SEMS Lab Participate in 1st Workshop on System Modeling for Policy Development

Two of our researchers, Akhmad Hidayatno and Armand Omar, participated in the 1st Workshop on System Modeling for Policy Development, jointly organized by UKP4 (The Presidential Working Unit for Supervision and Management of Development) and ITB’s School of Business and Management. Mr Akhmad Hidayatno was invited after submitting his paper based on his Ph.D thesis on the sustainable development of biodiesel industry though a multi-level system dynamics model.

This 1st workshop’s theme were “Rehearsing Initiatives” which was explain by Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto as head of the UKP4 to rehearse or exercising policies using the system modeling approach as the next important stage for one of UKP4’s roles to support the decision making of the Presidency. There were 40 paper submitted and 9 were selected to be presented in this workshop, from various institutions in Indonesia.

The workshop also opened by the keynote speech from Prof. Iwan Jaya Azis from Cornell University, who is currently on loan at Asian Development Bank (ADB).  His speech talked about the use of modeling in economics and how we should approach and use them.

The workshop was considered a success, and the subsequent workshops will be conducted in the future to gain more insights from the use of systems modeling in policy development.

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Accenture Lecture Series on Technology Begins

SEMS Lab is coordinating the series of lecture from Accenture entitled: Accenture Lecture Series on Technology as part of the Management of Technology Course.

Accenture has graciously allow their consultants to share their experience and knowledge  in the field of ERP Implementation, Knowledge Management, Change Management and New Trends in Technology.

Today Mr. Donny Salaki started the lecture series with ERP Implementation as the main topics, the class generated excitement among the students which makes the class prolonged for almost an hour.

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ITT Telkom Visit SEMS Lab

As part of their visits to IE Department, the students of IT Telkom visited SEMS lab.

Stefan Darmansyah, Head of LAs, Explains the Lab

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Beer Game with New Redesign Board

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The beer game board that we were previously  using was created 10 years ago,  using a simple banner material with one color:  black.

With the new affordable printing technology for banner printing,  we are able to redesign the board with more color.

Today is the first time we were using the new board. The class were facilitated 3 of our lab assistants: Irvanu Rachman, Christian Susanto, and Tyonardo Cahayadi

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SEMS Financial Modeling Workshop

SEMS Lab conducted one-day workshop on Financial Modeling by inviting one of our alumni, Iko Putera, as the instructor and facilitator for the workshop. While he was students, Iko final projects was developed “the financial game”, a management flight simulator for assisting the process of learning of simple balance sheets and financial performance. The game simulated the condition of a small company, developed using system dynamics software and linked to spreadsheets software.

SEMS Financial Modeling Workshop

SEMS Financial Modeling Workshop

Now, he has accumulated diverse experiences on developing and delivering financial models for various projects and clients, as a consultant for various consulting organizations, so we were very happy that Iko is willing to share his knowledge and experiences with us.

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