Judul: Pengukuran Kinerja dengan Metode Balanced Scorecard di PT AGRI HALBA, Lumajang
Abstrak: This research discuses about performance measurement of organization by using Balanced Scorecard as a method that can be applied in a public company. Nowadays, performance measurement in company is still more focused on internal business and short term goals (financial). Therefore, measurement of performance using the Balanced Scorecard (financial perspective, customer perspective, internal business perspective and learning and growth perspective) offers a solution for more comprehensive performance measurement and comprehensive in an organization. The concept of Balanced Scorecard is translating strategy into action to achieve organization’s goal in a long term. The action is measured and controlled continually. The object of this research is PT AGRI HALBA, Lumajang as one of company that have business in agroindustry. The research at this company conducted by measuring the performance of company in 2012, also comparing between internal performance and external performance to make position of company in performance achievement. From the results of this research by using the Balanced Scorecard, the total score of performance for all perspectives are 89.98%. But the position between internal and external factor show that company is still have low score in internal factor. So PT AGRI HALBA, Lumajang need to boost their performance in internal factor.
Keyword: performance assessment, performance, balanced scorecard, agroindustry

Judul: Analisis kinerja PT. Dafa Teknoagro Mandiri, Ciampea Bogor dengan pendekatan Balanced Scorecard
Abstrak: Indonesia merupakan salah satuh negara dengan jumlah penduduk yang paling banyak di dunia. Dengan jumlah penduduk sebanyak itu maka kebutuhan akan semakin meningkat. Kebutuhan tersebut seperti kebutuhan sandang, pangan dan papan. Hal ini merupakan tantangan bagi para pelaku sektor agribisnis di Indonesia dalam menyediakan kebutuhan tersebut. Tidak hanya dari segi kuantitas tapi juga kebutuhan akan produk berkualitas juga diperlukan. Salah satu cara untuk memenuhi kebutuhan akan produk pertanian yang berkualitas ialah dengan menggunakan benih/bibit unggul. Benih dapat ditingkatkan kualitasnya melalui pendektan bioteknologi. Peningkatan kualitas bahan tanam berdasarkan pada empat kategori peningkatan : peningkatan kualitas pangan, resistensi terhadap hama atau penyakit, toleransi terhadap cekaman lingkungan, dan manajemen budidaya (Huttner, 2003 dalam Goenadi, 2004). Produk bibit unggul yang saat ini telah berhasil dipasarkan antara lain adalah bibit kultur jaringan, misalnya: bibit jati dan bibit tanaman hortikultura (Goenadi, 2004). Penyediaan bibit yang berkualitas merupakan salah satu faktor yang menentukan dalam memperoleh hasil yang baik. Merujuk pada kenyataan yang telah disebutkan, merupakan peluang bagi perusahaan produsen benih untuk memasarkan produknya. Namun semakin meningkatnya proses globalisasi ekonomi, perusahaan-perusahaan di Indonesia memasuki lingkungan bisnis yang kompetitif. Untuk dapat bertahan dan berkembang di era persaningan dan proses globalisasi ekonomi maka sistem pengukuran Balanced Scorecard yang mengukur kinerja perusahaan dapat menjadi alterbatif solusi dalam mengatasi masalah tersebut. Tujuan yang ingin dicapai dalam penelitian ini adalah: (1) Merumuskan dan menggambarkan peta strategi Balanced Scorecard yang sesuai dengan visi, misi, dan strategi PT. Dafa Teknoagro Mandiri, (2) Merumuskan rancangan sistem pengukuran kinerja berdasarkan konsep Balanced Scorecard, (3) Mengukur kinerja yang telah dicapai perusahaan pada tahun 2006 dengan pendekatan Balanced Scorecard dan menganalisis hasilnya. Penelitian dilakukan selama empat bulan mulai bulan April hingga bulan Juli 2007. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan studi kasus pada PT. Dafa Teknoagro Mandiri yang berlokasi di Jalan Raya Bogor Jasinga KM 12 Ciampea, Bogor. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini meliputi data primer dan sekunder. Data primer diperoleh dengan melakukan pengamatan langsung di lapangan (PT. Dafa Teknoago Mandiri) dan wawancara dengan berbagai nara sumber dari pihak perusahaan. Data sekunder diperoleh dari hasil laporan perusahaan, baik itu berupa laporan tahunan perusahaan, profil perusahaan, serta dokumen perusahaan yang berkaitan dengan topik yang dibahas dalam penelitian. Data sekunder lainnya diperoleh dari BPS, Departemen Pertanian literatur dan buku-buku yang berhubungan dengan penelitian.
Keyword: Benih, Kultur jaringan, industri benih

Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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