Membayar Zakat Infaq Shadaqah secara Online
Baru baru ini, telah diluncurkan Layanan Membayar Zakat Infaq Shadaqah secara online oleh tim saya di Lintasarta, dimana kami bekerja sama dengan Ambhara sebagai penyedia aplikasi, juga dengan Perbankan dan Badan/Lembaga Amil Zakat.
Berikut dokumentasi peluncurannya:
Gb. Ustadz “Sedekah” Yusuf Mansyur sedang mendemokan cara pakai nya.
Jangan khawatir, membayar secara Online bisa dilakukan dengan mudah…
Berikut reference card nya:
Nah, pengin tahu lebih detil nya? Berikut ini step by step guidenya:
1. Sebelumnya lakukan registrasi terlebih dahulu bagi yang belum terdaftar.
2. Login ke http://www.zisbersama.org/
3. Klik “Rekam Data Bayar”, isikan Badan/Lembaga Amil Zakat yang dipilih dan Jenis nya (zakat/infaq/shadaqah) dan Jumlah rp yang akan di bayarkan. Kemudian klik button “Berikutnya” di bagian bawah.
4. Anda akan melihat halaman Konfirmasi sbb. Kemudian klik button “Berikutnya” di bagian bawah:
5. Anda akan melihat halaman Informasi Nomor Registrasi Pembayaran (NRP). Simpan data NRP anda, karena nomor tersebut yang akan digunakan untuk membayar nya via ATM Bank Anggota ZISBersama.
6. Lakukan pembayaran di ATM/Internet Banking Bank Anggota ZISBersama dengan NRP yang anda terima pada langkah 5. Saat ini Bank Mandiri telah siap. Kedepannya akan segera disupport juga dengan internet banking dan sms banking.
Contoh untuk Internet Banking Mandiri:
Pilih “Pembayaran”, Klik “Multi Payment”, Kemudian Pilih rek anda, Pilih Penyedia Jasa: ZIS Bersama, isikan NRP dan lanjutkan seperti biasa anda membayar lewat Internet Banking Mandiri.
7. Done. Mudah bukan?
Untuk rekan-rekan LAZ yang belum bergabung ZIS Bersama dan berkeinginan untuk bergabung bisa kontak saya, Insya Allah akan dibantu.
Update 22 feb 2010:
Saat ini LAZ yang sudah bergabung dengan www.zisbersama.org adalah sbb.
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Best of Open Source Software Awards 2008
InfoWorld’s 2008 Bossies recognize the top free and open products for business, IT, and personal productivity
If the phrase “open source software” continues to conjure images of impassioned programmers selflessly collaborating for the common good, it may be because, even as commercial interests are behind many of the most prominent projects, the results are no less inspired – and typically no less free. Yes, advanced functionality or maintenance and support may require writing a check, but freeloaders looking for high-quality software – of almost any kind – have never had it so good.
Chosen by InfoWorld Test Center editors, analysts, and reviewers, InfoWorld’s annual Best of Open Source Software awards (or Bossies, for short) celebrate the best products that open source has to offer: the best free software on the planet for businesses, their IT staffs, and their employees’ workstations.
[ See Bossie winner slideshows: Collaboration | Developer tools | Enterprise applications | Networking | Platforms and middleware | Productivity applications | Security | Storage ]
ur 2008 winners include 60 products in eight categories: enterprise applications such as CRM, ERP, BI, and reporting; collaborative applications, including mail/calendar, wiki, and social networking; desktop productivity apps from office suites to 3-D modeling; platforms and middleware, including operating systems, databases, virtualization, and SOA integration; developer tools from AJAX and rich Internet apps to Web service testing and version control; networking, including server monitoring, routing, Wi-Fi scanning, and VoIP software; security software, including firewall, IDS, disk encryption, and security testing; and storage, including monitoring and administration, backup, and NAS.
Some of our picks were easy. For office productivity suite, what else but OpenOffice.org? For network intrusion detection, what else but Snort? And for security log analysis, nothing beats Splunk. Even in areas where good options abound, sometimes one solution is head and shoulders above the rest: In CRM, Sugar; in content management, Alfresco; in IP telephony, Asterisk.
