The objective of this research was to examine the effect of removal raffinose in tris aminomethane egg yolk diluents to semen quality of Boer goat during chilled preservation. This research was carried out at Animal Reproduction Laboratory and Sumber Sekar Laboratory, Animal Husbandry Faculty, Brawijaya University from December 11 th 2016 to January 31 th 2017. Semen diluent was divided into two groups, there were P0 (80% Tris Aminomethane + 20% Egg Yolk); and P1 (80% Tris Aminomethane (without raffinose) + 20% Egg Yolk). Parameter of this research was motility percentage, viability percentage, and abnormality percentage. Data of this research was analyzed using paired design t test. The result showed that after five days chilled preservation, was different (P<0,05) on the average motility percentage between P0 (39,50±9,26%) and P1 (43,50±6,26%). There was significantly different (P<0,01) on the average viability percentage between P0 (45,86±15,66%) and P1 (46,38±15,32%). There was significantly different (P<0,01) on the average abnormality percentage between P0 (1,76±0,60%) and P1 (2,31±0,75%). Total motile sperm count after 5 days chilled preservation was different (P<0,05) in P0 treatment and not different (P>0,05) in P1 treatment compared to the expectation value of 40 million sperm/ml. The conclution of this research was the tris aminomethane egg yolk diluent without raffinose could protect of Boer goat semen quality during chilled preservation.

The research aims to examine factors that affect inventory mismanagement in a Small Medium Enterprises (SME), which is a market leader in the Heavy Equipment Spare part Industry. Despite its status as market leader, the company deals with various inventory problems, for examples slow-moving stocks, delivery delays to customers, and so forth. Those problems, at the end, may reduce company’s profit. In order to determine the main factors, this study applies quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative methods, specifically Pareto diagram and Inventory Turnover Ratio (ITR), are mainly used to evaluate sales and inventory management. ITR is affected by spare part quantity, warehouse area used, and the material amount. The top five ITR ratings are examined further through observation, interview, and questionnaire techniques. Meanwhile, the qualitative method is applied to evaluate the company’s inventory information systems, procedures and coordinations among departments, and human resources. Our findings suggest that the unintegrated company’s information system and lack of qualified human resources are the main factors affect inefficient inventory management. The research benefits to industry by suggesting the importance of information systems and human resources to inventory management. As for academics, this research enriches inventory management literature.

This research examines consumers' purchasing behavior in the stone fruit market. The most important factors that influence the decision to purchase peaches, plums, and nectarines are: that the product is safe to eat, healthy, sweet, it looks good, is a good value for the money, firmness, and ripeness. Consumers are unfamiliar with brix, acidity, and pressure concerning stone fruit. Simulated test marketing was used to expose consumers to peaches, plums, and nectarines with a Tested Ripe Label. The label had a positive impact on purchase interest, fifty-four percent of consumers indicated that they would probably or definitely purchase more stone fruit with the tested ripe label. The consumers that indicated an increase in purchase interest were profiled. These consumers find it more difficult to determine ripeness of peaches, plums and nectarines. Those that would purchase more stone fruit with a tested ripe label are more likely to purchase a different fruit if the grocery store does not have their desired fruit or if it does not appear ripe. Further, they are likely to purchase a higher quality stone fruit if it were more expensive.

Production planning and control in a manufacturing company involves all production activities from raw material requirements to finished products. The Jakarta Automotive Components Industry is engaged in manufacturing which produces leaf spring products that are sent to several regular customers, namely the Automotive Assembly Industry. Leaf spring Hino OW 190/200 is the type of spring ordered and shipped to PT. HMMI. Based on data for the January-December 2019 period, the demand for Hino OW 190/200 leaf spring has fluctuated quite significantly. The purpose of this study was to plan and control the production process of Leaf Spring Hino OW 190/200. Forecasting for the next 12 periods is based on demand plots from the previous 12 periods, calculating the Aggregate production plan, determining the Master Production Schedule (MPS), calculating raw material requirements using the Hybrid and Lot for Lot methods. The results showed that to support the smooth production, it can be seen that the production planning for forecasting calculations using the Linear Regression method generates a model Y=319,575+3,723X. Calculation of the need for main raw materials and components in 2020 uses the Hybrid and Lot for Lot method, which is 256,182.88 kg, much smaller than the company's calculations based on 2019 data, namely 259,827.40 kg.

In this paper the data collected from three Italian mega stores of Viterbo (Rome area) from different types of fruit (peaches, apricots, apples and pears) purchased twice in the same season are presented. Fruit quality was compared to the minimum EU quality standard requirements. The fruits were kept in a laboratory simulating the usual conditions in the market. All fruit met the EU quality standards only for size. Not all the fruit met the UE quality standards related to the category assigned from the mega store, for freshness, appearance, shape, integrity, and colour uniformity. Only apples in one mega store responded to all the EU quality standards. No relationship existed between the assigned category, the quality and the price of the product. Since fruits were kept in non-refrigerated bulk display, the recorded temperature varied between 20-25°C with R.H. varying from 40 to 50%. The conditions during simulated laboratory storage were 20°C and 65% R.H. despite these better thermohygrometric conditions, in terms of firmness and overall quality, fruit quality decreased in 8 hours, from the morning to the evening. Apples and pears lost firmness quickly during the day especially during the first purchase.