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MODEL OF PHYSICIAN DECISION MAKING PROCESS ON PRESCRIBING DRUGS IN INDONESIA

Sri Hartono, Ujang Sumarwan, Budi Suharjo & Hartoyo

International Journal of Information Technology and Business Management  pp 001 – 010  Vol. 024. No. 1 — 2014

Physician Decision Making, Pharmaceutical Industry, Prescription Drugs,  SEM.

AN ANALYZED MODEL OF CONSUMER PERCEIVED VALUE IN SELECTING RETAIL SHOP FOR FRESH PRODUCT

Mochammad Mukti Ali, Ujang Sumarwan,  Setiadi Djohar, Eva Z. Yusuf

The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors that influence consumer perception of value in choosing where to shop for fresh product. The data obtained by the survey respondents using a questionnaire method 610 respondents in 20 retails shops. The selection of the consumer as a sample is using systematic random sampling technique with an interval of five. Analysis of structural equation model (SEM) is used to see the effect and the relationship between variables and indicators. The result illustrate that consumers in choosing where to shop for fresh product are influenced by consumer perceptions of the chosen shopping places. The result of this study can serve as an input for all that are associated with market management policies in an attempt to fix the market management to improve services to meet the desires and expectations of consumers in shopping behavior.

Consumer behavior, Consumer Perceived Value, Systematic Random Sampling, Structural Equation Model

HOW RFID TECHNOLOGY BOOSTS WALMART’S
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Sandy Kosasi , Dr. Hoga Saragih

Purpose – The role of RFID technologies in supply chain management have gained significant interest in researchers and academics in recent years. Yet, very few studies conductedonhow this technologycould boost supply chains. So this study was to scrutinize how RFID technologyboostsWal-Mart’s supply chain management.Design/methodology/approach – Exploratory research approachwas adopted to obtain an in-depth understanding of RFID technology andsupply chain through related journals and literatures.Then the research was conducted in the form of case studies on RFID technology and Wal-Mart’s supply chain management practices. In general, the research is more descriptive and interpretive in nature.Findings –Wal-Mart succeeded in adopting the RFID technology, reduced out-of-stocks and the bullwhip effect, reduction in manual orders resulting in a reduction of excess inventory, improved service levels and reduced administration costs.Originality/value – The paper is original that provides empirical supportto RFID and SCM implementation, and creates value for retail stores on managing inventory.

RFID, SCM, Bullwhip Effect, VMI, CPFR

THE APPLICATION OF SIX SIGMA TO PROMOTE INFORMATION SYSTEM SERVICE QUALITY

Huey-Der Chu

Abstract—With the increasing popularity of the Internet, Information System (IS) has become increasingly more profitable. The quality of the IS services should be confirmed prior to deploying it to the web site, resulting in customers that keep coming back. Therefore, this paper presents a framework that integrates Six Sigma Concept to improve the IS service process. The application in the selected company is a multi-tier framework system and there are 1,022 client sites distributed in Taiwan area, one broker server site and three application server sites, which concurrently access and store data from a center database server. When delivering application to the Intranet, users dissatisfaction was at an all time high. We applied the Six Sigma quality cycle: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) to resolve this problem. We plotted user complaints against response time (define), drew up a test plan and executed the load testing (measure), collected testing data from different client sites for analysis (analyze), found where the bottleneck was and fixed it (improve) and monitored the status to satisfy users’ requirement (control).

