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Conformity to regulatory or standard requirements is demonstrated through conformity assessment activities, such as product testing. Product testing is the process of determining one or more characteristics of materials or processes in accordance with a reference, such as standards or regulations stated in a report or test certificate. As a means of ensuring the quality, safety, and security of a product (goods or services), testing is gaining currency in international commerce. It is anticipated that the acceptability of the testing results will not become a national or international trade barrier. This study seeks to determine the conditions and maturity level of product testing in Indonesia using the Comprehensive Diagnostic Tool-Annex to the PTB Germany's Quality Improvement Toolkit. The instrument was utilized through case studies in Indonesian-accredited testing laboratories. The average score of 3.2 indicates that the current state of testing activity in Indonesia is still not optimal. To facilitate trade, research, and innovation, improvements must be made to the pillars and aspects of Indonesia's infrastructure building blocks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The standard life cycle consists of three stages: standards development, implementation, and maintenance. Standard maintenance is carried out at least once every five years after the standard has been established to ensure it is up-to-date. The national standard for coffee beans is13 years old and must be maintained to control the quality of the product in circulation. This research aims to develop a standardization framework including technical requirements for coffee bean quality to be adjusted based on user experience and needs. These quality parameter recommendations help to design the standard. Determination of the main parameters that represent the experience and needs of each stakeholder is essential in the standardization process. This research was conducted in a qualitative descriptive manner using the Kansei Engineering approach through the Framework for Analysis, Comparison, and Testing of Standards (FACTS) method, which includes four main stages: stakeholder analysis, technical analysis, comparison with international standard parameters, and testing of quality parameters proposed. The result of this research is a framework that can be used to maintain coffee bean standards in Indonesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Quality assurance is a very important factor nowadays in consuming a product, goods, or services. Standardization has a role in the standards development so that they can be accepted in national and international trade. As one of the crucial pillars, the condition of the standardization process in a country must be in an ideal position. So, the research aims to identify the profile of standardization development in Indonesia and analyze the existing conditions compared to the ideal conditions using a comprehensive diagnostic tool that was developed by The World Bank and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt. The results show that standardization activities, it has not all reached the ideal position. Several improvements are needed, especially in the pillar legal and institutional framework; administration and infrastructure; service delivery and technical competency; external relations and communication. Therefore, it is necessary to develop some activities of this pillar, to realize a comprehensive quality assurance for products or services in Indonesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The application of standards has been widely applied by companies or organizations including SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises). Most of them are aware of the standard benefits for organizations, even though their perception of benefits and level of awareness vary greatly. The purpose of this study was to assess the economic benefits of implementing standards in SMEs using ISO Methodology. This research was conducted in SME laundry equipment producer, located in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Data on the economic benefits of applying standards are obtained from the interview process with experts (supervisors) in each business function and the owner of the SME. Application of standards at SME provides an economic benefit of IDR 262,012,040. SME also receives other benefits from the application of intangible (non-quantifiable) standards in aspect of 1) Inbound Logistics, 2) HRD, 3) Marketing, and Sales and 4) Management and administration. Benefits in the inbound logistics aspect is the logistics flow is more neatly arranged. Benefits in the HRD aspect include training costs being 80% UMR (Minimum Wage). Benefits in the marketing and sales aspects is that process becomes 2 to 3 times easier when explaining to prospective customers. Benefits are also obtained in the management and administration aspects where customer complaints are reduced drastically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A significant increase in population compared to the decline in food sources is a problem, especially developing countries such as Indonesia. Many things have been prepared by the government from all related lines in a synergy to strive for food security stability. Provision of fast, accurate, up-to-date, and objective information on agricultural resources is a demand for the information and communication era. Remote sensing using hyperspectral technology is an alternative solution. Hyperspectral has many potential uses in monitoring the environment and natural resources. Hyperspectral has channels between 100-500, different from multispectral which only has a less than 10 bands channel. High channel differences make the data obtained by hyperspectral more complete. This research aims to identify what hyperspectral standards are needed. The development of the standard hyperspectral processing method as a form of guarantee that is used as the basis of certain policies. The data used to support this research are secondary and primary data. Primary data collection carried by: deep interview uses questioner and Focus Group Discussion of key informants with the Triple (intellectuals / academician), B (businessman), and G (government). Data analysis uses descriptive quantitative and SWOT qualitative analysis to identify problems, obstacles, opportunities and mapping of the use of remote sensing with hyperspectral technology in supporting national national food security programs. Things that need to be prepared to minimize deficiencies through SWOT analysis are standardization of equipment calibration, spectral measurement methods and terminology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Indonesia is an area with high convective activity so that it often results in high intensity rain. This has the potential to cause disaster, especially in areas prone to flooding and landslides. Currently technology to monitor rainfall uses weather and satellite radars, which are relatively expensive. Indonesia is developing a relatively cheaper commercial radarbased rain radar technology. One of them is the use of ship radar. This radar is the development of the ship's x-band radar technology which was developed into LAPAN's radar detection rain. In its development, quality standards are needed to ensure radar performance can operate properly. In this study a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was conducted by inviting key informants to developers of rain radar technology and searching literature studies related to x-band rain radar technology in Ecuador, Italy, France and Denmark. From the research results obtained critical parameters in the development of x-band rain radars are output power, pulse repetition frequency, pulse length and signal beam width. In developing the performance of xband rain radars there needs to be an anti-clutter system and radar signal processing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The trend of using electric wheelchairs in Indonesia has begun to appear. However, Indonesia does not yet have an official regulation that regulates electric wheelchairs. So, it is very important to know the standard parameters needed to regulate the production of electric wheelchairs in Indonesia from the opinion of selected stakeholders. The selected stakeholders in this study were people with disabilities who had used electric wheelchairs for a certain period. The stakeholder was taken in this paper are electric wheelchair users in the area of Surakarta Residency. In developing the standard framework, the FACTS (Framework for Analysis, Comparison, and Testing of Standard) approach was chosen. This approach begins with an analysis of stakeholder needs, a comparison of standards that are used as a reference, and testing of the standard framework. This method was chosen because it can consider the interests of all relevant stakeholders in developing standards. The results of this study are the framework used in standard setting in Indonesia so that Indonesia National Standard (SNI) for electric wheelchairs can be developed and can be used to protect electric wheelchair products in Indonesia. There are 7 main parameters of an electric wheelchair that will be a concern. The parameters are stability, maneuvering ability, the ability of tire, battery, braking systems, control system and the last is testing of the wheelchairs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Solar Water Pumps (SWP) have been installed in Indonesia to pump and drain water to meet the people's basic needs for water availability. The installation of SWP in Indonesia is largely a government project to help reduce the water crisis that often occurs in remote areas with limited electricity and the difficulty of fuel oil. The efficiency of installed SWP can decrease and its performance is not optimal, it can even experience system failure if it is installed, used and maintained not according to procedures. The purpose of this research is to find out the problems of installing SWP in Indonesia. This research uses descriptive qualitative research methods to describe, describe and explain the problem of installing SWP in Indonesia systematically through case studies on 25 SWP installations in Indonesia. Problems with installing SWP in Indonesia mostly occur in the photovoltaic installation section. Incorrect installation and lack of maintenance of the PV system will cause shading problems resulting in a hot spot area, which is permanent damage and requires calling. The use and installation of inverter / controller components, pumps and installation accessories are good and there are no significant problems because they are already using standardized components and the installation does not require special methods and specifications. The improper use, installation and maintenance of components or parts in the SWP system will cause the SWP performance to be suboptimal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]