Community and government have different perspectives and roles in conducting household waste mana... more Community and government have different perspectives and roles in conducting household waste management system. On one hand, the government generates a policy to decrease waste to be sent to final disposal; on the other hand, the community will accept that, and without community involvement, sometimes the policy will not run well. Household waste management system policies focus on delivering value of composting and recycling in community. One of the policies is waste bank which lets the community turn their waste into money in the form of savings like in a bank. Efforts from different household waste supply chain parties such as government and communities must be coordinated. This research aims to find the exact coordination between government and communities in order to adopt household waste policies especially waste bank. This research considers possibilities to produce policies by determining community needs previously (bottom-up technologies). Agent-based modeling presents three kinds of community: the careless community (not willing to adopt waste management technologies/policies even it is profitable for them), arguing community (not willing to adopt waste management technologies/policies when it is not profitable for them), and adapting community (willing to adopt waste management technologies/policies whether it is profitable or not for them). The simulation shows that the number of adapting communities is increasing; meanwhile the number of arguing communities is decreasing. However, the number of careless communities is increasing in the first half of simulation and starts decreasing in the second half of simulation. According to this result, communities socially interact with and influence each other because in the first half, the number of arguing communities was larger than that of adapting communities, which affects the increasing number of careless communities, and then in the second half, the number of adapting communities was larger than that of arguing communities, which influence the decreasing number of careless communities. It also shows that the role of government to maintain policies profitable for community is important.
ABSTRACT Both scholarly communities and practitioners have begun to emphasize vulnerability eradi... more ABSTRACT Both scholarly communities and practitioners have begun to emphasize vulnerability eradication as the fundamental purpose of their works to support the survivability of developing communities all over the world. In their missions, technology has become a complete solution to which they integrate scientific perspectives into a single package of interdisciplinary solution in achieving their purpose. In facts, approach to develop a technological solution for vulnerable community does matter; however, the precise research gap has not been investigated to be the foundation of future researches on developing the right approach in establishing such solution. This study is simply purposed to investigate the research gap. The gap is revealed by investigating scholarly discussions on related issues particularly on technological changes and technological appropriateness. This study concludes that reverse engineering is potential to be the right approach as it has the right design principles to conduct both technological adaptation and Appropriate Technology at the same time. The scope of research and positioning among related issues in doing research on reverse engineering for vulnerability eradication are also proposed. Then, in the end of this brief study research insights and potential paradigms are provided as the foundation of our future works.
ABSTRACT Engineering design is used in almost design processes. In decision making on several alt... more ABSTRACT Engineering design is used in almost design processes. In decision making on several alternative models of products to get a final model, the assessment aspects have converged into two major categories, namely technical and economic aspects. While the technical aspect is translated as the attainment level of the product to the needs technically, the economic aspect analyzes how good the financial resources are used in product making and maintenance. In their application in the field of appropriate technology, sometimes these two aspects have not been able to accommodate several things which are more social. This paper investigates the way how technical and economic aspects can produce a good decision if they include social indicators which are not appropriate if only translated as engineering or financial form. The results of this investigation are analyzed and then emerge a general formula which can measure and combine social things with the technical and economic aspects seamlessly, so the decisions
Nowadays, the pharmaceutical industry has a market tends to be unstable and volatile in meeting c... more Nowadays, the pharmaceutical industry has a market tends to be unstable and volatile in meeting customer needs. This is due to the economic crisis that occurred in different parts of the world. The pharmaceutical industry currently uses good manufacturing practices (cGMP) to ensure that products are consistently produced and controlled according to the required standards. Pharmaceutical industry slowly started to move from cGMP to lean manufacturing that focused on reducing operating costs while ensuring compliance. The problem faced at the OBH (Black Cough Medicine) production line in this company is inconsistent production of the product to the market. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the usage of lean manufacturing instead of the usage of cGMP to solve the problem. To conduct this study, literature review and company visit has been done. This analysis was applied by using value stream mapping (VSM) and 7-wastes methodology to analyze the problems in the OBH prod...
