From Lina with IT

Fun Tidbits in SAP

2008-08-21T20:54:00.001-07:00

I never post a blog about my job and this is the first one. My colleague send this email. It's very funny and interesting.
I’m a bit not believe it so I try to test it one by one and it’s TRUE, you can test it in ECC or in R/3 system and you will surprise of it.
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Check out the programs and the corresponding lines and see what are written in the codes!

· Go to Program LV61BMES and read line from 4 to 7.

· Go to Program LCORFF1K and read the line from 41 to 43.

· Go to Program LCNTLU02 and read line 155.

· Go to Program MV45AF0R_REFRESH_HELP_VALUES and read line 34.

Take note... these are all standard programs! :-D

Mobile Broadband and Work Anywhere

2008-08-19T02:55:00.000-07:00

Imagine working from beach, where there's no wi-fi connection available.

It's possible and it's also cheap..Now i'm talking about mobile broadband. I've used it for 6 months and it only cost for 22.42 SGD.
The device is like USB dongle. Just plug and play and surf..in the beach.

Still not available in my home country though. The first time I saw it when I'm in Sukarno-Hatta departure hall, when an expatriate plug this tool and check business emails. He must be using roaming feature from Singtel.

Now talk about the connection speed. Because it's mobile, the speed is really dependent with SIM card signal. Don't use it in close room like your toilet. Hey..but I've try in MRT and subway, it still work and have signal..Pretty impressive...

And because it's broadband connection, the speed according to how many people using it. I'm subscribe to 2Mbps plan. In the morning, the download speed can be more than 1000 kb/s. But now from www.speedtest.net, it just only 391 kb/s

In my hometown where still not available this tool, I also can work mobile.
Just connect my laptop to Nokia CDMA 6255 with bluetooth or cable data connection, and ta..daa.....internet connection available =p

Trust in The Lord with all of My Heart

2008-08-13T05:22:00.000-07:00

Trust in The Lord with all of My Heart

O my soul do you not know have you not heared
It's been told at beginning
the Lord Our God is on our side
O my soul don't be afraid hope in the Lord
by His righteousness and power
He will strengthen and He will guide
Now I will soar like the eagles
Help by the hand of God
I will run and don't get tired
and all His names I called
I will trust in You with all my heart

And I will rest upon His promises
Patiently I wait

Thank You Lord

Wireless Connection Everywhere

2008-03-01T20:34:00.000-08:00

Wow...it's a long time since I post a blog. It's a long juorney after my last posting. Now, I'm in singapore and got a job in one of SAP Partner Service. I think it's a miracle come from heaven.
I write in the middle of road in Orchard by using Wifi connection. It's free to subscribe for 512 Kbps. I'm used Singtel connection. Now how can we used it :
1. Get a Singtel Prepaid Card. It's sell everywhere in seventh eleven shop
2. Search for wifi connection around of this country. I'm used Asus EEE PC, ultra mobile notebook (less than 1 KG). Tips : Download list of wifi connection so you can search it when you offline. (http://www.infocomm123.com.sg/)
3. Subscribe free wifi connection.
and tadaa..you've got free internet connection
So far I've connect in National Public Libary and I'm rather surprise that there's wifi connection in the public pedistrian in front of Tangs Plaza. So have a nice seat and enjoy the connection

Now..Where Do You Want to Go Today

2006-04-14T06:38:00.000-07:00

Pernah dengar slogan diatas. Ya Anda benar itulah slogan/motto Microsoft. Slogan itu menunjukkan visi dan action. Where do you want to go today. Kekuatan dari visi dan tindakan itulah yang akan membuat kita semua menjadi orang yang berhasil. Semakin lama saya mendalami ERP, semakin menyadari ilmu ERP yang saya kuasai masih minim sekali karena itu saya selalu ingin belajar lebih dalam. Andreas Harefa dalam bukunya yang sangat bagus sekali “Menjadi Manusia Pembelajar” menekankan tentang enthusiasm/semangat belajar seumur hidup. We life to learn and we learn to live and life.

