Development of E-Commerce Applications based on RAD Methods for MSMEs Furniture Business in Central Java

Abstract

Currently, the Klaten Furniture Cooperative consists of 50 members located in Serenan Juwiring, Klaten, Central Java. Management of cooperative activities is still manual included in the marketing of MSMEs furniture products. Based on the results of preliminary research, which becomes difficult for MSMEs furniture is a matter of marketing the products of MSMEs furniture, where during this every sale is done by using a second party or broker/intermediary. With this sales system, manufacturers have weaknesses, including a small profit margin, can not determine the price directly with consumers. To overcome this problem, it is necessary to have an information system that can be used as media / sales media of the furniture product directly to the final user. This study aims to build an information system that can be used as a means for sales of products produced by MSMEs. It is expected that with the sale by online system that can be used can increase SME Furniture revenue and strengthen the value and competitiveness of similar industries. The information system is developed using the general data needed to store the ordering information and the transactions performed. This information system development method is Rapid Application Development (RAD) which is supported with PHP programming language and MySQL database.