OPTIMIZATION OF MANUFACTURING IN MSMEs BUSINESSES OF TARO CHIPS

Abstract

MSMEs play an important role in driving the economy, even though they are small scale, these
businesses are able to help the wheels of a country's economy. MSMEs are a large and diverse
sector, and their contribution to economic growth and job creation is very significant. One of the
popular MSME sectors is the snack food industry, including the production of taro chips. The
obstacle in running this MSME is that it only looks at previous demand without using a production
planning strategy. The non-implementation of production planning strategies is motivated by
various factors. In this research, we will discuss the optimal production amount for Keladi Chips
MSMEs so that profits can be maximized by using the Linear Programming method. The data
required to use the Linear Programming method is collecting data such as product type, product
yield data, number of working days data, and sales data. This research produces a monthly
production profit of Rp. 7,584,000 of them with a production output of taro chips products of 900
packs in one month.