Purpose The lack of studies about the response time of emergency medical service during the coron... more Purpose The lack of studies about the response time of emergency medical service during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in a dense city of a developing country has triggered this study to explore the factors contributing to a high response time of ambulance service to reach patients in need. An evaluation of contributing factors to the response time is necessary to guide decision-makers in keeping a high service level of emergency medical service. Design/methodology/approach This research employed an agent-based modeling approach with input parameters from interviews with emergency medical service staff in Bandung city, Indonesia. The agent-based model is established to evaluate the relevant contribution of the factors to response time reduction using several scenarios. Findings According to agent-based simulation, four factors contribute to the response time: the process of preparing crew and ambulance during the pandemic, coverage area, traffic density and crew re...
Abstract- PT Alfa Qwartz is an IT consultant that has been founded since 10 years. During 10 year... more Abstract- PT Alfa Qwartz is an IT consultant that has been founded since 10 years. During 10 years, PT Alfa Qwartz has gained enough experience and wide channel. In 2012, PT Alfa Qwartz has decreased of profit to half than year before whereas revenue increased. That condition indicated caused by inefficiency business process in company. According to characteristic of a consultant company, human resource like machine for company and give competitive advantage. So, there are strong correlation between inefficiency business process and human resource productivity. Low employee productivity can cause inefficiency business process that can impact to higher operational cost. Low employee productivity closely related to low of employee engagement level and also indicated by high employee turnover during several years. Based on finding fact, it can be concluded that there is lack of human resource management. Beside lack of human resource management, also founded that PT Alfa Qwartz also ha...
Community and government have different perspectives and roles in conducting household waste mana... more Community and government have different perspectives and roles in conducting household waste management system. On one hand, the government generates a policy to decrease waste to be sent to final disposal; on the other hand, the community will accept that, and without community involvement, sometimes the policy will not run well. Household waste management system policies focus on delivering value of composting and recycling in community. One of the policies is waste bank which lets the community turn their waste into money in the form of savings like in a bank. Efforts from different household waste supply chain parties such as government and communities must be coordinated. This research aims to find the exact coordination between government and communities in order to adopt household waste policies especially waste bank. This research considers possibilities to produce policies by determining community needs previously (bottom-up technologies). Agent-based modeling presents three kinds of community: the careless community (not willing to adopt waste management technologies/policies even it is profitable for them), arguing community (not willing to adopt waste management technologies/policies when it is not profitable for them), and adapting community (willing to adopt waste management technologies/policies whether it is profitable or not for them). The simulation shows that the number of adapting communities is increasing; meanwhile the number of arguing communities is decreasing. However, the number of careless communities is increasing in the first half of simulation and starts decreasing in the second half of simulation. According to this result, communities socially interact with and influence each other because in the first half, the number of arguing communities was larger than that of adapting communities, which affects the increasing number of careless communities, and then in the second half, the number of adapting communities was larger than that of arguing communities, which influence the decreasing number of careless communities. It also shows that the role of government to maintain policies profitable for community is important.
ABSTRACT Both scholarly communities and practitioners have begun to emphasize vulnerability eradi... more ABSTRACT Both scholarly communities and practitioners have begun to emphasize vulnerability eradication as the fundamental purpose of their works to support the survivability of developing communities all over the world. In their missions, technology has become a complete solution to which they integrate scientific perspectives into a single package of interdisciplinary solution in achieving their purpose. In facts, approach to develop a technological solution for vulnerable community does matter; however, the precise research gap has not been investigated to be the foundation of future researches on developing the right approach in establishing such solution. This study is simply purposed to investigate the research gap. The gap is revealed by investigating scholarly discussions on related issues particularly on technological changes and technological appropriateness. This study concludes that reverse engineering is potential to be the right approach as it has the right design principles to conduct both technological adaptation and Appropriate Technology at the same time. The scope of research and positioning among related issues in doing research on reverse engineering for vulnerability eradication are also proposed. Then, in the end of this brief study research insights and potential paradigms are provided as the foundation of our future works.