Dulu saya pernah menulis tentang ERP dan I want to menyemangati all of you, yang ingin banget untuk mendalami ERP. Bila ingin lebih mengenal lebih jauh ada langkah-langkah yang dapat kamu ambil. Salah satunya adalah mengikuti milis ERP. Ada beberapa milis bagus di Indonesia yang menjadi sarang para ahli dan konsultan bidang ERP dalam bertukar pikiran. Milis-milis yang dapat kamu ikuti : APICS-ID@yahoogroups.com (ERP secara general, sertifikasi APICS, six sigma, BPR, business process, dll.), indo-ERP@yahoogroups.com, indo_logistician@yahoogroups.com (khusus membahas logistik/inventori), COST-IPOMS@yahoogroups.com (khusus membahas cost accounting), SCM-ID@yahoogroups.com (khusus membahas supply chain management), indocompiere@yahoogroups.com (khusus membahas Compiere), mailto:indo-SAP@yahoogroups.com (khusus membahas SAP), dan http://www.jdelist.com/ (khusus membahas J.D. Edwards).

Ada beberapa buku yang layak Anda baca juga. “ERP Making It Happen : The Implementor’s Guide to Success with Enterprise Resource Planning” oleh Thomas F. Wallace dan Michael H. Kremzar adalah salah satunya. Buku lainnya “Enterprise Resource Planning: Global Opportunities & Challenges” oleh Liaquat Hossain, dkk.

Teori tanpa praktek adalah sia-sia. Setelah itu cobalah untuk mengimplementasikan sistem ERP sendiri paling tidak di komputer Anda sendiri ^_^. Membeli software komersial ERP wah…mahal banget..Anda perlu merogohkan kocek sekian milyar paling murah sekian ratus juta untuk softwarenya dan sekian ratus juta lagi untuk servernya. Tapi Anda tidak perlu berkecil hati ^_^, banyak open source ERP yang bisa Anda coba untuk implementasikan. Salah satu open source ERP yang paling populer sekarang ini adalah Compiere. Compiere tergabung dalam gerakan sourceforge. Check it out at http://www.compiere.org/

Ternyata Compiere juga terlalu sulit untuk Anda, jangan berkecil hati, ada program ERP yang lebih mudah, yaitu WEB-ERP. dibuat menggunakan PHP-MySQL. Seperti program PHP lainnya, Anda memerlukan web server untuk menjalankannya. Proses instalasi dapat Anda lihat di manualnya. Anda dapat mendownloadnya di http://www.weberp.org/. Mau mencoba open source ERP lain, coba search di http://sourceforge.net/ dan masukkan kata ERP sebagai kata kunci pencarian.

Selanjutnya….terserah kamu..^_^ Practice is the key. Coba melamar ke perusahaan yang sudah mengimplementasikan ERP dan kalau diterima, belajarlah sebaik mungkin atas kesempatan yang telah diberikan. Asal tau ajah kalau pengalaman kamu sudah cukup dalam dunia ERP, barusan saja temen sebelah di kantorku ditawar oleh Accenture Singapore.

Cai yooouuu

J2ME and My New HandPhone

2005-10-23T19:40:00.000-07:00

Akhirnya punya HP yang gaya juga ^_^ setelah sekian lama pake hp sejuta umat. Eng.ing..eng Nokia 6255 CDMA. Segala fitur yang gue butuhin di remote place (maksudnya itu tinggal jauh dari rumah) itu ada..mo radio tinggal pasang headset, mo denger mp3 bisa denger,..yang paling penting itu gue bisa jepret-jepret en ngerekam momen-momen berharga. TV juga bisa..katanya sih bisa TV streaming cuman bayar per Rp 5/kbps huks.huks.(tiba-tiba keselek) nda ah..lagian gue kan jarang nonton TV. Nonton klip-klip yang lucu, liat gambar-gambar yang lucu, naruh gambar temen-temen gue, lalu organizer yang cukup canggih. Reminder, birthday, notes, things to do, dan alarm buat ngebangunin di pagi hari...Gue setel tones burung yang ngecuit..cuit.. di pagi hari..

Satu fitur yang paling penting itu Java enabled application. Gue nginstall Money Manager, program untuk mencatat expense per category. Bisa diexport ke excel lewat bluetooth, terus gue buka pake komputer gue.

