OPTIMALISASI NILAI TAMBAH PRODUK VOKASI ISTIMEWA MELALUI WEB ECOMMERCE DAN PENERAPAN QUALITY FUNCTION DEVELOPMENT PADA SLB

Several School for Students with Special Needs (SLB) in Malang and Kediri East Java have implemented entepreneurship-based education approach for their students, including SLB Autis River Kids Kota Malang dan SLB Raharja Sejahtera Kediri. They both provide “a special vocational class” which is a starting point for business pioneering and employment opportunities for their teenagers’ students. By having this special vocational class that produces several products, it can support the students’ independence since they are quite difficult to work outside their environment. The purpose of the PKM program is to optimize the value added of this class’ products through providing e-commerce website and implementing Quality Function Development (QFD) method. Based on the analysis of the issues, the combination of training, mentoring, reflection and sustainability of program become a series of PKM activities. The result shows that both schools have e-commerce website instead of profile website, they can increase production capacity and its sales, product variations and packaging by using a new machine, impelement QFD concept in production process, prepare informative financial report and have another reference regarding education management in SLB. The benefit of this PKM program acquired by the schools, university as well as the society