Judul: Analisis ekuitas merek air minum dalam kemasan (AMDK) di kota Bogor
Abstrak: Salah satu cara untuk mengatasi masalah perolehan air bersih, aman, sehat dan terjamin kebersihannya terutama di kota-kota besar adalah melalui produk air minum dalam kemasan, (AMDK) yang dibuat produsen minuman untuk memenuhi kebutuhan masyarakat akan air minum sehat. Selain untuk tujuan kesehatan, bagi sebagian besar masyarakat di kota-kota besar, keberadaan AMDK ini sangat dirasakan menguntungkan mengingat harganya yang terjangkau dan kepraktisan dalam mengkonsumsinya. Bisnis AMDK semakin menguntungkan, karena kebutuhan akan air minum terus meningkat seiring dengan pertumbuhan penduduk. Perusahaan yang bergerak dalam bisnis AMDK pun semakin banyak dan terus melakukan ekspansi untuk memperluas jaringan pasar produk-produknya, karena kebutuhan masyarakat akan air minum sangat tinggi, terutama di kota-kota besar tidak bisa lagi lepas dari AMDK. Semakin banyaknya jumlah industri yang bergerak dalam usaha AMDK di pasar, meningkat pula ketajaman persaingan di antara merek-merek AMDK yang beroperasi di pasar dan hanya produk AMDK yang memiliki brand equity kuat yang akan tetap mampu bersaing, merebut, dan menguasai pasar. Ekuitas merek merupakan bagian dari manajemen pemasaran yang berhubungan dengan manusia sebagai pasar sasaran. Prinsip pemasaran mengatakan bahwa tujuan pemasaran adalah memahami kebutuhan dan keinginan pelanggan dan memenuhinya secara lebih efisien dan efektif dibanding pesaing. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui tingkat ekuitas merek yang dihasilkan dari produk AMDK dalam menciptakan loyalitas pelanggan melalui riset elemen-elemen ekuitas merek. Elemen-elemen ekuitas merek tersebut meliputi kesadaran merek, asosiasi merek, persepsi kualitas dan loyalitas merek. Penelitian dilakukan di kota Bogor, Jawa Barat. Fokus merek produk yang diteliti pada penelitian ini adalah merek-merek produk AMDK yang dominan di pasaran yaitu merek Aqua, 2Tang, Ades dan Vit. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada bulan November-Desember 2003. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer dan sekunder. Obyek penelitian yang termasuk di dalam penelitian ini mempunyai ciri-ciri sebagai berikut responden yang sedang atau pernah mengkonsumsi AMDK, responden yang berusia antara 15 sampai 24 tahun, dan berdomisili di Kota Bogor. Jumlah responden yang dilibatkan berjumlah 100 orang.
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Judul: Analisis Tingkat Kesukaan Konsumen Terhadap  Air Minum Dalam Kemasan (Amdk)
Abstrak: Water is a natural resource that is necessary for the organism at both the plants, animals and even humans. Water is also the natural resources that are important in supporting economic development and social sectors such as industry, power, agriculture, fishery, animal husbandry, transport, tourism and households. Community needs to water at this time has been increasing. This is because the number of people who continue to grow. Growing number of people not accompanied by increased supply of drinking water can cause scarcity (Nurmalina, 2003). It makes business AMDK highly prospective and encourage industry growth AMDK in big cities in Indonesia. Based on the problems faced by the goal to be achieved from this research, namely, analyzing the level of consumers prefer to drink water in the product packaging (AMDK), and identify how the level of loyalty in the consumer packaged drinking water (AMDK). So with the introduction of this research are expected to provide benefits to companies AMDK producers, to consumers and to institutions. This research was conducted in the Village Babakan Raya Darmaga or around campus Darmaga IPB Bogor, in June until November 2008. The variables that are important in this research is the behavior of the community, community characteristics, market stimuli, and other stimuli. The indicators of public attitudes on the decision to purchase a product is the introduction of needs, information search, alternative evaluation, purchase decision and post-purchase behavior. From this research found that the results show that in principle the level of consumers prefer products AMDK is the same, because in principle, a sense of thirst can not be delayed. Level of consumer loyalty to products AMDK not stabilized, this is more due to factors such as availability of product and factor markets in preference to the price offered by the manufacturer AMDK itself. Based on the analysis in this research that there is no significant difference in the level of consumer preferences towards product AMDK tested. This showed in the results tested by the respondent that the test is done with the same information with the test performed without information about the brand of the product. Product purchase decisions based on the availability of more products in the market, the level of preference for the product itself.
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Judul: Posisi Filogenetik Kura-Kura Carettochelys Insculpta  (Reptillia: Testudinata)
Abstrak: Carettochelys insculpta is an endemic freshwater turtle of southern Papua and northern Australia. Phylogenetic position of this turtle is remain unresolved until now. Most of the research conducted show close relationships of C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. However, some of the research show distance between C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. This research is conducted to analyze phylogenetic relationship between C. insculpta and other members of Testudinata using 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and both gene as markers. DNA samples were obtained from three different organisms of C. insculpta. Two species used as outgroups were Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana. Phylogenetic analysis was carried out using Neighbor-Joining method with Felsenstein 1981 (F81) modeltest. A polytomy tree of Testudinata was produced by using 12S rRNA gene. However, analysis using 16S rRNA and both genes as markers confirmed that C. insculpta was located between the Chelonidae and the Trionychidae family.
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