A conventional technique of protein analysis is laborious and costly. One rapid method used to estimate protein content is near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), but the cost is relatively expensive. Therefore, it is necessary to find a cheaper alternative measurement such as measuring the bioelectrical properties. This preliminary study is a new rapid method for classified modeling of wheat flour protein content based on the bioelectrical properties. A backpropagation artificial neural network (ANN) was developed to classify the protein content of wheat flour. ANN input were bioelectrical properties, namely capacitance, and resistance and output was a type of the flour, namely hard, medium and soft flour. The result showed that the ANN model could classify the various type of flour. The best ANN model produces a mean square error (MSE) and regression correlation (R) of 0.0399 and 0.9774 respectively. This ANN model could classify the protein content of wheat flour based on the bioelectrical properties and have the potential to be used as a basic instrument to estimate the protein content.

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Adulteration Dynamic system Fresh milk Supply chain Milk industry Supply chain has a principal role in supporting the development of milk processing industry. The supply chain of the dairy industry in Indonesia involves a number of actors and a variety of dairy handling that may lead into potential risks and failures. One of the risks affecting supply chain performance is the adulteration of raw materials. This condition can possibly result in the occurrence of chain's effect. Thus, it is necessary to build a dynamic model to handle such problems. Dynamic modeling was used in this study. For the initial phase, determination of supply chain risk factor was investigated. Second, modeling of supply chain mitigation risk was conducted by using dynamic system. Dynamic models were used to analyse complex problems with many variables involved. The problem analysis results were modeled in a dynamic system that has an aim to reduce the risk of adulteration. This research has successfully constructed a model consisted of one main variable that can potentially reduce the risk. The foremost recommended strategy was to improve the transparency of supply chain management.

Sumber daya alam yang dimiliki Kecamatan Pinogu pada sektor pertanian sangat menarik untuk dikembangkan. Terutama pada komoditas Kopi Pinogu yang memiliki kekhasan sendiri dan telah mendapat status resmi sebagi produk unggulan daerah. Namun dalam proses pengembangan Kopi Pinogu, masih didapati beberapa masalah yang menjadi penghambat. Pengolahan kopi yang masih menggunakan peralatan sederhana menjadi permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh petani Kopi Pinogu saat ini. Selain itu dilihat dari proses perawatan pertanian di Pinogu yang belum maksimal, juga turut andil untuk menghambat proses pengembangan. Solusi yang ditawarkan untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut antara lain dengan adanya pengenalan dan pelatihan teknologi tepat guna dalam pengolahan Kopi Pinogu. Selanjutnya untuk mendukung solusi pertama, dilaksanakan pemetaan diberbagai sektor untuk mencari akar masalah secara komperhensif. Dengan adanya kegiatan ini diharapkan dapat membantu menyelesaikan permasalahan yang teridentifikasi dari proses Pengembangan Kopi Pinogu

Moringa oleifera seed and leaf contained available medium fatty acid profile and essential amino acid bound in the tissue which should be hydrolysed. The addition of red rice which has antioxidant compound namely ZnO that can have protected the skin from sun burn and also to make the gelatinous slurry due to reducing the moisture content. The utilization of oil seed and leaf as raw material and fortified with red rice for making a low-cost sun cream is beneficial mainly for women living at rural region. Two phases of experiments were carried out. The first phase was the effect of time and temperature on the yield and oleic acid content of the oil. A randomized block design with two factors was carried out. The temperature at three level (50, 55, 60 o C) as the first factor, and the time of extraction at three levels (12, 15, 20 hours) as the second factor. It was found that treatment of 50 o C at 20 hours extraction shown the best result. The yield of oil was 34% and the oleic acid content was a 71.9% from the extracted oil. A randomized block design was used to carried out the second phase of study. The time of steaming (30, 45, 60 minutes) as the first factor and the red rice concentration (5%, 10%, 15%) as the second factor. The result shown that the use of 60 minutes and 5% red rice concentration was the best result. The slurry has the moisture content of 40.4% and the protein content was 40.5%. The storage stability of the sun cream stored under low temperature (30±1 o C) was 6 months and the characteristic of the slurry having oleic acid, essential amino acid and the ZnO.