But in most categories, stiff competition made the choice difficult. Would it be JasperSoft or Pentaho for BI? Scalix or Zimbra for groupware? Compiere or Openbravo for ERP? How to select the best JavaScript framework from among the likes of Dojo, Google Web Toolkit, Prototype, Yahoo User Interface, and so many others? Choosing often wasn’t easy, but we took a close look and made our call.
In almost every category we explored, the pace of development is remarkable and products are evolving fast. A few of our 2008 winners – Sugar, Alfresco, Asterisk – are repeat champions (see Bossies 2007). But in many categories – most notably ERP and SOA middleware – 2007’s winner fails to take the 2008 prize.
Our 60 winners, and the fact that so many categories are hotly contested, are a testament to the tremendous impact that free and open source software is having across the software landscape. Although we found almost twice as many product categories to award in 2008 as in 2007, we realize we have plenty more work to do. Let us know what we missed.
Doug Dineley is executive editor of the InfoWorld Test Center.
Source: infoworld.com/Doug Dineley
Best of open source applications
Top offerings in CRM, ERP, portals, content management, and collaboration platforms
By James R. Borck , Mike Heck , Tom Yager
A hunger for lighter-weight and lower-cost sales and CRM applications has brought great success to SaaS vendors such as Salesforce.com, and also lifted the fortunes of open source offerings in the space. Open source ERP has had a harder time breaking out, but here too there are several impressive offerings to choose from. And if you’re looking to open source for an enterprise portal, CMS, or Microsoft Exchange substitute, you will not be disappointed.
[ See Bossie winner slideshows: Applications | Networking | Platforms and Middleware | Security | Software development| Storage ]
Commercial open source pioneer SugarCRM is our top choice in CRM. Its trident of offerings – installed, hosted, and a good drop-in appliance – give IT the flexibility it needs, and the easy-to-use Ajax interface enhances user adoption. Users will also appreciate the offline client synchronization; integration with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Word is enterprise-grade.
The proficient Sugar app is becoming polished. The recently released 5.0 beta shows off advances in charting and performance dashboards, plus a new AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) e-mail client and long-awaited field-level access controls. A new custom development kit makes it easier to develop new objects to meet vertical requirements.
Just as important, a good developer community has taken shape around SugarCRM, making a library of plug-ins and feature enhancements available for the suite – including VoIP integration.
SugarCRM has no shortage of competition from open source rivals Centric CRM, CentraView, and openCRX. The most notable of these is Java-based Centric CRM, which touts team collaboration tools for customer service and salesforce automation, as well as strong online marketing tools forged through a relationship with open source demand generation software vendor LoopFuse. A recent influx of capital from Intel won’t hurt it any, either. Long dominated by big guns such as SAP and Oracle/PeopleSoft, ERP has earned a reputation for complexity, and its proximity to the revenue pipeline discourages disruption. As a result, change happens slowly in the ERP market, making it difficult for the bright lights of open source ERP — Apache OFBiz, Compiere, ERP5, Openbravo, OpenMFG/Postbooks, and TinyERP — to shine through.
Further, none of these open source solutions yet compares with the breadth of back office functionality, usability, and integration found in today’s SaaS offerings, such as NetSuite.
Nevertheless, from the hills of Pamplona, Spain, comes a viable if unlikely candidate for many small and midsize implementations: Openbravo. Openbravo does a fine job of managing general business duties like procurement and product pricing, warehouse and inventory management, production, and financial accounting. Its MRP (materials requirement planning) and sales/CRM modules are also good, and the capability to handle multi-phase projects and partner relationships help set it apart.
Openbravo comes up light on HR, customer-to-Web, and document management, but decent BI and balanced scorecard capability in addition to a solid Java development framework for building add-ons boost its enterprise credentials. The recent addition of the JasperReports engine lets users push out professional-looking PDF, Excel, and HTML reports.
