EMPOWERMENT OF THE WOOD FURNITURE CRAFTSMEN IN INCREASING THE INCOME OF JOINT BUSINESS GROUP "SIDO MAKMUR"

Abstract

 As a small enterprise, KUB "SIDO MAKMUR "faced many problems, as is generally faced by most of MSMEs in Indonesia. This community service program tries to find out the causes of those problems and try to give the solutions for those various problems.  The lack of production equipment, limited skills in product design, limitations in terms of marketing, and also limitations in access to financial institutions due to the non-bankable business are the problems that are found by the team and become the focus of this community service program. Our team provides many methods in order to solve the problems. Such as 1) production equipment assistance. 2). Provide product design training. 3). Providing internet-based product marketing training. 4). Providing Training in making proposals for capital assistance to various financial institutions and companies and assisted in channeling these proposals. At the end of the Training, a training satisfaction survey was conducted for the participants. From the survey results, it was concluded that various Training had a positive impact on increasing motivation, knowledge, and internet marketing skills of the members of KUB "SIDO MAKMUR."