The Performance Improvement Model of Group and Partnership based Coffee Processing Enterprises in the Jember Regency

Abstract

The coffee commodity is one of the highly developing world commodities. The increase in demand, production, and consumption shows that this commodity is no longer as a secondary material, but it also has become a compulsory requirement for most societies. The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze alternative marketing strategies for small-scale processed coffee enterprises in Jember regency based on the SWOT analysis. Moroever it was also to determine appropriate strategies in improving the performance of large-scale processed coffee enterprises in Jember regency based on the SWOT analysis and to design marketing strategies for group and partnership based processed coffee enterprises in Jember regency. The research type is a descriptive study. Primary data was collected by indepth interviews. The research results showed cooperation in the form of a co-branding would indirectly introduce community-based coffee from Sidomulyo village to a wider consumer range. Thus, people will recognize that there is a coffee with a distinctive flavor from the Sidomulyo village in Jember regency. The group-based model is by forming a cooperative and the partnership-based model is by forming simultaneous and integrated partnership with the Koka Research Center, PTPN XII, BI, and exporters have both proven to improve the performance of community-based coffee business in Sidomulyo village.