Openbravo takes the Bossie, but also notable is Compiere. A split last year between members led to a forked faction founding the alternative ADempiere project, slowing the company momentum a bit. Nevertheless, Compiere’s point-of-sale and CRM modules make it worth a look.
We’re also a fan of the Apache Open for Business (OFBiz) project, but this formidable solution is not for the technically faint of heart. OFBiz is better suited to VARs than SMEs. Another worthy offering is xTuple’s OpenMFG, a Windows-based manufacturing solution with good reporting. OpenMFG is not technically open source, as is its lighter-weight sibling PostBooks, but xTuple does provide code for in-house customization.
If there’s one IT product category that would seem to be ripest for open source solutions, it is portals, because portals exemplify standards and interoperability. By definition, enterprise portals provide a gateway to content in disparate systems and let users run applications within the portal environment. This is typically done by deploying “JSR-168 compliant” portlets (i.e., portlets compliant with the Java portlet specification) be they custom-written or acquired from a portlet vendor.
Putting aside other standards, which our four portal finalists all follow, the compelling argument for winner Liferay Portal can be summed up by mentioning usability, architecture, security, integration, and portlets. Liferay’s intuitive user experience, featuring drag-and-drop portlet arrangement and management, is tops. The latest version adds PHP and Ruby support. On the security side, enterprises can have single sign-on through Microsoft Active Directory or OpenID in addition to LDAP. There’s integration with Microsoft Exchange, an iCal calendar portlet, and full WebDAV support. Moreover, Liferay offers more than 60 portlets.
Not far behind is the widely deployed JBoss Portal, which runs on the solid and scalable JBoss Application Server. JBoss Portal supports any JDBC-compliant database and has much the same security options as Liferay. However, JBoss’ user interface still needs refinement and there are fewer downloads in JBoss’ PortletSwap catalog compared to Liferay.
Also noteworthy, uPortal is designed primarily for institutions of higher education needing a personalized view of their campus Web. Using a set of Java classes and XML/XSL documents that are tuned for schools (rather than large corporations), this solution can be viable as long as you have staff with Java expertise.
Lastly, GridSphere provides a portal framework and a core set of portlets for creating user profiles and customizing the portal’s appearance. GridSphere is maintained by a small development team and boasts strong administration features that ease deploying portlets. Plus, you can build complex portlets using visual beans and the decent GridSphere User Interface tag library.
Our champion in content management systems is Alfresco, which leads an impressive field including DotNetNuke, Drupal, Joomla, and Plone. If the open source community expects their CMSes to be taken seriously, then these applications need to stand up to the same rigorous testing as their commercial counterparts — and they do. (Look here for the detailed results of our comparative review on Oct. 1.)
Considering ease, features, security, scalability, and management, as well as other factors such as community strength and the backing organization’s support, Alfresco emerges the clear winner. In particular, Alfresco’s depth in multilingual content management, scalable deployment options, breadth of built-in applications, enterprise-grade security, and superior document management put it on top.
That’s not to say the others are not extensible, lack support, or can’t be localized. Runner-up Plone has all these traits, though you might need to search for an add-in. As we go down the list to DotNetNuke, Joomla, and Drupal, they also have many enterprise-class characteristics. But there are clear weaknesses as well. For example, Drupal and Joomla have fewer authentication options. DotNetNuke, while a .Net application, isn’t so well integrated with Microsoft Office.
Still, the open source model is clearly thriving in the content management space, with these five solutions the standard-bearers out of a list numbering well over 100. Even considering the expected support and customization costs, constructing your CMS on an open source base will give you many benefits of commercial systems – and still leave you with enough funds to add features that you couldn’t normally afford.
Several open source projects attempt to implement Exchange-compatible collaboration servers, but three really stand out: Open-Xchange, Scalix, and Zimbra, each available in commercial and community editions. All three are one-stop Exchange replacements for Linux. Our winner, Scalix, isn’t the most feature-rich or innovative of the three (Zimbra is), but it has what most businesses expect from a mail and collaboration platform, along with a solid enterprise pedigree. Originally based on HP OpenMail and recently acquired by Xandros (formerly Corel Linux), Scalix sports a Web-based administration interface, strong Outlook and Novell Evolution integration, POP and IMAP standard servers, and a rich, Ajax mail and calendar client.
