A Sustainable Supply Chain Model of Relationship Between Wood Supplier and Furniture Industry in Indonesia

Wooden furniture industry is an important industry sector in Indonesia, because many people\u27s welfare relyon this industry sector and the industry has a big social and environmental impacts. Many wooden furnitureindustries in Indonesia, especially in Central Java Province face problems related to the sustainability. The relationbetween wood suppliers and furniture industry is studied in this paper. A sustainable supply chain management (s-SCM) model is proposed as an approach for solutions for the problems. The approach is chosen due to the characteristics of the problems that related to economic, social, and environmental problems. This aim of this paper is to determine how much supply teak wood must be provided by PP to satisfy furniture industry demand, how much production capacity that must be increased and how large forest area that must be planted in order to achieve environmental and social goals without sacrificing economical goals much. Goal programming (GP) is chosen for solving the problems, because the goals are to maximize the total benefit,minimize the total loss and anticipate the conflicts between goals. Numerical trial based on observation in teak wooden furniture industry in Central Java was used to illustrate our findings. Using pareto efficient principle, the model can satisfy all goals that need to be achieved. Numerical results can be used by decision makers in teak wood industry to analyze the trade-off among several set of alternative solutions

Furniture Industry Panel

Panelists from three major furniture designers, Haworth, Herman Miller and Steelcase, all located close to the Grand Valley campus, will share their stories about using furniture to revitalize and repurpose spaces for both large and small spaces. They’ll talk about matching function to form, designing for maximum flexibility, catering to the needs of different age groups, and, along the way, address what librarians need to bring to the table when they work with furniture designers

Value Addition and Labour Productivity in the Malaysian Furniture Industry Between 1986 and 2004

The Malaysian furniture industry is the most important sub-sector within the wood-based industry, yet its growth is a matter of intense debate. On a general basis, it is argued that the Malaysian furniture industry is a low wage economy, producing low quality furniture. Therefore, this study aims: (1) to compare the performance of the furniture industry during the periods of the first and second Industrial Master Plans (IMP) of Malaysia, (2) to identify the trend in labour productivity, expressed as the ratios, during the same period, and (3) to quantitatively study the relationship between labour productivity and value addition in the furniture industry. Secondary published data on the furniture industry were collected mainly from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOS), for the period 1986 to 2004. A set of productivity indicators such as value added, labour productivity ratio, and capital productivity ratio were used in the analysis, as suggested by the National Productivity Corporation (NPC) Malaysia. During 1986 – 2004, value addition in the furniture industry grew steadily from RM 85 million to RM2,536 million, and labour productivity recorded a positive growth trend from 1990 (RM12,900) to 2004 ((RM32,400). The results showed that there was a positive trend in annual gross output and cost of input, which increased by about RM524 million annually and RM369 million annually, respectively, but the value addition and labour productivity were still low. The continuous growth of output was largely due to the increased number of factories, workforce and gross inputs. However, from the increasing cost of inputs, especially the labour cost and raw materials cost, the Malaysian furniture industry remains low in value addition. It confirms that the Malaysian furniture industry is still a mass producer of commodity-type furniture. This study provides evidence to support the argument that the industrial growth in the Malaysian furniture industry has been driven primarily by incremental input factors

PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN INDUSTRI MEUBEL DI DESA LEILEM KECAMATAN SONDER KABUPATEN MINAHASA

This study aims to analyze people's perceptions of the development of the furniture industry in Leilem Village, Sonder District. Community perception is very important to be able to foster active communication so that the development of the furniture industry in the village of Leilem continues to experience an increase in the type of furniture and its quality. This study uses primary data obtained through direct interviews with 30 respondents using a questionnaire to the community of Leilem Village, Sonder District using a simple random sampling method. The analysis used in this study was to use a Likert Scale analysis. The results showed that the index of public perception of the development of the furniture industry was at a point of 95.1% so it was classified as high. The development of the furniture industry is very influential for the survival of the community. A good industry is an opportunity for people to depend their lives on the results of the furniture industry.*eprm

CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COSTING METHODS USED IN THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY, IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC REALITY SPECIAL XXI CENTURY

In the current economic downturn in the furniture industry companies, to face competition, requires new costing methods to succeed, in a flexible manner, fructifying market information, inside to find levers to identify places, resource intensive activities and then cost reduction opportunities. New methods of management cost excess the accounting and economics scope Current economic situation requires this work and converts the cost information into the main tool of insurance competitiveness and profitability of the company. Applying the standard cost in single cost model is a viable business solutions of enterprises in the furniture industry to face strong competition from European Union, specifically in the context of complex economic XXI century.cost, value, performance, costing system, efficiency;

Product Service Systems Method on Jepara Furniture Industry Sustainability Assessment

Jepara Furniture Industry timber consumption is 2.2 million m3 per year. The Jepara timber consumption are exceed production capacity of Java Island forest which only 900 thousand m3 per year. The development of the furniture industry sector is seen as an activity that causes impacts on the environment changes. The depletion of raw materials while the higher consumer demand can result in unsustainable industry. Research objective are identify the critical sustainability dimension and kriteria of Jepara furniture industry. The method used to identify the dimensions of sustainability in this study is the Product- Service Systems (PSS). PSS promising a more sustainable system to integrate environment with social and economic aspects. The results show that sustainability criteria need to be improved are resource reduction, health and safety, employment, and long-term business development. Recommendations are then compared and tested to determine the feasibility and possibility of its application. Radar of sustainability at the end of discussion give brief overview about the suitable recommendation to increase sustainability furniture industry. Keywords : furniture industry; sustainability, product service system, environment, social economic aspec

Regional transport networks and competencies: - a case study of transport chains in the furniture industry of Salling

The paper is based on a research project with a focus on inter-firm networks in transport chains and their territorial embeddednes. The furniture industry in Salling, in the western part of Denmark, is characterised by a large number of firms concentrated in a small area. The firms represents a regional inter-firm network and a concentration of a specific activity that influences the transport of input (wood) to and output (furniture) from the local furniture industry. The scope of the project has been to: - analyse the geography of transport corridors and composition of transport chains related to the furniture industry - identify the location of compentencies (organisationally and geographically) in the transport chains connecting the value chain of the furniture industry in Sallin

Localised Low-tech Learning in the Furniture Industry

It is by now an established fact, that the so-called high technology industries have experienced growth rates way above average through most years. High technology industries share of the world manufacturers export has risen from 12 per cent in 1970 to 25 per cent in 1995. More than one-third of Japan's manufacturing export and more than 40 per cent of America's manufacturing export are products from high technology industries, and this development has increasingly led to an international obsession with high technology industries. In a number of countries R&D indicators have by now become the object of intense discussions. Great efforts are devoted to improve a bad relative standing. The aim of this paper is to questioned whether a national specialisation towards high technology industries is the only way by which the mature, developed countries can hope to sustain and augment their economic position. I claim that in contrast to much of the assumptions in contemporary politics and in the majority of the contemporary academic literature on the subject the countries without a specialisation in high technology industries are not left in the backwaters of economic development. Quite the contrary seems to be the case as many advanced, high-cost countries experience an above average economic performance even when specialising in the bottom end of the low-tech industries. The argument is illustrated with empirical material from the wooden furniture industry in general - and the rather successful Danish wooden furniture industry in particular. The possible reasons behind this apparent paradox are discussed.International competitiveness, industrial clusters, wooden furniture industry, level of technology