ABSTRACT Engineering design is used in almost design processes. In decision making on several alt... more ABSTRACT Engineering design is used in almost design processes. In decision making on several alternative models of products to get a final model, the assessment aspects have converged into two major categories, namely technical and economic aspects. While the technical aspect is translated as the attainment level of the product to the needs technically, the economic aspect analyzes how good the financial resources are used in product making and maintenance. In their application in the field of appropriate technology, sometimes these two aspects have not been able to accommodate several things which are more social. This paper investigates the way how technical and economic aspects can produce a good decision if they include social indicators which are not appropriate if only translated as engineering or financial form. The results of this investigation are analyzed and then emerge a general formula which can measure and combine social things with the technical and economic aspects seamlessly, so the decisions
Nowadays, the pharmaceutical industry has a market tends to be unstable and volatile in meeting c... more Nowadays, the pharmaceutical industry has a market tends to be unstable and volatile in meeting customer needs. This is due to the economic crisis that occurred in different parts of the world. The pharmaceutical industry currently uses good manufacturing practices (cGMP) to ensure that products are consistently produced and controlled according to the required standards. Pharmaceutical industry slowly started to move from cGMP to lean manufacturing that focused on reducing operating costs while ensuring compliance. The problem faced at the OBH (Black Cough Medicine) production line in this company is inconsistent production of the product to the market. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the usage of lean manufacturing instead of the usage of cGMP to solve the problem. To conduct this study, literature review and company visit has been done. This analysis was applied by using value stream mapping (VSM) and 7-wastes methodology to analyze the problems in the OBH prod...
Purpose The lack of studies about the response time of emergency medical service during the coron... more Purpose The lack of studies about the response time of emergency medical service during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in a dense city of a developing country has triggered this study to explore the factors contributing to a high response time of ambulance service to reach patients in need. An evaluation of contributing factors to the response time is necessary to guide decision-makers in keeping a high service level of emergency medical service. Design/methodology/approach This research employed an agent-based modeling approach with input parameters from interviews with emergency medical service staff in Bandung city, Indonesia. The agent-based model is established to evaluate the relevant contribution of the factors to response time reduction using several scenarios. Findings According to agent-based simulation, four factors contribute to the response time: the process of preparing crew and ambulance during the pandemic, coverage area, traffic density and crew re...
Abstract- PT Alfa Qwartz is an IT consultant that has been founded since 10 years. During 10 year... more Abstract- PT Alfa Qwartz is an IT consultant that has been founded since 10 years. During 10 years, PT Alfa Qwartz has gained enough experience and wide channel. In 2012, PT Alfa Qwartz has decreased of profit to half than year before whereas revenue increased. That condition indicated caused by inefficiency business process in company. According to characteristic of a consultant company, human resource like machine for company and give competitive advantage. So, there are strong correlation between inefficiency business process and human resource productivity. Low employee productivity can cause inefficiency business process that can impact to higher operational cost. Low employee productivity closely related to low of employee engagement level and also indicated by high employee turnover during several years. Based on finding fact, it can be concluded that there is lack of human resource management. Beside lack of human resource management, also founded that PT Alfa Qwartz also ha...
Located in archipelago and intersection of 3 tectonic plates, Indonesia susceptible to the low im... more Located in archipelago and intersection of 3 tectonic plates, Indonesia susceptible to the low impact and high frequency types of disaster such as flood, fire, landslides etc. These disaster types unexpectedly create more economic losses and disturb stability of social and economic order since less preparation and lack of reference model. One of the important humanitarian aid of catastrophic event like disaster is healthcare distribution system. This study aims to find out an appropriate emergency medical service (EMS) model for developing country like Indonesia considering nature of low impact and high frequency disaster. The EMS has two famous reference model: Anglo American and Franco German with the difference in the flow of medical doctor, ambulance, medical equipment, and the use of medicine. We conduct a deductive assessment of those two reference model and create recommendation of suitable EMS model for developing countries like Indonesia. The disaster's stakeholder such as National Board of Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB), Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), hospital and any other organizations involved in health care aids services can take benefit of our recommendation.
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