III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1. Time and Location
This research has been conducted on March until July 2006 and takes location on Directorate General of Forest Production Management, Department
of Forestry, Jakarta. For the purpose of this research, data was collected on Forest Production Management Directorate General, consists of forestry industry
data in 33 Indonesia provinces, i.e. Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, North Sumatera, West Sumatera, Riau, Riau Islands, Jambi, Bengkulu, Bangka Belitung, South
Sumatera, Lampung, Banten, Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, Bali, NTB, NTT, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan,
South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Maluku, North Maluku, West Irian Jaya, and Papua.
3.2. Data Sources
In general, there are two types of data used on this research : a spatial data, and b non – spatial data.
3.2.1. Spatial data.
Spatial data was used to plot the location of forestry industry and forestry industry’s supplier; overlay and display the location of natural and plantation
forest concessions; and used to show material distribution pattern of forestry industry. There are several spatial data used on this research, consists of :
1. Natural and plantation forest concession digital map vector data; year
2005. The data was obtained from Badan Planologi, Department of Forestry.
2. Indonesia village digital map vector data; year 1995. The data was
obtained from Biro Pusat Statistik BPS, Jakarta.
3.2.2. Non Spatial Data
Non spatial data was used as a basic design of forestry industry database system. The data was collected from forestry industry data report, available on
Forest Production Management Directorate General. There are several sources of non spatial data used on this research, consists of :
1. Forestry industry data report obtained from Balai Sertifikasi Pengusahaan
Hasil Hutan BSPHH years 2003 and 2004; 2.
Material document report RPBBI ~ Rencana Pemenuhan Bahan Baku Industri;
3. Forestry industry performance assessment Lembaga Penilai Independen -
LPI Mampu report year 2003 ; 4.
Reregistering report Daftar Ulang Industri – DUI of forestry industry year 2004.
3.3. Selected Tools
A set of software and hardware that is used in accomplishing this research includes :
3.3.1. Hardware
The minimum specifications of hardware used to support development process of the system are :
9 Windows XP operating system run on PC Pentium IV class with minimum
1.9 GHz ; 9
RAM 256 MB or more 9
SVGA screen with minimum resolution 1024 x 768 pixels
3.3.2. Software
There are 3 three groups of software that used in developing this system, which are :
A. Operating System
Operating Systems OS0 used in designing this system are Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or Microsoft Windows XP Professional
edition.
B. Developer Software
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and ESRI MapObjects 2.1 were used to develop decision support system and application of information
system.
C. Database Software
Database management software used for this system is Microsoft Access.
D. Application Software
ESRI ArcView 3.x is used to process spatial data, such as plotting a location of forest industry, location of supplier, administrative
boundary, roads and forest concessions area.
3.4. Methodology
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