Implementing innovation management on market attractiveness and unique resources to enchance business performance on organic fertilizer industries in Indonesia

Judul: Implementing innovation management on market attractiveness and unique resources to enchance business performance on organic fertilizer industries in Indonesia

Author: Mochamad Soelton , Yanto Ramli

BACKGROUND

Indonesia is an agricultural country where most of the people are working in the agricultural business or as a farmer. Indonesia is endowed with natural supported conditions, large area of lands and abundance of biodiversity and also located in the tropical area which are sufficient to support the growing of plant and agriculture throughout the year.

Agriculture is the process of using biological resources by human being to produce food, industrial raw materials or energy resources, as well as to manage the environment. The event of utilizing biological resources is included in the agricultural cultivation or farming. Indonesia has\ along historical story since the colonial time until this decade which is inseparable from agricultural and plantation sectors, as these sectors contributed a great significance in determining the formation of various economic and social realities in different regions of Indonesia.

Fertilizer, basically is also part of the history effect of agriculture and is estimated to be utilized since the beginning of human being starting to know farming, which is approximately 5,000 (five thousand) years ago. Fertilizer is utilized as the growing media for plants to provide the necessary plant nutrients so that they can produce accordingly. The resources of fertilizer can be either organic or non-organic (synthetic). Fertilizers are different from food supplements normally given to plants, fertilizers contain raw materials that are needed for plant growing and developing, while food supplements such as plant hormones only help to smooth the process of metabolism.

There are two types of fertilizers circulated and traded around the agriculture sector as we know which are namely chemical fertilizer and organic fertilizer. Chemical fertilizer is widely spreaded and traded because of the advantage of the usage that can be measured precisely according to the requirement for plants and the usage are more appropriate and provide prompt effect compare to organic fertilizer. The disadvantages are that Chemical fertilizers do not contain micro nutrients; therefore the usage of chemical fertilizer must also include organic fertilizer because it contains micro nutrients. The other disadvantage of chemical fertilizer is when the chemical fertilizer is excessively used, it may harm the soil nutrients and also deficient the growth of plants.

Organic fertilizer is normally made up of natural materials such as: weathering of plants, animal waste, industrial waste, rubbish and so forth. The advantage of organic fertilizer is proven to improve the structure of soil and nutrients, because it contains macro and micro elements to form the process of organism. Organic fertilizer contains both macro and micro nutrients, but the level of nutrients are not as high as chemical fertilizers and the growing process of organic fertilizers for plants is also considered to be slow compare to chemical fertilizers. But in order to maintain the soil with fertility and contain nutrients, chemical fertilizer must be properly controlled and organic fertilizer must be properly utilized to balance the nutrients of the soil.

Indonesia Government has started to persuade agriculture department to implement using organic fertilizer as one of the media crop for organic farming. This has triggered a huge business opportunities that is widely opened in Indonesia, this may also incur a huge demand of organic fertilizer throughout the Indonesia territory along with the community awareness of demanding healthy food. This statement is supported by the Table 1 shown below based on the projections demand of organic fertilizer from Data Media Research done in 2011 (Figure 1).

https://www.abacademies.org/articles/implementing-innovation-management-on-market-attractiveness-and-unique-resources-to-enhance-business-performance-on-organic-fertil-7131.html

THE INFLUENCE OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT TOWARD THE BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF GARMENT INDUSTRIES IN INDONESIA

Judul: THE INFLUENCE OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT TOWARD THE BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF GARMENT INDUSTRIES IN INDONESIA
Author: Yanto Ramli, M Soelton

ABSTRACT

 The objective of this research is to analyze the influence of unique resources, market orientation and innovation management against the business performance of the garment industries in DKI Jakarta. This research is a descriptive and verificative research, and the construct of the research is based on the concept and the relationship between the variables in order to form the research paradigm. This study conducted a distribution of questionnaires and observations on the garment industries in Jakarta. The research method used in this study is descriptive method by using scoring analysis and verification method by using quantitative analysis. The sample determination was done through Simple Random Sampling as the garment industries has the same character, and the tool of analysis is using Partial Least Square (PLS). The results indicated that market orientation has provided a greater significant influence compare to unique resources on the business performance. Innovation management also provide a significant influence on business performance, because either unique resource and market orientation have no value if they are not developed innovatively. Understanding the customer’s needs and wants and continue with developing the company resources can definitely improve the garment business performance.

Key works: Unique Resources, Market Orientation, Innovation Management, Business Performance

Conclusion and Recommendation 
Conclusion 
The garment industries are reported facing problems lack of customers, competitors sellling similar items, purchasing similar raw materials and limited capital. Other issue is not proper support by government to the garment industries. Based on the quantitative research and hypothesis testing for this study emphasise a need for a greater adoptation of innovation management practices, including the study of the customer behavior based on market orientation. The garment industries may require dramatic changes on their resources.
The objective of this research is to find out the basic problem faced by the garment industries in DKI Jakarta based on the four research variables, unique resources, market orientation, innovation management and business performance, the following conclusions were made as follows:
 1 The garment industries do not produce garments based on customer and market orientation and are not clear with the needs and wants of the customer.
 2 The research finding also shows that most of the garment industries do not implement innovation management to innovate their products to meet the customers’ intention to purchase.
 3 The garment industries also do not frequently do the market analysis on the competitor orientation in order to be able to compete in the market.
4 The garment industries do not improve their raw materials by using the local content of fabric and innovate them even the price are sometimes higher compare to the imported materials.