Satu lagi itu remote desktop mobile, gue bisa ngeremote komputer kantor pake hp...wow..bayangkan..misalnya gue lagi ada di jalan lalu ada telp minta gue support program di kantor, tinggal gue remote deh pake hp gue.

Kelemahannya itu kadang suka mati sendiri kalau dipasang bluetooth connection. Pernah lagi transfer data ke komputer lalu deng...mati...tanpa sebab. Kemungkinan sih framework nokianya yang ada bug-nya. Tapi ga jadi masalah besar karena jarang-jarang kejadiannya..

Lalu koneksi internet, gue coba pake fren.... Rp 5/kbps lumayan murah dibanding pake GSM. Oya katanya sih Starone ada paket internet unlimited 200 rb/bulan..nanti deh dipikirkan kalo udah ga di Bandung lagi ^_^ karena Starone nda masuk di Bandung.

Keliatannya ke depannya IT kecenderungannya akan ke arah gadget programming J2ME atau Symbian programming. Menyenangkan untuk mengutak-atik teknologi itu..tapi *_*...kapan yah...lebih enak download program yang udah jadi n gratis hahaha. Mo download aplikasi java gratis check it out at www.getjar.com (Free Java, Symbian, Palm and Pocket PC Software)

Perbandingan Database

2005-09-19T02:51:00.000-07:00

Salah satu sahabat baik saya ngajak bikin program dengan backend postgreSQL. Nah maenan baru nih..karena selama ini gue pake mysql sebagai databasenya. Mulai deh..utak-atik..lalu browse salah satu website yang ngebandingin postgreSQL dengan database lain..dan..ternyata..

Berikut perbadingan postgreSQL dengan toy database lain :

Tentu saja adalah tidak fair bila membandingkan PostgreSQL dengan database yang tidak sekelas. Berikut ini kami menyajikan perbandingan antara PostgreSQL dengan high-end database lainnya.

sumber : http://www.goodwill.co.id/database.html

Top 20 IT Mistakes to Avoid

2005-07-25T02:11:00.000-07:00

1. Outsourcing:
Outsource important function in IT just to avoid the hardwork while keep the
simple function that easily to be outsourced

2. OpenSource:
Decision to adopt OpenSource strategy in the system does not go through
carefull analysis. If a company does not exercise the possibility of
utilizing OpenSource, there will be loss of opportunity in cost reduction
for system support and license management, however OpenSource will create
significant burden for system developers in supporting the system due to its
lack of stability

3. Offshoring:
Not carefully conduct detail analysis before deciding to offshore some of IT
Support Jobs (in India in particular). Cultural Issues, many non-technical
issues (including travelling) shows for some un-succesful offshore strategy
only create less than 20% in TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)

4. Internal Security Threats:
Based on survey and study conducted by Gartner, 70% of security threats are
generated by internal employees. Based on CERT and US Secret Service: 87% of
insider security conducted using simple and legitimate procedures / process
IT focus on external threats and forget the internal threats.

5. Security of Fluid Perimeter:
As our workforce move towards mobile workforce, the IT Security perimeter
increase not only cover the Company LAN / WAN but also the 'wild-west'
network arena from any internat café in the world. In most cases IT adopt
the 'mobility' strategy without preparing the security risks associated with
it

6. Security for Handheld devices
Many companies embrace handheld, such as PDA and SmartPhone, as their IT
devices, however IT security policy and procedures for those devices are
note properly defined and implemented. In some instances some executives,
sales person, using PDA to store any e-mails that they can read anywhere
they want, and they forget to assign password to their PDA. Once the PDA is
lost, those critical information can leak to other parties easily.

7. Promoting Wrong People
In some IT department in a company, to reward a very talented technologiest,
they promote him/her to managerial position. So he/she shifts from
technology hands-on type of job to people management type of job. Not all
technologiest can shift their skill easily, in some cases, the technologiest
not doing good in managing his/her members therefore the results expected
from the team does not meet the initial expectation

8. Change Management
IT Profesional sometimes is not fully aware of things they did will impacts
business siginificantly. In the technical sides it may be just another
'tweak' in the data entry form, but to user in the field it is big-deal
because it changes the way they do their jobs. In some cases, many dollars
and time is spent just to mitigate system change that are not properly
analyzed and communciated

9. People in Software Development: Quality vs Quantity
Based on Fred Brooks' book, "Mythical ManMonth" it is described that most of
the time project managers in IT calculated people requirements in term of
mandays, manmonth etc without carefully analyze the skill requirements.
Experience teaches us, in IT project, quality of the people give more
impacts to success of IT projects compared with the quantity

10. Developers conduct QA Test
Letting IT developers doing their own QA test is basically will bring your
IT department into disaster. Many unproperly tested applciation, system, or
infrastructure updates create business catasthropes because of this issue.