As is the case with Open-Xchange and Zimbra, Xandros open sources Scalix’s foundation while setting aside the most lucrative bits as closed source. The open source Scalix does not implement the full Outlook client feature set. However, the downloadable binary Community Edition includes licenses for 25 “premium” users, and those users can effectively use Scalix with Outlook as though they’re talking to Exchange.
James R. Borck is senior contributing editor of the InfoWorld Test Center. Mike Heck is a contributing editor of the InfoWorld Test Center. Tom Yager is chief technologist of the InfoWorld Test Center. He also writes InfoWorld’s Ahead of the Curve and Enterprise Mac blogs.
Portal Rujukan Utama Kewirausahaan Indonesia
Ini dia, portal yang bakal jadi rujukan utama kewirausahaan di Indonesia. Ya, dengan berani dan yakin saya menyatakan portal TDA yang reborn tadi malam (15/8/2008) sebagai rujukan utama kewirausahaan di Indonesia.
Saya membayangkan portal ini menjadi wikipedianya kewirausahaan Indonesia. Apa pun yang dicari mengenai kewirausahaan, mulai dari start up sampai pengembangan usaha, bakal ditemukan di sini. Sampai sedetil-detilnya.
Portal TDA bakal menjadi one stop knowledge dan know how resources bagi siapa pun yang ingin menjadi wirausahawan.
Kelak, 5 sampai 10 tahun mendatang, hampir setiap usahawan sukses di Indonesia pasti pernah atau telah bersentuhan dengan TDA atau portal ini. Itu impian kita semua.
Hal tersebut bukanlah muluk untuk dicapai. Saat ini, TDA sudah mewarnai ranah kewiurausahaan di dunia maya. Saya sering menemukan blog atau pun situs dengan logo TDA di dalamnya. Logo TDA sudah menyebar bak virus di dunia maya.
Kemarin salah seorang keluarga saya berkata bahwa ia ingin membeli sebuah produk secara online. Ia yakin dengan toko online itu karena ada logo TDA-nya. Rasa senang dan syukur tak terhingga saya rasakan mendengar pernyataan ini. Brand image TDA sudah cukup tinggi.
TDA pun telah mewarnai berbagai media seperti majalah, koran, televisi. Brand TDA telah mendapat perhatian dan respek dari berbagai pihak di usianya yang baru menginjak tahun ketiga ini. Sekali lagi, alhamdulillah. Ini pun masih beyond my wildest dream.
Maka tepatlah jika momen kelahiran kembali Portal TDA yang dibantu sepenuhnya oleh Virtual Consulting itu menjadi tonggak sejarah tersendiri bagi perjalanan TDA ke depan. Dengan kehadiran portal ini, langkah TDA menjadi semakin yakin dan penuh percaya diri. Bahwa, impian itu bisa dicapai.
Dengan tag line “bersama menebar rahmat”, mulai hari ini portal TDA akan bisa dinikmati dan dimanfaatkan oleh khalayak seluas mungkin.
Ini masih versi 1.0, kata Nukman Luthfie (NL), CEO Virtual Consulting yang juga sebagai penasehat TDA. Nanti versi duanya akan lebih dahsyat lagi. Insya Allah.
Tadi malam NL juga berbagi ilmu yang dahsyat sekali. Hadirin dibuat terpukau dengan ilmu dan insight-nya yang luas dan dalam di bidang internet marketing. Bicara soal internet marketing di Indonesia, tak pelak NL merupakan rujukan utamanya saat ini.
Presentasi dan sesi tanya jawab semalam merupakan pencerahan yang luar biasa bagi kami semua. Ada member yang baru menyadari kesalahannya selama ini setelah websitenya “dibedah” oleh NL. Alhamdulillah, di TDA kita semua bisa menikmati priviledge seperti ini.
Acara tadi malam dihadiri banyak pihak seperti BNI yang diwakili Corporate Secretary Manager Dadang Purwaganda. BNI adalah sponsor utama Portal TDA.