The scope of this study was limited to the garment industries in DKI Jakarta. During the study, it was noted that more industries sectors may encounter the same competitive strategies. It would be worthwhile to study the industries of other sectors worldwide especially for those countries that provide garment industries.

Recommendation 
Based on the conclusion above, numbers of issues during the study leads to the following recommendations: garment industries must implement innovation management both on the production and resources purchased. The industries must impose a frequent control system on reviewing the current status of market orientation in order to innovate properly and keep pace of the competitors movements.
Many countries that provide garment industries may take this study as a guidance to proceed with further research that has not been include in this study for a better conclusion and recommendation.

http://ijbel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ijbel5_247.pdf

HOW CULTURE, TRAINING STANDARD AND DISCIPLINE ON THE EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AFFECT HOTEL MANAGEMENT

Judul: HOW CULTURE, TRAINING STANDARD AND DISCIPLINE ON THE EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AFFECT HOTEL MANAGEMENT
Author: M Soelton

ABSTRACT

This study aims to determine the effect of Kaizen culture, training standard and discipline on the employees’ performance of front office division at Aston Priority Simatupang, South Jakarta. The study of 36 respondents is based on the employees of Aston Priority Simatupang, South Jakarta by using a quantitative descriptive approach. The analysis used is multiple linear regression. The results indicate that the variable for the culture has no effect on performance, but the variable for training standard and discipline affect the performance of the employees of the front office division on Aston Priority Simatupang Hotel, South Jakarta. This is evidenced by the results of a simultaneous test (F test) and the results of the partial test (t-test) also showed a significant value of two independent variables that support the hypothesis. Results of this study show that there is significant simultaneously Relationship between the training standard variable and the discipline variable against the employees’ performance in the front office division at Aston Priority Simatupang Hotel, South Jakarta.

Keywords: Training standards, discipline, Kaizen culture, employee performance.

https://www.ersj.eu/dmdocuments/2018_XXI_4_30.pdf

TOWARDS THE BEST STRATEGY IN MINIMAZING THE SPREAD OF DRUGS USERS

Judul: TOWARDS THE BEST STRATEGY IN MINIMAZING THE SPREAD OF DRUGS USERS
Author: M Soelton, T Nugrahati, Y Ramli, D Permana, D Kurniawan

Abstract 

This theme aimed to minimize the spread of Narcotics users at the student level, in the data of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), cases of drug use by the drug users up to March 2018 amounted to 6.4 Million. The data is alarming because along with the increase in drug cases (especially among the young people and the children). The spread of drugs is easy because the elementary school children have also started trying to smoke cigarettes. Although the government in the Child Protection Act number 23 of 2002 in article 20, it has been stated that the State, the government, the community, the family, and the parents are obliged and responsible for the implementation of child protection (see more fully in the Child Protection Act). However, the child protection from drugs is still far from expectations. A lot of elementary school and junior high school age of children are also trapped in drugs; the drug addicts are generally between the ages of 11 and 24. At the productive age or student age, the students who take drugs usually begin with their introduction to cigarettes. From this habit, their association continues to increase, especially when the students join with the people who have become the drug addicts. At the beginning they only try to use the drugs, but then they will depend on them.

Keywords: Narcotics, student, government

CONCLUSION 

From all stages of the community service activities that have been carried out, it can be concluded that the activities of exposure, counseling, introduction to the danger of the Nafza have an impact on the alertness of all teachers, parents, and most importantly all students in recognizing the early negative influences and the dangers in the Nafza. Another important thing really requires a form of cooperation, commitment, and consistency in every order of the nation's elements, both in the personal, institutional, and social order. Matters to prevent the drug use include never try at any level, with any type, and under any reasons, look for safe relationships, in a safe place with safe people, and at a safe time, get sincere affection from the family by caring for one another, loving one another, and needing each other. Develop this affection for your relatives, close friends, and other friends, beware of anyone by living in a reasonable life. Say NO to Drugs, and bring yourself closer to the God Almighty by diligently carrying out the worship and asking strengths for Him. Without the power of the God, humans are full of weaknesses. Illegal drugs are not the right answers to all problems, and on the contrary, they will cause a much bigger problem. Drug users are people who experience a large loss and they may end in death. The best action to overcome the danger of drugs is to prevent the involvement with the drug itself because the prevention is far better than the treatment.

http://ppm.mercubuana.ac.id/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ICCD-Mochamad-Soelton.pdf