Universities are considered as a source of open innovations by producing new technology. The innovations need to be tested in licensed laboratories in order to create certified products if they are to be commercialized to the market. Many universities have established laboratories that provide testing services to society and act as a revenue-generating source. Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) owns an accredited center laboratory that provides testing services to external parties. In addition, the university owns other laboratories in several faculties to conduct academic activities and research and yet provide testing services, but have not been accredited. Therefore, the laboratories have the potential to be developed as part of the testing service business to support the incubation process of new technology and provide testing services. In this article, we chose UNS, one of the universities in Indonesia, to develop a framework of readiness level measurement instrument, to evaluate the readiness and to suggest improvements for laboratories to achieve accreditation. A framework of laboratory readiness measurement was developed using integration of management approach and laboratory approach. Descriptive statistics were used to create a radar chart to determine the readiness level. Based on findings and evidence analysis, we proposed improvement planning using ISO 17025 and management concept.

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Transportation plays an important role for the industry because the producers have an interest in getting their goods transported to the customer on time, at the exact spot and goods are in good condition. Sari et al (2013) have optimized the transportation problem on the cement distribution system of PT. XYZ. In those article, optimization is done by minimizing transportation costs using the initial fiscal solution with the Least Cost method and calculating the optimal solution with potential method. However, in that calculation, the distance factor between the warehouse and the distribution and transport capacity is not considered. In fact, in distributing a product, the mileage factor becomes important enough to be considered because it involves many things in its operation. Therefore, in this article, the cement distribution cost will be optimized by using modified model of the transportation model used in Sari et al (2013).

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PT. INKA merupakan perusahaan yang memproduksi kereta api, baik untuk dipasarkan ke dalam negeri maupun diekspor ke luar negeri. Pada periode tahun 2016, keterlambatan kedatangan material yang paling banyak pada proyek 5TSK3. Hal ini akan menghambat proses produksi kereta. Dalam studi kasus ini, akar penyebab keterlambatan dianalisi menggunakan cause-effect diagram dan metode kipling untuk menghasilkan usulan perbaikan guna mengurangi resiko terjadinya keterlambatan datangnya barang untuk proyek di masa depan. Dari hasil identifikasi masalah, diperoleh lima faktor yang menjadi penyebab keterlambatan kedatangan material proyek kereta 5TSK3, yaitu faktor material, manusia, metode, mesin dan lingkungan. Selain itu, dari faktor-faktor yang menyebabkan keterlambatan kedatangan material, diperoleh beberapa usulan perbaikan yang dianalisis menggunakan pendekatan tools teknik industri dan aliran aktivitas pengadaan material. Berdasarkan analisis, diperoleh Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) usulan untuk pengadaan material. Kata kunci: keterlambatan, pengadaan material, SOP