This paper aims to give a unique view of looking at how SMEs in Indonesia applying the concept of smart manufacturing along with the challenges of smart manufacturing adoption in supporting technologies infrastructure in Indonesia and its current implementation. There are several challenges that were identified through the smart manufacturing adoption in Indonesia. The manufacturing industry has a great contribution to developing countries such as Indonesia. It is considered as the engine power for Indonesia’s economic growth. Moreover, by considering the value of SMEs in Indonesia, this research puts more attention on smart manufacturing implementation on SMEs. This study provides two cases from SMEs based on the SMEs scale and measuring their productivity from using the traditional method and after adopting the technology used on their business operations. The two cases indicate that the firms have an awareness of the importance of smart manufacturing implementation and its effect to the performance of the firm. However, direct migration to an advanced cyber-physical manufacturing system is not a practical option for the firms.
This paper examines tourists’ perceptions of Eastern Indonesia through comparisons with foreign visitors’ who have been to Indonesia, specifically Eastern Indonesia, and those who have never been to Indonesia. The aims of this study are to assess what foreign tourists perceive about Eastern Indonesia and elaborate the differences between the perceptions of visitors and non-visitors. The comparison of the visitor and non-visitor perceptions is important in order to understand Eastern Indonesia more deeply. This qualitative research uses focus group interviews to assess the perceptions of Eastern Indonesia. The perceptions from different participants came from different nationalities. In Group 1, two participants came from China, two Saudi Arabians, and one Bangladeshi. The four participants in Group 2 came from Australia. All of participants were students. The results indicate that tourists who have never been to Indonesia perceives Eastern Indonesia by comparing their experiences to other places that they have visited. From those experiences, they construct a positive image of Eastern Indonesia and as a result, indicate a willingness to visit Eastern Indonesia. All Australian participants had been to Indonesia and shared a positive image of Eastern Indonesia as well as of other places in Indonesia. However, while participants’ perceptions in Group 2 were positive, they also imply some ideas for the improvement regarding tourism development in Eastern Indonesia. Apart from that, all participants showed an intention to revisit and explore more places in EasternIndonesia in the near future.
This study investigates the effect of tourist perceptions on the post-pandemic era towards Bali tourist destination. The study results provide a basis of how COVID-19 affects tourists’ decision-making process that influenced by their travel behaviour, motivation, preferences and their experiences. Based on the results, the government policies of health protocols implementations and the power of social media influence the tourist perceptions of Bali during the post-pandemic era. The method of this study using focus group discussion with ten participants and supported by secondary data collected by the researcher. These findings contributed to the proposed strategies that increased the number of local and international tourists
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