Datang pula tetamu lain. detikcom diwakili oleh Sapto Anggoro (Chief Operational Officer) dan Andrias Ekoyuwono (Promotion Manager). Ada juga Riyeke Ustadiyanto, pakar SEO Indonesia yang sengaja datang dari Bali serta Catur PW, pakar personal branding dari MarkPlus. Tidak ketinggalan tim manajemen dari Zahir Accounting.
Source: Roni Yuzirman/tangandiatas.com
Mobile push email goes open source
Following in the footsteps of the likes of Nokia and Vodafone, a US company is breaking new ground with push email, claiming the first open source offering of its kind.
Funambol, the company behind the open source client and server product, has already seen 250,000 downloads of the enterprise software, which can support any WAP device, as well as BlackBerrys and handsets based on the Windows Mobile operating system.
The Funambol service is distributed free under the open source GPL (General Public Licence) although users can also buy support and a more feature-rich offering from the company.
According to analysts, mobile email usage is well and truly entrenched in the upper echelons of management. According to a recent report from Datamonitor, revenues from mobile email will triple to $600m by 2009.
Source: hardware.silicon.com
eBay feeder business for ‘pickup only’ items
We’ve written about eBay feeder businesses before, such as Zippi, which we featured last year. Now, another example has popped up in the UK focusing on the collection and delivery of ‘pickup only’ furniture and antique items.
For prices beginning at GBP 40, Lots2 will collect and deliver items bought on eBay or other auction platforms from or to anywhere in London, the South East and East Anglia. Large and awkward items that cannot be posted via a conventional courier are the company’s specialty, such as sofas, antiques and furniture. Lots2 offers both economy and express delivery, depending on the flexibility of the customer’s timeframe. Express service is typically for delivery on a particular day with a short lead time, whereas with economy service, Lots2 will collect the item within a week of receiving the order and deliver it within 10 days after that. Lots2 offers pack and protect service to keep items safe during delivery as well. Launched in February 2007, the company has since maintained an on-time delivery record of 99.6 percent.
Lots2 operates just within a portion of the UK, so the opportunities are plentiful around the globe to offer like services. Finding sellers to work with is relatively easy—just use eBay’s search engine to find sellers within a set distance from your zipcode or postal code that sell large items. Movers, delivery companies or minipreneurs with a van—this one’s for you!
Website: www.lots2.co.uk
Contact: hello@lots2.co.uk
Spotted by: Naomi Healy
Source: springwise.com
IKEA Niche delivery biz
We’ve featured ‘feeder businesses’ for IKEA before—companies that feed off the behemoth’s business by offering its customers add-on products or services. While Bemz and Parts of Sweden let customers add options to products they’ve already bought from IKEA, ModerNash found a different customer need to fulfil.
Nashville residents looking for Swedish design at low prices don’t have access to a local IKEA; the nearest blue-and-green big box is in Atlanta. So two friends decided to bring IKEA to Tennessee by taking orders from customers and driving down to Atlanta to pick up the goods. Customers submit their orders on modernash.com, listing item numbers, colours, etc. Modernash brings the goods to its Nashville storage facility, where customers can pick up their orders (the company also offers home delivery for an additional USD 50). ModerNash’s shipping rates are significantly lower than those charged by IKEA, ranging from 20–29% of a customer’s total purchase amount.
The company also assembles furniture for USD 25/hour, handles returns (even for customers who didn’t order through ModerNash), and partners with other local companies that design and install IKEA kitchens. Last but not least, it keeps a small number of popular items in stock for immediate pick-up or delivery.
IKEA’s shipping fees in the US tend to be very high—its business model just isn’t geared to catalogue and delivery sales. In many countries, customers can’t order online from IKEA at all. Which opens up opportunities for local delivery companies who’d like to target a niche audience and are willing to offer the extra service, expertise (and patience) required for shopping at IKEA. (Related: eBay feeder business for ‘pickup only’ items.)
