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Natural disasters are events caused by events or a series of events caused by nature. Natural disasters include earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods, droughts, hurricanes, and landslides. Indonesia has a very high threat of geological disasters, making it vulnerable to tectonic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Lack of awareness of the Indonesian people about disaster preparedness will increase the impact of disaster events. Mount Merapi is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. For this reason, disaster preparedness is critical, especially for people in Disaster Prone Areas (DPA) III. This study aimed to determine the level of individual/household readiness index in DPA III in facing the eruption of Mount Merapi. The results showed that the readiness of individuals/households in DPA III was in the "ready" category with an index value of 75,440. While the index values of each parameter are knowledge and attitude parameters (93,978), emergency response plan parameters (68,591), disaster warning system parameters (74,46), and resource mobilization parameters (36,129). The resource mobilization parameter has the lowest index value based on these four parameters, followed by the emergency response plan parameter. Therefore, in this case, the Government, the Regional Disaster Management Agency, and the community need to prioritize awareness-raising and strategies for increasing index values for these two parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the food industries a significant aspect of several products is the package system. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a tool that can guide the company to recognize and to identify the customer' needs to be transformed into diverse forms of planning and strategy business that would be able to offer to the continuous improvement of a given product or service produced. QFD also can help in developing packaging systems by improving packaging components or the package itself. One part of the famous food industries in Yogyakarta, Indonesia is the XYZ Noodles restaurant that sells noodles with a certain level of spiciness. The packaging of XYZ Noodles restaurant is using Styrofoam that harms health and the environment. Also, the packaging of XYZ Noodles restaurant does not have enough information for consumers. This resulted in many consumers have less knowledge to the identity and information of the XYZ Noodles restaurant's product. Therefore, this research is aimed to study in designing the packaging of the XYZ Noodles restaurant for better introduction of the product as well as the safety in delivering and consumption to reduce the level of environmental pollution using Quality Function Deployment (QFD). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the problems with the growth of batik industrial clusters in Indonesia is the interest of business owners to consistently develop new ideas and creativity through product and process innovation. This problem causes most of the SMEs in Batik in the industrial cluster to experience a decline in turnover and difficulty meeting customer needs and desires. This study focuses on the function of knowledge management as a mediator and tries to develop a conceptual model that describes the impact of entrepreneurial orientation, industrial cluster, and knowledge management on the innovation performance of the batik industry cluster. This study uses the SEM PLS method to test the effect of these variables. The test results show that entrepreneurial orientation and industrial clusters significantly affect innovation performance, and knowledge management is a mediator of this influence. The study's findings might be consulted when developing a plan to boost the effectiveness of innovations in the batik industrial cluster. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study is using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to determine the value of supply chain performance in the Sikatak bridge construction project and provide recommendations for improvements to the Sikatak Bridge construction project. The AHP provided are accurate performance assessment on the Sikatak Bridge construction project is expected to facilitate the existing SCM process. Therefore, the effectiveness of the supply chain on the project is increasing. The results of this study are based on monitoring system of supply chain performance, this value belongs to the average index or average. There are two indicators that need to be improved from the four indicators used, namely ROF and TSCM. The strategy that can be done to increase the value of ROF and TSCM is to ensure that the process plan or project development planning is carried out optimally so as to produce optimum costs, which will benefit both the contractor and the owner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The supply chain is also a significant aspect in project infrastructure because almost all activities in it are included in the supply chain. Good supply chain management have a positive impact on the construction projects development. The way to determine the condition of the supply chain in construction is by measuring the supply chain performance. This research was conducted on The Sikatak Bridge construction project in Indonesia. The several constraints that occur are changing the pillar body design that make having a more time to finish, delaying in material delivery, and the bad weather conditions. Based on those problems, performance assessment can be done using the Supply Chain Operation Reference (SCOR) method. The result of the study is there are 10 indicators of supply chain performance assessment and in this study uses only four indicators because the determination of indicators is based on the needs of the project and project data actual. The indicators used in this study are Perfect Order Fulfillment (POF), Total Supply chain Management Cost (TSCM), Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), and Return on Supply chain Fixed Cost (ROF). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Batik is a product of the creative industry which belongs to the fashion category. Since being recognized by UNESCO, the popularity of batik has increased. Most of the batik products are produced by SME, which are scattered in Indonesian cities in industrial clusters. The problem faced by the batik industrial cluster is that it is difficult to compete in facing market competition because of the low level of innovation. Innovation needs to be done so that batik SME can create products that have a competitive advantage. Some batik SMEs lack creativity in developing new motifs so that the SME products are less attractive to the market. Batik is different from other fashion products because of the uniqueness of batik, namely the motif. When buying Batik products, consumers often ask about the availability of new motifs and want an exclusive batik motif. The more limited the production of a particular batik motif, the more expensive the batik will be. This makes printed and written batik still exist even though there is a threat from printed batik from both within and outside the country, which is very cheap. On the other hand, process innovation is batik SME to develop more efficient production techniques. Most of the batik SMEs still carry out the batik production process using simple technology. The absence of work standards that regulate the work system of the batik makers has resulted in a long production process. Therefore, it is necessary to innovate more efficient production techniques to increase productivity so that production costs can be cheaper. Furthermore, batik SME needs to develop innovation in terms of marketing. Marketing carried out by SME is still offline and relies on tourists and official guests who come to visit. This has resulted in SME being unable to face the increasingly fierce competition in the fashion sector. This study uses the PLS (Partial Least Square) method to determine the factors influencing the innovation strategy in creating a competitive advantage in batik SME. The research object is the SME batik in the cities of Semarang, Solo, and Pekalongan. The final output of this research is recommendations for improvement for batik SMEs and the government in developing the batik industry cluster. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Global warming is an environmental problem that is a major issue in the world. Alternative solutions to minimize the impact of global warming is the use of alternative energy or saving the consumption of energy, especially in the production process in the industry. Efficiency in energy consumption is expected to reduce production costs and solve problems of global warming. This study purposes to audit the consumption of electrical energy in weaving division AJL 2, PT. Damatex. In the weaving division AJL 2, PT. Damatex alleged to happen waste of energy consumptions. This is indicated by the ratio of energy use 0.791 kWh per day. Meanwhile, the company's energy usage ratio target is 0.74 kWh. In these conditions, the weaving division AJL 2 only produced for 31 162 yards/day, while the production target of 34,500 yards/day. It is necessary for efforts to minimize the use of electrical energy, in order to know the profile of electricity usage, the intensity of energy consumption (IKE), the waste of energy and energy-saving opportunities. This study uses green value stream mapping to determine green waste, especially waste in the usage of electrical energy. Based on the audit results obtained IKE annual value of 0.7789 kWh/yard, so we need to optimize energy conservation and lower the energy consumption of the company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]