The use of strategic planning can be an alternative solution to improve industrial performance. In small and medium scale industries especially in apple chips industries, strategic planning helps to know the current industry situation and the steps that must be taken to overcome the existing problems. This study aimed to develop an improvement strategies using Fuzzy Sequential Modeling (FSM) model. FSM model was consisted a SWOT analysis, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Bolden's Taxonomy and fuzzy AHP. Based on SWOT analysis, the external factors of threats was the similar business competition and low purchasing power. RCA described the issues that needed to be fixed using Bolden's Taxonomy as the reference for determining the action plans and produce four OIA (Open Improvement Area) there are old technology machines and equipment, difficulty of enterprise development, ineffective marketing media and low market share. The strategic planning was determined using Fuzzy AHP based on OIA and ABC enterprise needs to improve the low market share and ineffective marketing strategy.

Black soldier fly larva merupakan salah satu agen pendegradasi limbah organik. PT KIU merupakan salah satu industri perkebunan dan pengolahan kelapa sawit. Salah satu limbah yang dihasilkan adalah solid decanter. Solid decanter dapat menjadi subtract yang tepat untuk black soldier fly larva (BSFL). Selain dapat emngurangi limbah organik, BSFL juga mengahasilkan biomassa dengan kandungan protein yang tinggi. Salah stau produk yang dapat diproduksi dari biomassa BSFL adalah pelet ikan. Produksi pelet ikan dirasa mampu mendukung sirkular ekonomi di PT KIU. Kegiatan ini dilakukan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan karywanan di PT KIU dalam mengelola pelet ikan berbasis BSFL. Selain itu, kegiatan ini juga bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan karwayan PT KIU. Kegiatan dilakukan melalui beberapa tahapan, yaitu analisis permasalahan, perumusan masalah, pelaksanaan, pendampingan, dan evaluasi. Pada proses pelaksanaan di lakukan kegiatan workshop dan pelatihan pembuatan pelet berbasis BSFL. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa terjadi peningkatan pengetahuan dan keterampilan karyawan PT KIU di bidang pemanfaatan BSFL sebagai pelet. Disamping itu juga dilakukan pembuatan scenario peningkatan pendapatan. Diestimasikan terdapat penambahan pendapatan sekitar 318.260 per bulan, atau sekitar Rp. 3.819.120/tahun untuk setiap pekerja dalam  kelompok yang terdiri dari 10 pekerja. Black Soldier Fly Larva Based Fish Pellet Making Workshop at PT Kharisma Inti Usaha Black soldier fly larva was one of the organic waste degrading agents. PT KIU was one of the palm oil plantation and processing industries. One of the wastes generated was a solid decanter. Solid decanters can be used as the substrate of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL). Besides BSFL reduced organic waste, BSFL also produces biomass with high protein content. One of the products that can be produced from BSFL biomass is fish pellets. The production of fish pellets could support the circular economy at PT KIU. The goal of this program was to increase the knowledge and skills of employees at PT KIU in managing BSFL-based fish pellets. In addition, this activity also aimed to improve the welfare of PT KIU employees. Activities are carried out through several stages: problem analysis, problem-solving, implementation, mentoring, and evaluation.  Workshops and training about how to make pellet was the main process. The results show that the knowledge and skills of PT KIU employees about the pellets production process are incresing. Besides that, a scenario for increasing revenue is also carried out. It is estimated that there will be an additional income of around 318,260 per month, or around Rp. 3,819,120/year for each worker in a group of 10 workers

Hand sanitizer is mainly produced using 60% of alcohol as an active substance. Therefore, many hand sanitizers’ products are highly dominant with the alcohol smell. This research was aimed to formulate a sweet-scented hand sanitizer using a combination of orange essential oil as the addition of fragrant substance. A randomized block design (RBD) method was used, consists of one factor of essential oils proportion (i.e. baby orange (BO): sweet orange (SO)) in the formulation of hand sanitizer (P) with five levels. All treatment combination was carried out in five replicates. Physical properties (i.e. pH, density, and viscosity) and microbiological tests (i.e. total plate count and area of bacterial inhibition) were performed, as well as sensory tests to determine consumer response. The best results of the physical properties and the microbiological test were obtained from A2 treatment with proportion of BO: SO (0.75: 0.25), with the average of bacterial inhibition area of 6.77mm more efficient than that of the control. The sweet scene of the hand sanitizer product was clearly shown, as much as 77% of respondents favoured its aroma. The current study clearly shows that orange peels were potential as the additional ingredients in giving the sweet smell to the hand sanitizer.