Judul: MODEL STRATEGI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN NILAI TAMBAH DAN PRODUKTIVITAS STUDI KASUS: LEU BAGOE AWEE SME
Abstrak: Aceh has a great potential of becoming a producer of rattan furniture and handicraft. It has an abundance of material, as well as SMEs that are relying on the rattan. Moreover, in one of Aceh district, there is a rattan furniture and handicrafts SME centre. One of the SME is Leu Bagoe Awee which was selected as a subject to the case study in this research. However, most SMEs in that centre still facing many inefficiencies in production and value which was offered to customers. Due to economic reasons, Aceh needs to improve productivity to secure economic growth by producing products with added value. The production process is the main activity to add value to keep the efficiency and productivity flow by eliminating some waste in the whole process flow while added value is the increase in the value by undertaking the production process. Therefore this research will use Value stream mapping (VSM) to address the inefficiency in Leu Bagoe Awee. Value stream mapping (VSM) is an effort to reduce waste in the production process while applying lean manufacturing, mainly by identifying and eliminating any wastes. Reducing the waste in production will also increase the value of the output of production since it minimises the unnecessary activity that adds cost to it. Hence, the objectives of this research were to map the current value stream, eliminating the wastes, and generate a strategy model. After using the data from interviews and observation, the result shows there were five types of wastes existing in the current value stream. The takt time of the production process per unit of a product was 6.3 hours. The illustration of implementing value stream mapping recommended for improvement reduced the lead time from 58 hours to 14.55 hours. There was an efficiency improvement of the production process from these results, which initially 51%, increased to 59%. In addition, the production productivity has risen from 0.57 to 1.18. These results indicated the elimination of waste in the production process could improve efficiency and productivity production processes. The future mapping is expected to become a strategy model for Leu Bagoe Awee and other SMEs in the area. The principles of Value Stream Mapping implementation is wished to disrupt the work culture in the rattan furniture and handicraft centre in Aceh Besar as a continuous improvement.
Keyword: Efficiency, Productivity, Value stream mapping.

Judul: Strategi bisnis pada sentra UKM penggergajian kayu di Leuwiliang Kabupaten Bogor
Abstrak: Potensi Indonesia di bidang hasil hutan sangat tinggi sehingga perlu diimbangi dengan pemanfaatan hasil hutan, contohnya dengan mendirikan UKM penggergajian kayu. Salah satu sentra UKM penggergajian kayu di Jawa Barat terletak di Kecamatan Leuwiliang Kabupaten Bogor. Namun sentra UKM ini belum bisa mengatasi perubahan lingkungan yang terjadi, sehingga dapat berdampak buruk bagi usaha yang dijalani. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu menganalisis faktor internal dan eksternal, memformulasikan alternatif strategi, dan merekomendasikan strategi bisnis yang tepat untuk diimplementasikan oleh sentra UKM penggergajian kayu. Data dikumpulkan melalui pengamatan langsung, wawancara, focus group discussion dan kuesioner serta data sekunder yang diperoleh melalui buku, Internet, dan litelatur lain. Metode analisis data menggunakan analisis IFE dan EFE, IE,SWOT dan AHP sedangkan pengolahan data menggunakan Expert Choice 11 and Microsoft Excel 2010. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa alternatif strategi terbaik untuk Sentra UKM Penggergajian Kayu ini adalah membuat produk baru dengan memanfaatkan limbah produksi
Keyword: Business strategy, Sawmill, SMEs

Judul: Infeksi Virus Parainfluenza Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Virus parainfluenza anjing termasuk famili Paramyxoviridae, berbentuk pleomorf dengan ukuran bervariasi (bergaris tengah antara 100-500 nm), berpembungkus peka ether, berisi genom RNA dan secara serologis mempunyai kesamaan dengan virus SV-5 kera; dikenak sebagai salah satu kausa penting dari sindrom "kennel cough". Infeksinya dapat mengenai anjing semua umur yang belum pernah terinfeksi atau mendapatkan vaksinasi mengakibatkan gejala klinis ringan yang terbatas pada traktus respirasi atu infeksi yang secara klinis tidak memperlihatkan gejala nyata. Gejala klinis yang nampak setelah masa inkubasi (1-5 hari) terlewati berupa batuk yang tidak berat selama beberapa hari, berbagai tingkat tonsilitis dan pharyngitis dan kadang-kadang ditemukan kenaikan temperatur rektal antara 1-2 derajat C dari temperatur normal rat-rata. Anjing terinfeksi mengandung virus pada traktus respirasi bagian atas dan bawah serta limfonoduli sampai hari ke 9 setelah infeksi. Penyebaran virus antar anjing terjadi secara aerogen.
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