DESAIN SISTEM INFORMASI KOMODITAS HORTIKULTURA BERBASIS SMS (SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE) DI SUB TERMINAL AGRIBISNIS MANTUNG PUJON
ABSTRACT: The objective of
this research was to set up the SMS based agricultural commodities information
system that run well and provide accurate and speedy information at a
reasonably low cost, particularly for horticultural products marketed at Sub
Agribusiness Terminal (STA) Mantung Agribis Center in Malang Regency. The
Agribusiness information outputs consist of suppliers, sale transactions,
buyers, purchasing transactions, and commodities information. The required data
were Government, Suppliers, and Buyers. The system users would be Suppliers,
buyers, Managers of Agribusiness Terminals, Sub Agribusiness Terminal and main
markets, and related government and private bodies.
A descriptive-analytical method, so-called the prototyping approach, was
chosen. The research was started in two main stages, first, an identification
of users’ needs and a development of a system prototype that covered the
conceptual design, architecture design, and program implementation (coding).
The architecture of the design consisted of data base, process, user interface,
and network design. The software employed were Gammu, Firebird 1.5, SMS Demon
and Delphi 7.0. The hardware required include the Auto Respond SMS application,
a compute set equipped with a GSM modem, and a GSM network.
The information in the developed system, however, was not real time since
the data was first collected from the sources, then the collected data was
input and processed. Therefore, there will be a time delay, depending on the
time to execute this sequence. The results indicated that the developed system
was able to provide users the relevance information within 15-30 seconds at a
cost of not more than regular SMS charge.
Key words: SMS-based
horticultural information system
Penulis: Ika Atsari Dewi, Sucipto,
Aunur Rofiq Mulyarto
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd060014
