Warmadewa University (Unwar), again carried out community partnership activities or programs (PKM) for craftsmen in Gianyar Regency. On Friday, May 14, 2021, two faculties at Warmadewa University, namely the Faculty of Economics and Business and the Faculty of Agriculture, carried out PKM in Sidan Village, Gianyar District, Gianyar Regency, Bali. The Faculty of Economics and Business carried out PKM at the Uma Sari Craft Business. PKM Lecturer of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Warmadewa University, I Gusti Ayu Ratih Permata Sari, SE., M.Sc. who was contacted on Sunday, May 30, 2021 said, For the community service program, the lecturer of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Warmadewa University is currently targeting coconut shell and keben craftsmen owned by I Wayan Lanus. "The name of the craft business is Uma Sari which is about 18 km from Denpasar City . Various types or models of coconut shell crafts are made ranging from small to large sizes, '' he said.
He further said, I Wayan Lanus started his business on May 12, 2016. The selling price of a coconut shell craft ranges from IDR 15,000 to IDR 550,000. However, the management of the business at Uma Sari has not been carried out properly and is still carried out conventionally. "Financial bookkeeping is not yet in place, so owners or craftsmen do not know accurately the amount of profit they earn and the amount of costs spent in the production and operational processes," he explained. He also said that the purpose of this program is to help business partners overcome problems faced in developing their businesses. "The implementation of this program is carried out through an individual approach.
This individual approach begins by exploring the partner's understanding of bookkeeping. After exploring the partner's understanding of bookkeeping, it is then continued by providing material and understanding of what a simple financial book looks like and what the contents of a simple financial book are. Then, partners are invited to find out what is needed if they want to know how much net profit is generated and how much the real costs are spent and make a simple financial report book, he explained. After providing an understanding, said Ratih, partners are then given a blank book to be invited to compile a simple financial report book, namely a profit and loss report. This approach emphasizes partners to be able to create a simple financial report book. Partners will be guided and assisted to record everything related to expenses and income in the production and marketing process of coconut shell crafts including the amount of wages that must be paid to their workers. "Partners are expected to be able to create simple financial reports, be able to find out how much money is spent in the process of making coconut shell crafts, be able to determine the selling price and the amount of wages that must be paid to their workers.
With the understanding provided, it is hoped that the continuity of the partner's business can run smoothly and develop," he explained. He also explained that the PKM activity was continued by helping partners in marketing their products, where so far partners have only relied on their regular customers in marketing their products. "Based on the individual approach taken, it is known that partners are people who do not understand information technology and do not know how to utilize information technology. For this reason, the proposing team will provide training on marketing strategies, assisting in online marketing. It is hoped that with this online marketing, partners can expand their product marketing," he hoped.
