Building the Competitiveness of Traditional Retail Supply Chain Management Through the Actualization of Pancasila Values

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out a new perspective to build and create competitiveness for MSMEs businesses in the field of supply chain management as well as grounding the values of Pancasila awareness towards a solid, advanced and independent Indonesian economy. This study’s findings show that the supply chain management policies implemented by traditional Javanese retailers in Kediri implement the first precept, “Belief in the one and only God”, the second precept, “Just and Civilized Humanity”, and the fifth precept, “Social justice for all Indonesian people” become the foundations to create and maintain relationships between suppliers and buyers.