Website: www.modernash.com
Contact: nick@modernash
Spotted by: Mark Sharp
Source: springwise.com
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Asyiknya Menganyam Laba dari Export Rotan lewat Internet tanpa ikut Pameran
Mengikuti kisah Tonton Taufik membangun bisnis rotan
Pada usia 26 tahun, Tonton Taufik menjadi calo mebel rotan. Meski begitu, keinginannya untuk jadi pengusaha tak pernah pupus. Akhirnya, keinginan Tonton itu terwujud melalui Rattanland Furniture.
Rovina Intan
Kebanyakan orang ingin menjadi pengusaha ketimbang bekerja sebagai karyawan buat orang lain. Maklum saja, banyak pengusaha yang sukses di bidang mereka. Alhasil, gelimang harta pun gampang diraih. Siapa tidak ingin kehidupan seperti itu? Nah, satu dari sedikit orang yang mengguratkan kesuksesan usaha ini adalah Tonton taufik.
Kerja keras Tonton, yang bisa dibilang relatif singkat ini, sudah membuahkan hasil. Kini Tonton memiliki tiga usaha berbeda. Ada Rattanland, perusahaan membikin mebel rotan. Selain itu, ia punya perusahaan transportasi dengan nama Budi Surya dan satu pompa bensin umum di Cirebon.
Kalau mau dihitung, pendapatan Tonton saban bulan terbilang luar biasa. Dari Rattanland saja, ia bisa mencatat omzet Rp 900 juta-an sebulan. Setiap tahun, penghasilan Rattanland pun mengalami kenaikan hingga 50 %. Belum lagi dua perusahaan lain milik lelaki berumur 34 tahun ini.
Hanya, keberhasilan bisnis Tonton memang tidak terjadi dalam waktu semalam. Semua itu dimulai pada tahun 1999. Tonton, yang kala itu berusia 26 tahun, mengikuti seminar mengenai segmentasi pasar yang diadakan oleh Rhenald Kasali. Seminar ini, menurut Tonton, ternyata mendatangkan inspirasi bagi dirinya. ”saya mendapatkan ilham untuk berdagang rotan,” ujar Tonton.
Tonton yang saat itu haus akan pengetahuan tentang trik penjualan dan pemasaran rotan pun memutuskan untuk belajar. Selang beberapa bulan, bapak dua orang anak ini mengambil kursus di Pusat Pelatihan Ekspor Indonesia (PPEI). ”Di situ saya belajat tentang kontak bisnis melalui internet,” paparnya.
Merasa belum cukup, Tonton pun melanjutkan pelajaran tentang cara pembuatan website di Bandung. Baginya, belajar terus-menerus adalah dasar penting untuk membangun bisnis.
Sempat putus asa karena kena klaim besar
Inilah awal perjuangan usaha Tonton. Pada bulan Oktober 1999, ia mendirikan Rattanland Furniture. Modal yang dikeluarkannya untuk memulai usaha ini adalah satu buah komputer lengkap dengan fasilitas Internet. ”Modal awal saya kira-kira Rp 5 juta,” kata Tonton.
Tonton memanfaatkan modalnya untuk membuat website sendiri. Selama tiga bulan dia berkutat dengan komputer dan tidak keluar rumah atau bergaul dengan teman seusianya. Alhasil, ibu Tonton, Erna Ma’soem, kerap menegru dan memarahinya. Sang ayah, Ruchimat Samsudi, juga meragukan keberhasilan bisnis anaknya. ”Mereka sering bilang: masa cari uang lewat komputer sih?” ujar Tonton, sembari menirukan perkataan kedua orangtuanya.
Namun, keraguan orangtuanya itu terpatahkan. Pesanan dari luar negeri akhirnya mampir ke website Tonton:
Hanya, Tonton yang saat itu belum mengerti soal dokumen ekspor memilih untuk menjadi calo mebel rotan. Selama setahun, Tonton menjalankan pekerjaan sebagai calo, tapi ia tetap belajar mengenai produksi dan ekspor rotan. ”Saya belajar dari perusahaan eksportir rotan rekanan saya,” tutur suami Hilda D. Syafei ini sambil tertawa.
