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bY: Theresia Eko Setyowati (LESMAN, Boyolali – Jawa Tengah)

Monday, May 19, 2008

With the opening of the organic product market, the quality of quality assurance at all levels (farmers, farmer groups, traders, and consumers) is essential. This quality assurance is the key to the sustainability of the product market.

One model is product quality assurance with the Internal Control System / ICS (Internal Assurance System). ICS itself is literally a quality assurance system documented, which allows certification bodies to delegate the annual inspection of all individual group members to the institutions / units of service that have been certified.

What must be understood is that the quality insurance products designed by the group is to assure consumers that the product quality they produce is in accordance with production standards and the standards required consumer products.

In the development of ICS, which is reflected travel needs strengthening process that becomes the primary key of the success of the organization and the organization of farmers that will be marketed products. Market orientation should also be considered, both the local market, national, and international. Because organizing a series of product and marketing direction will affect the strategies in implementing ICS.

Why do farmers have a strong organization, because without the group and the mechanism kesolidan good group, then the ICS work will not be able to do the maximum, because the commitment of all members and administrators to measure the success of product quality assurance is that internal conflicts can be resolved.

Therefore the implementation of ICS in the group must begin with an understanding of itself ICS, ICS organs develop, build organizational mechanisms, ICSnya goals, ICS organizational areas, the base organization, commodity options, the intended market, standard-setting process of organic production, and product specification .

Application of ICS in the group takes a long time process, so the acceleration can be done is to have the support of his organization's readiness to manage the ICS.
So far, a fairly severe constraint in the organization of the ICS product is the guarantee of the product market. ICS served in the marketing of products, so the role of ICS is not only a guarantor institutions at the level of product quality but also the product marketing organization members. So that marketing and market choices, from the beginning to be established and agreed upon by all members of the ICS.

Some aspects and capabilities that will support the success of the ICS include: infrastructure, market information, marketing network, mediation, negotiations, financing, and regulations that exist (regulations, standards, laws, and local cultural norms).

And to support the dynamic function of the institutional guarantor of the quality of products there must be a member of the sustainable capacity development for organ ICS (members and managers) itself.

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