The Information System Student Association at Universitas Dian Nuswantoro (Udinus) officially soft-launched a monitoring and evaluating device in the form of milkfish sorting tools equipped with adjustable size and weight. The activity was a part of the Student Organization Coaching Program (PPKO) given to Milkfish Businesses in Krobokan, Semarang.

On that occasion, the launching was conducted symbolically with a ribbon cutting section done by Dr. Aris Marjuni, S.Si., M.Kom., the Head of the Information System Study Program, and Dr. Rindra Yusianto, S.Kom., M.T., the Head of the Student Affairs Bureau at Udinus. The Village Chief of Krobokan, Milkfish Business Owners, and students at Udinus. The event went evenly on Saturday, September 29, 2023.

Satrio Bisma Bramantyo, the Student Organization Coaching Program team leader of the Information System Student Association, explained that the device served as the first step to resolving the problems surrounding small businesses with manual sorting systems. By using this tool, sorting the quantity and size of milkfish would be more accurate and efficient. 

“We presented this device in an attempt to introduce the IoT implementation to milkfish business owners. The conveyor device is equipped with size and mass sensor divided into three different sizes namely, small, medium, and big,” he explained. 

It is important to note that the Student Organization Coaching Program is a program in which student organization members undergo a series of coaching sessions in the form of community services and empowerment in a village fostered by the campus.

According to Dr. Aris Marjuni, S.Si., M.Kom., the Head of the Information System Study Program, every knowledge taught on campus must be applied in a community. This program serves as a platform for students to implement the aforementioned knowledge. This soft-launching event was tangible proof that progress was being made by the team to conduct the Student Organizations Coaching Program. 

“We will always instruct and monitor the team to conduct their program without issues in accordance with the proposed roadmap. Hopefully, this program could be utilized properly by the milkfish business owners in Kerobokan,” he concluded.

Prior to this, the Student Organization Coaching Program team of the Information System Student Association (HM Sisfo) also established a community consisting of milkfish business owners to improve digital visibility. The community housed 25 milkfish business owners in Krobokan, a village fostered by the Information System Student Association. (Humas Udinus/Haris. Foto: Dok. Pers Kampus Wartadinus)