Nah, pada tahun 2000, Tonton memberanikan diri untuk terjun langsung sebagai eksportir. Tapi, langkah nekatnya tidak berjalan mulus.
Pertama kali mengirim produk ke luar negeri, ternyata konsumennya langsung mengajukan klaim. Pembeli Tonton itu menganggap kualitas mebel rotan buatannya buruk. Jadi, Tonton wajib mengganti setiap produk yang rusak. Kalim ini merupakan pukulan besar bagi Tonton. Mau tak mau, ia harus berhutang guna menutupi penggantian itu. ”Sedih sekali, rasanya ingin mundur dari bisnis ini,” kenang Tonton.
Walaupun sempat putus asa, Tonton tetap berusaha. Ia yakin bahwa masa depan cerah akan menanti bisnisnya. ”Jika saya tetap tekun berusaha, saya pasti mendapatkan berkah,” tandas Tonton. Doa Tonton pun terjawab. Pesanan sebanyak empat kontainer menghampiri Rattandland. Berkat pesanan itu, seluruh utang dan kerugian yang sebelumnya diderita Tonton bisa terbayar lunas. ”Wah, saya senang sekali. Semangat saya pun bertambah,” kata Tonton.
Tapi, Tonton masih mendapat pengalaman buruk lain. Ia pernah ditipu pembelinya dari Arab Saudi. Pasalnya, ”Waktu itu saya belum paham soal posisi tawar dalam masalah pembayaran,” ungkap pria yang gemar jogging ini.
Setelah kejadian itu, Tonton pun mewajibkan para konsumennya untuk melakukan pembayaran uang muka terlebih dahulu. ”Kalau ada uang muka, produk baru dikerjakan,” ucap lulusan Fakultas Teknik Universitas Parahyangan ini.
Biar sudah sukses, Tonton tak berhenti bermimpi. Obsesi Tonton yang terpendam adalah menaikkan jumlah kontainer untuk ekspor. ”Harapan saya, di tahun 2008, target ekspor bisa mencapai 30 kontainer per bulan,” katanya. Untuk mencapai target itu, Tonton tak segan-segan terus belajar mengenai rotan. Ia juga selalu mencoba hal baru, misalnya saja mengombinasikan rotan dengan pelepah pisang, rumput laut, abak dan enceng gondok untuk mebelnya. Tak lupa, menurut Tonton, ia harus mengikuti perkembangan desain dam kebutuhan pasar yang ada.
Selain itu, Tonton memberikan garansi. ”Berapa pun unit yang rusak, pasti saya ganti dan tidak dipungut biaya apa pun,” tandasnya dengan tegas.
Bisnis di Jari Tangan Tonton
Biarpun tidak punya gerai di luar negeri, tapi produk rotan Rattanland Furniture cukup kondang di benak penggemar mebel rotan mancanegara. Maklum saja, Tonton Taufik, pemilik Rattanland Furniture, memang mengandalkan pemasaran melalui internet. Bahkan, Tonton tetap setia mengandalkan gerai di dunia maya selama delapan tahun belakangan.
Pada tahun 1999, dengan bermodalkan jari tangan dan satu buah komoputer, Tonton mulai menjajakan mebel di dunia maya dengan kemampuannya sendiri membikin situs internet. ”Saya belum sanggup mem bayar pegawai. Jadi, saya kerjakan sendiri saja,” kenang Tonton.
Tidak tanggung-tanggung, Tonton juga langsung mendaftarkan website miliknya ke jaringan perdagangan dunia dan pencarian on-line (search engine). ”Kalau bekerja, kita harus maksimal. Tidak boleh setengah-setengah,” tandas bapak dua anak ini bangga. Maka, jangan heran jika Rattanland Furniture cukup terkenal di dunia.
