The high market competition encourages SMEs to improve their performance in national and global markets. With such conditions of course the role of appropriate technology in advancing the business is needed.
Inappropriately with Permendagri 20/2010 on Community Empowerment through Appropriate Technology Management, today the role of technology is very important to improve the performance of SMEs and overcome the difficulties they often face, especially in terms of producing quality commodity goods. Through the touch of technology and supported by reliable human resources, it is expected that the quality of products produced by SMEs can be maintained quality, so that it can compete with overseas products and the benefits can be even greater.
Currently, not only SMEs are interested in utilizing appropriate technology in running its business. The government is now beginning to do so ...
