IDENTIFIKASI DESAIN JARINGAN MANAJEMEN RANTAI PASOK KOPRA DI KOTA MANADO (Studi di Kelurahan Bengkol dan Kelurahan Tongkaina) IDENTIFY NETWORK DESIGN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF COPRA IN MANADO CITY (A Study in Bengkol Village and Tongkaina Village)

Copra is a commodity trading economically valuable. But the low prices and the length of time in the process of copra make the farmers to switch professions even change the function of land into the settlement. Supply chain management is a product development activities, the procurement of materials, the production and distribution. A design network able to determine whether a supply chain management will be efficient. The purpose of this research to identify the design of a network of supply chain management copra on Bengkol village and Tongkaina in Manado in order to design the supply chain that give added value so profitable for farmers and industry. Analysis method used is descriptive qualitative analysis. Data collection techniques by conducting observation, interviews and documentation. The results of the study show a pattern design tissue supply chain copra to officials in urban village Bengkol and Tongkaina covering farmers, middle-men, then industry cooperate with a distributor channel copra to the consumers. Farmers should form a group of farming and channel directly copra business outputs to industries.