Sekarang, ayah dari Fattan Habibi Rahman dan Keisha Iradati Rahmania ini tak pelu repot mencari pembeli. Pasalnya, pembeli datang sendiri dan pesanan demi pesanan pun mengalir melalui situsnya. Alhasil, Tonton bisa menghabiskan waktu lebih banyak dengan kedua buah hatinya. ”Ini kan bisa dilakukan di rumah, tidak perlu datang ke kantor,” imbuh Tonton. Jangan heran jika sang istri mendukung pekerjaan Tonton.
Source: http://www.stmik-mdp.net/artikel.php?id=78
Strategi UKM menggunakan ICT untuk meningkatkan Daya Saing dan Peluang Export
Strategi Perusahaan Kecil dan Menengah ( UKM ) menggunakan ICT untuk meningkatkan daya saing perusahaan dalam mendapatkan peluang ekspor dan peluang bisnis lainnya
Usaha kecil dan menengah ( UKM ) perlu memanfaatkan ICT untuk meningkatkan daya saing perusahaan, mengingat di era globalisasi ini arena persaingan menjadi sangat kompetitif, dan bersifat global/ mendunia, usaha kecil dan menengah ( UKM ) harus mampu bersaing di tengah persaingan ini, untuk itu diperlukan strategi untuk meningkatkan daya saing perusahaan. Agar dapat bertahan di era persaingan ini, usaha kecil dan menengah ( UKM ) perlu memikirkan strategi untuk meningkatkan daya saing perusahaan untuk mendapatkan peluang ekspor dan juga peluang bisnis lainnya.
Salah satu strateginya adalah menggunakan Information and Communication Technology ( ICT ) yang saat ini di Indonesia ICT atau TIK ( Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi) belum digunakan secara luas, karena pemerintah sendiri baru mengeluarkan kebijakan dan baru membuat Road Map TIK nasional yang sampai saat ini belum sepenuhnya efektif berlaku.
Pemanfaatan ICT bagi usaha kecil dan menengah ( UKM) dapat meningkatkan daya saing yang dimiliki perusahaan untuk mendapatkan peluang ekspor dan peluang bisnis lainnya, mengingat dengan penggunaan ICT informasi dapat diakses dengan mudah dan cepat.
Komunikasi juga dapat lebih efektif dan efisien dengan memanfaatkan ICT. Kemudahan mengakses informasi dan kemudahan dalam berkomunikasi memberikan peluang bagi UKM untuk mencari peluang ekspor maupun peluang bisnis lainnya.
Tetapi penggunaan ICT oleh usaha kecil dan menengah ( UKM) mengalami kendala, khususnya dalam hal biaya, peralatan untuk pemanfaatan ICT tergolong masih mahal, selain itu selama ini barang-barang untuk ICT berasal dari luar negeri. Dengan pemanfaatan ICT pula UKM perlu merubah infrastruktur perusahaan. Mungkin usaha kecil dan menengah (UKM) dapat mengatasi kendala ini dengan melakukan kerjasama dengan UKM lainnya dalam pengadaan fasilitas penunjang ICT. Atau mungkin juga UKM menggandeng perusahaan besar dalam penggunaan ICT. Selain kendala biaya, masalah lain yang dibatasi oleh usaha kecil dan menengah (UKM ) adalah keterbatasan sumber daya manusia, dalam penggunaan ICT di UKM tentunya membutuhkan sumber daya manusia yang memiliki pengetahuan dan kemampuan untuk menerapkan ICT di perusahaan.
Source: depkominfo.go.id
Berani Sukses, berani Mencoba dan berani Gagal
Baca-baca Tabloid Kontan, ada TIPS dari Purdi Chandra, owner Primagama:
Berani Sukses, berani Mencoba dan berani jika Gagal.
Tips universal yang down to earth banget, menurut saya.
Kalau Anda ingin sukses, Anda tidak boleh takut mencoba dan tidak boleh takut gagal!.
Pertama-tama kita harus memiliki sikap Berani untuk Sukses. Untuk itu harus berani mencoba, mencoba dan mencoba lagi, seperti Thomas Alfa Edison yang pernah gagal ribuan kali melakukan percobaan lampu pijar, namun akhirnya berhasil menemukan lampu pijar yang sangat bermanfaat untuk semua umat manusia.
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