Judul: Strategi Peningkatan Volume Penjualan Produk dan Pengurangan Biaya Operasional dalam Meningkatkan Laba UKM Mamanaia
Abstrak: SMEs Mamanaia tends to have fluctuation on operational cost and sales volume product, so that achievement profits of this business is unstable. The main goal of this research is giving suitable strategy CVP analysis to be applied for increasing profit. Trend, break even point, contribution margin, margin of safety, operating leverage, and CVP analysis are applied on this research. The results of this research are: (1) Operational cost structure on period September 2014-Februari 2015 consist of fixed cost with direct labour cost as the main component and variable cost with direct material cost as the main component; (2) The sales volume product is increasing 0.359% per day and the operational cost is increasing 0.23% per day; (3) SMEs Mamanaia have reached break even point condition on period September 2014-Februari 2015; (4) The value of operating leverage in this business is 1.79, that means if sales volume product increases 10%, the net income will increase 17.9%; (5) Alternative application of CVP are (a) decrease 0.25% chosen variable cost, sales volume product and selling price are fixed; (b)increase 0.4% sales volume product, chosen variable cost and selling price are fixed; (c)increase 0.4% sales volume product, decrease 0.25% chosen variable cost, and selling price is fixed.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University, SMEs, increasing profits, CVP analysis

Judul: Strategi peningkatan Laba dengan Pendekatan Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis pada UMKM CV. Herlina Craft
Abstrak: All SMEs (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises), including Herlina Craft, contribute the government programs to increase job creation. However, the increasing number of business in the same sector led to all businesses must have a competitive advantage. One of the factors which determine the level of competitiveness is the level of net profit. Financial tools which can be used for planning and evaluation is the Cost Volume Profit Analysis. With this tools, it helps the enterpreneur to find the break even point both in rupiahs and units. However, Herlina Craft have not yet use the Cost Volume Profit Analysis. In January 2014, product which has given the greatest profit to the Herlina Craft is Laundry Box. The product gives profit of Rp10 217 404. In February 2014, Herlina Craft is targeting a profit of Rp 15 million. Thus, Herlina Craft must sell its products, with appropriate sales mix, as many as 2 183 units. Strategy that will gives the maximum profit for Herlina Craft is by doing cost efficiency and marketing event.
Keyword: SMEs, profit target, profit, planning, evaluation, CVP

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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