menerima gula semut dari petani dan membuat gula semut dari gula cetak; (3) pabrik pusat mengolah lebih lanjut gula semut dari pengepul. Hasil identifikasi limbah berupa kotoran dalam nira, abu sisa pembakaran, terbentuknya inti kristal, loss energy, kadar air gula semut tinggi, ampas parutan kelapa, dan ceceran gula. Alternatif produksi bersih yang direkomendasikan adalah pemanfaatan abu menjadi pupuk (PBP 0.0102 tahun dan B/C 98.11), mengganti bahan tungku (PBP 0.042 tahun dan B/C 240), modifikasi peralatan pengeringan (PBP 0.32 tahun dan B/C 21.73), mengganti bahan proses di petani gula cetak (PBP 0.026 tahun dan B/C 38.48), menyediakan mesin penepung gula semut (PBP 0.094 tahun dan B/C 36), dan perbaikan/modifikasi peralatan pengayakan, pengeringan, dan pengemasan (PBP 0.072 tahun dan B/C 66.4). Prioritas penerapan produksi bersih adalah perbaikan dan modifikasi peralatan pengayakan, pengeringan, dan pengemasan., This study aims to observe the application of cleaner production in coconut palm sugar industry. Stages of the research include waste identification, cleaner production alternative identification, feasibility analysis (technical, financial, and environmental) toward the application of cleaner production, and priority of cleaner production determined by Exponential Comparison Method (ECM). The cycles of coconut palm sugar production process are including: (1) farmers make coconut palm sugar and coconut sugar of nira water; (2) collector received coconut palm sugar from farmers and make it of coconut sugar; (3) main factory further process it from collector. Results of waste identification show debris in the sap, ash from combustion residue, formation of crystal core, loss energy, high coconut palm sugar water content, grated coconut pulp, and scattered sugar. The suggested alternatives are ash utilization into fertilizer (PBP 0.0102 years and B/C 98.11), replacing furnace materials (PBP 0.042 years and B/C 240), drying equipment modification (PBP 0.32 years and B/C 21.73), replacing materials in coconut sugar process (PBP 0.026 years and B/C 38.48), providing a pulverization machine (PBP 0.094 years and B/C 36), and repair/modification of filtering, drying, and packaging equipment (PBP 0.072 years and B/C 66.4). The priorities of cleaner production application are improvement and modification of filtering, drying, and packaging equipment.
Keyword: coconut palm sugar, cleaner production, ECM, financial feasibility, quick scan

Judul: Approximation of the Median of Poisson Distribution Using the Relation of Poisson-Gamma Distribution
Abstrak: A major drawback of median is that median cannot usually be defined in closed form, even in the cases where their distribution functions are known. This study gives an approximation of the closed form for the median of the Poisson distribution by using the relation of Poisson-Gamma distribution. The approximation uses elementary techniques based on the monotonicity of certain sequences involving tail probabilities of the Poisson distribution and the Central Limit Theorem. Furthermore, a closed form expression for the mean absolute deviation 􀜧|􀜰􀰒 􀵆 􀜯􀝁􀝀􁈺􀜰􀰒􁈻| is also studied. The median is relevant because of the fact that it minimizes the mean absolute deviation of a Poisson random variable (􀜰􀰒􁈻 by considering median as central tendency.
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