Process Improvement, Six Sigma, Information System Service Quality

THE EMBRYONIC CHALLENGE FROM GEN Y CALLING FOR S.O.S IN BANKING INDUSTRY: A CALL FOR ACTION FOR HR PRACTITIONER IN INDONESIA

Irving Luntungan, Aida Vitayala S. Hubeis, Euis Sunarti, Agus Maulana

The emerging of a new generation as the most educated and most productive working force had been discussed in many academics and business journals for the past ten years. Society agrees with the media coverage, viewing this as phenomena of one generation that has specific career aggressiveness with sharp view in defining success to the point that the path of previous generations in achieving career are considered as mainstream hence disregarding it by creating they own expectations. Human resources (HR) practitioner tried to anticipate this by consulting to various perspectives, from leadership, education and all the way to psychology and unison in conclusion, believing on the needs of special attention to this workforce. Hardly to find any disagreement to the claim of the birth of Generation Y (Gen Y) and the immediate adjustment required in the way management-handling workforce nowadays. Yet as this is happening in the US, Europe and Australia, the other part of the world are still guessing on the existence of said generation. Following are some recommendation as part of academic research conducted in the area of talent development for Gen Y in Asia in particular Indonesia’s banking industry.

Gen Y, Hr Practitioner,Leadership, SOS

MONEY, A FRIEND OR A FOE

Dutchque Van E. Dato-on, Mary Ann G. Landero, Jane Rose S. Albor,
Jerlinda B. Buhayan, Gay T. Dela Cruz, Claire D. Lomocso,Jakelee B. Sarcauga, Dio-Ann A. Sellote

Borrowing of money has a great impact to the quality of life of individuals, business firms and the government itself. The researchers utilized a qualitative research design in studying the phenomenon of borrowing money. The descriptive survey method was used to gather data as to how money can be a friend or a foe. Results include the factors that influenced individuals to borrow money: (1) Lack of budget for basic needs; (2) To be used as a startup capital; and (3) To finance emergency needs. For business firms: (1) To finance the business operation; (2) To finance business expansion. For the government, is the lack of funds to finance public needs. These factors were considered in the formulation of an economic deficiency-based model in the borrowing theory.

money, friend, foe, borrowing, borrowers, lenders, lending, phenomenon

A PRAGMATIC VIRTUAL LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSITIES ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRY

U.F. Eze , ETIM STEPHEN EKPE 

This research was carried out to design a system that tackles the recent problem faced by academic researchers and public readers. The researchers looked into the present existing system of handling university libraries. The structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology approach was adopted to proffer solutions to the existing problems after normal feasibility study was performed. A high level model of the proposed system was developed to guide the researchers design the new system. The data flow diagram that shows the flow of data in the entire organization was drawn. The interactions between the entities with respect to their attributes were equally shown. The proposed system design was drawn as well as the overview of the input and output design.

University, libraries, High Level Model, Data Flow diagram, Methodology, input, output design.

Gusti Azis, Hermanto Siregar, Adler H. Manurung, Evita H. Legowo

In 2010 the Government of Indonesia has changed the purpose of utilization of natural gas, from export oriented in order to earn foreign exchange became sufficient gas for domestic oriented as to encourage national production growth and create a greater multiplier effect on the economy. This policy pored over regulation of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources No. 03 of 2010 on The Allocation and Utilization of Natural Gas for Domestic Needs. This condition brings dilemmatic to the Government. Therefore the purpose of this research is (1) analyzing the economic factors that affect the supply and demand as well as exports of gas Indonesia and (2) analyzing the reallocation policy on the development of gas industry and economic growth in Indonesia. In order to answer the research objectives is used econometrics approach with 2SLS methods and used time series data from 2000-2012. The results showed that the main factors that affect the behavior of the production of gas are the world gas price and Indonesian gas price. While export gas Indonesia’s response to the gas production of elastic in the long run shows the development potential of resources in pushing gas export gas Indonesia. On the other hand the factors that affect the demand for gas by Indonesian electrical company and industrial fertilizers urea vary. However subsidies became influential real policies in boosting demand for gas by both industries.Based on simulation results in 2012-2018 showed that the reallocation policy gas Indonesia has not yet given the best solution for increasing domestic demand for gas Indonesia. The policy of future energy development by Goverment on gas would give relative positive impact to the economic growth and development of gas production .

Natural gas, economic growth, policy, reallocation, simultaneous, 2SLS