In Indonesia Reverse Logistics System

JAKARTA: Henry Sandee, a senior World Bank's trade specialist, assess Indonesia experienced a decline in the quality of logistics system when economic growth is better than its neighbors when the crisis struck.

"Twice the World Bank doing research logistics in 150 countries, including Indonesia, respectively in 2007 and in 2010. The results in the last 3 years Indonesia has experienced a setback in terms of quality logistics systems," he said at a seminar 2 days at the State University of Jakarta, which ended today .

Sandee said the lack of quality logistics system because of the direct neighbors make concrete steps, while Indonesia is still busy in planning and making the formulation.

"State action direct neighbors what makes the congestion at the port, bottle neck in the ground transportation and optimize existing dry port so that the distribution of commodity products and can spread to other countries,"

Meanwhile, Indonesia, which already has a blueprint for the implementation phase of the field of logistics but not optimal then send the products to Surabaya, Padang or more costly than send it to Singapore.

Padahalpemerintah realize that to improve competitiveness depends not only on quality and price of the product but also whether the product could arrive in a foreign country in a timely manner as well as China's agricultural products are flooding the supermarkets and street vendors in Indonesia.

"Look at peer fruit, citrus and other things may come in the fresh condition and cheap even though Indonesia is also producer of oranges. Because oranges from Medan and Pontianak transports costs are still expensive. Infrastructure sea, land, air also does not support the oranges in the country to compete with imported products, "said Sandee.

As for China and neighboring countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam to have been able to apply the policy-kebikan new products can quickly worldwide in Tunjang with good logistics system.

He said he welcomed the presence of agency oversight and implementation on the ground like a Presidential Working Unit of Supervision, Control and Development (UKP4) is expected to make Indonesia's competitiveness will be enhanced because of coordination, infrastructure and interconnection smoothly.

The Indonesian government able to bring about macro and micro policies that can promote economic growth, but not to increase the competitiveness of Indonesian products abroad.

Rector of State University of Jakarta (UNJ) Sujanto Bejo said still needed a new and more specific concepts to be able to implement the various policies that have been issued by the government primarily to respond to the acceleration of changes that occur in this global era.

"For that we organized an international conference that followed academics, policy makers, economists so that we can contribute to how to fix problems in education, economics, logistics to entrepreneurship," he said.

Other speakers M. Fadhil Hasan, an economist said in a macroeconomic INDEF RI is more healthy with a variety of indicators exist that are quite competitive. But since not been able to make efficiency, corruption is still high, inadequate infrastructure, especially the interconnection between regions then become weak competitiveness.

"If the government had komiten to reform and take real action then the business can grow." Fadhil Hasan said.

By                : Henry Sandee, (senior trade specialist World Bank)

Source          : Bisnis.Com