THE CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE LEADING SMALL BUSINESS IN KAMPOENG RAJOET, BANDUNG CITY (REGIONAL LEADING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (PPUD) OF DRPM KEMENRISTEK DIKTI)

  • Yanti Susila T Universitas Pasundan, Indonesia
  • Dindin Abdurohim BS Universitas Pasundan, Indonesia
  • Trias Pyrenia Iskandar Universitas Pasundan, Indonesia
  • Toto Ramadhan Universitas Pasundan, Indonesia
Keywords: Capacity Building, Small Business, Regional Leading Product

Abstract

The knitting small business located in Kampoeng Rajoet is one of the leading small businesses in the City of Bandung. Kampoeng Rajoet area has 293 business units, has 31.366 billion investment capacity, produces up to 984,426 dozen per year capacity, and provides employment for 2,143 regional and national workers. Some business units have entered the international market. One of them is Eka Rahmat Jaya Small Business which is the PPPUD Program Partner in Batununggal Sub-district. The partner has the potential to be developed, but it still faces various problems.  The priority problems faced by the partner include 1) production problem related to the limited capacity of knitting machine and limitations of raw materials, 2) marketing, 3) management & HR, 4) business completeness and promotion media. The solutions and output targets of the implementation of this PPUD program are as follows 1) increasing the capacity of computer-based knitting machines and capacity of raw materials, 2) increasing the marketing capacity (potential customers/segments, targets, and positioning), 3) improving the management and HR capacity, and 4) increasing the capacity of business completeness and media promotion. The methods used to achieve the solution and output target includes training, technical tuition (Bimtek), mentoring, and business facilitation. In addition, the Team also determine procedures, set solution steps in solving problems, and involve experienced experts in their respective fields. The leading small business capacity building in the City of Bandung through the implementation of Regional Leading Product Development Program (PPPUD) has a positive impact on the capacity building of small business partner. This is evident from the application of science and technology to solving problems by creating the following solutions: creating a computerized knitting machine named Cixing and increasing the raw material capacity, increasing the marketing capacity and the information of potential markets/consumers (segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP), increasing the business management capacity (vision, mission and business objectives and HR), increasing the motivation and creativity, and increasing the capacity for business completeness and promotional media.

Published
2019-08-17