June 17, 2024 BADUNG, diaribali.com – The Community Service Team (PKM) of Warmadewa University (Unwar) targeted one of the IRT Jaje Bolong household industry groups “Sari Rasa Bolong” in Banjar Pekandelan, Sading Traditional Village, by providing Accounting and Capital Recording Training Assistance. The community service that took place recently, consisted of Unwar lecturers and students, with lecturer members Ketut Sudarmini, Gusti Ayu Sugiati, I Dewa Ayu Eka Pertiwi.
PKM Chairperson Ketut Sudarmini, SE., M.Agb., said that training in accounting and capitalization of IRT groups is very important to improve sales management. It is hoped that with this training the sales system will be better, the marketing area will be wider, and it will be able to save marketing costs, especially with social media. Sudarmini further explained that in the mentoring, partners are guided on how to do simple accounting records, how to determine the cost of goods sold and are given assistance with one unit of flour machine and are connected to one of the cooperatives to work together to help provide loans for working capital. Sading Traditional Village, he said, is one of the Traditional Villages in Mengwi District whose population is almost 12% (873 people) whose livelihood is trading and home industry.
The Jaje Bolong Sari Rasa Bolong home industry group, in meeting customer demand, is still unable to produce in large quantities, this is because the production partners use equipment that is still limited with medium-sized pans and the stoves used are also still small. "This is because there is still a lack of capital to buy larger equipment.
Partners have marketed their products through social media such as Instagram, Facebook and also WhatsApp. Sales development has increased quite a bit, but in determining the selling price there is competition between housewives who produce the same cake, the Sari Rasa Bolong housewife group that every day is able to produce 15 kg of rice as raw material and the output produced can be sold all," he explained via a press release received Sunday (16/6/2024) in Denpasar.
The marketing area, he said, is still around Sading Village and also to the traditional market in Sempidi. The group wants to expand the market area to other areas. So far, partners in processing rice into flour still produce to other places so that costs arise, if partners have rice processing machines into flour, they will be able to save costs, so that profits can increase.
