Peran Dependency, Commitment, Trust Dan Communication Terhadap Kolaborasi Rantai Pasok Dan Kinerja Perusahaan: Studi Pendahuluan

. Supply Chain Collaboration plays a significant role to the effectiveness of organizations. This preliminary study aims to identify social psychology factors that might influence collaborative relationship within a supply chain network, in the context of medium-sized food manufacturing enterprise. The supply chain collaboration practice and its impact of implementation on firm's performance, both operational and financial, were investigated. Based on this purposes, a survey within a case study approach was conducted. The data were collected from one medium scale food manufacturing enterprise. A partial least squares-path modeling (PLS-PM) was proposed for conceptualizing and measuring the effects of dependence, commitment, trust, and communication on supply chain collaboration. The effect of supply chain collaboration on firm's performance was also measured and quantified. From buyer's perspective, the study reveals that commitment and trust positively affect supply chain collaboration and that supply chain collaboration has a considerable effect on firm's performance. Meanwhile, dependence influences the collaboration indirectly through commitment, while communication influences the collaboration indirectly through trust

Socio-distribution Network Analysis: an Exploratory Study of Indonesian Magazine Distribution Channel

Indonesian magazine business is characterized by high distribution cost, which constitutes of 60%-70% of the overall enterprise cost. This study aims to investigate the key agents who play significant roles to the distribution coverage in Indonesian magazine market, using social network analysis perspective. Data of 90 agents were collected from five respected publishers of four different major cities. Using ‘roster recalls method\u27, within 16 months period, 90 agents were interviewed by six field researchers, concerning their social relationship, family relationship, professional/working relationship with other agents. The study found that there are six key agents whose networks will be able to penetrate the Indonesian magazine market. By using only the identified key agents, publishers estimate that 31%-41% of distribution cost could be saved. Future related researches are also suggested in the final conclusion

Implementasi Digital Factory Pada Industri Manufaktur Skala Menengah: Studi Pendahuluan

. Medium-sized manufacturing industry in Indonesia is overwhelmed by certain challenges: high-cost economy, significant changes in information technology, and dynamic market and demand. All of these challenges affect gradually or directly to the sustainability of the industry. This preliminary study aims to conceptualize the importance of \u27digital factory\u27 implementation to dealing with sustainability issues. Previous studies showed that the implementation of digital factory, in the context of large-sized technological-based manufacturing enterprises, has been proved to increase the efficiency of product development process and production process, in term of time and cost. This study tries to identify several key issues to support the implementation of digital factory: data and information completeness, hardware and software availability, and operators\u27 skill and experience in conducting simulation. The relationships of the variables are modelled and analyzed using SmartPLS. This preliminary study found that, concurrently, data and information completeness, hardware and software availability, and operators\u27 skill and experience in conducting simulation have significant effect to digital factory implementation, as well as the enterprise\u27s sustainability (better product design and improvement (innovativeness), more efficient in design and simulation of production process (efficiency), and better capability to deal with dynamic demand (adaptiveness))

Training Return-on-investment: suatu Perspektif dalam Mengevaluasi Keefektifan Program Pelatihan

Every year new challenges emerge in the field of training and development, for example, competency development, outsourcing, e-learning, and knowledge management. The purpose of this study is to conceptualize the different dimensions of access to employee development. The concept of Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Framework can be used to choose which levels are appropriate in evaluating a training program. Lilly's Four Steps of Computing ROI training can also be adapted to the ROI calculation process. The main issue, in the pursuit of profitability and competitive advantage, top management is looking at all functions for a return-on-investment. The main question is, “is it really the training program itself that affects the employee performance?” This research uses ‘time series with comparison group' technique as a tool to isolate the effects of training. Once the isolation is completed, the ROI calculation can be analyzed then

Competency: Development, Integration, and Application

Many companies and organizations are increasingly focusing on human capital as a competitive advantage in a rapidly changing environment. To achieve business success, companies are expecting their employees to perform at higher levels, to be more customer-responsive, more process-oriented, more involved in shared leadership and more responsible for creating the knowledge that adds value to an organization's distinguishing capabilities. When embarking on the path of selecting and defining competencies, an organization needs to pause for an introspective review. Linking competencies to the organization's purpose, goals and values is the key to positively affect the organization's direction and bottom line. Competencies can be categorized into one of four groups, organization-based, individual-based, technical and behavioral. From a strategic direction approach, the organization that knows and understands its core competencies and capabilities can use them to attain a strategic advantage. In addition, the organization understands that there is a diverse cross section of organizational competencies that are necessary for fulfilling its mission. Successful application of competencies lies in how they are defined. Simplicity and measurability are keys for competencies to be accepted and measured throughout an organization