11. Overconfidence on Ms IE
Ms Internet Explorer has been the de-facto application for Web Browser, but
be aware of its security weaknesses.

12. Network performance Indicator
Giving simple / one report to management regarding network peformance in
most cases create miss-understanding. Network performance should be measured
in the various aspects such as port utilization, link utilization, and
client utilization.

13. Bandwidth is not always the answer for Network problems
In most cases, if an IT Department has problems in network response the
immediate solution will be to increase the bandwidth. Not in all cases
increasing the network bandwidth will automatically increase your network
response. Detail analysis should be done before investing $$ to additional
network bandwidth

14. Weak Password policy
Based on SANS Institute'a Top 20 IT Vulnerabilities list, weak
authentication and password policy.
In some company policy regarding with password and user access is not
properly implemented

15. Never Sweating the small stuff
Although CIO should focus on big pictures, in some cases they also need to
pay attention to small things. Take example of 'The Washington Post' domain
renewal issue happened in Feb 2004, where their domain was not renewed
because of somebody in IT Dept forget about it and cause e-mail knocked out
for hours before it got renewed.

16. Clinging to prior solutions
For new IT management, do not force what you've done succefully in your
previous place in the new place. Most of the it does not work...

17. Cope with new technology
In the newdays where technology is easier to implement, some users utilize
technology which IT Dept does not know about that it all. It is important to
keep updated about the new tehcnology outside.

18. PHP
This is for Web Application Development. Don't only focus on J2EE and .Net
developing tools

19. KISS (Keep It Simple and Stupid) principle
Many IT projects resulted with products that significantly complex to be
used for users.

20. Slave to Vendors Marketting Strategy
Be carefull with your IT Strategy. Make sure your IT Strategy does not fall
into Vendor Marketting Strategy especially in ther of release or version
management.

Menuju Puncak Gemilang Cahaya Mengukir Prestasi

2005-07-24T20:57:00.000-07:00

cie...judulnya bo..menjiplak lagunya AFI. Every one have a dream. Kalo gue mo pursue scholarship. Pengennya ngambil Master in Information Technology, sukur-sukur dapet di University Technology of Sydney. Udah ngeliat syllabusnya, keren abis coi..Mata kuliah yang diajarkan, dosen-dosennya, lalu teknologi yang digunakan.

Lalu kalo mo ngejar scholarship mesti mendisiplinkan diri sendiri dong. Belajar bahasa Inggris, listening, speaking, writing, grammar. Tes TOEFL yang dulu pas-pasan makanya kudu lebih ditingkatkan lagi..chai yoo..smangat..smangat..

Terus langkah kedua, berdoa...P.U.S.H (Pray Until Something Happen). Percaya diri, baca-baca milis beasiswa buat mempersiapkan diri menghadapi interview, tes IELTS, dan tes-tes selanjutnya. Lalu mempersiapkan mental juga =)

Do..try..work...perform your best, and He'll give the best too

Change Management

2005-07-06T18:49:00.000-07:00

IT world is full of change. Five years ago, windows programming was booming. Now, .NET framework and/or Java are popular.
People like stagnation and they like to stay in a 'comfort zone'. Because it's feel safety. People in my company are too. Sad, if I am influenced by this environment.

ERP is a Business Process Engineering (BPR). To make BPR success, people must to change. Change its system, change their work's behaviour, change their mind set.

There's one quote that I like it must.

Change
You Can Change All Things for the Better
When You Change Yourself for the Better

Carpenter, fire fighter, architect, artist, author, explorer, scientist, and archeologist

2005-04-28T20:34:00.000-07:00

this is my favorite quote in "Professional Software Development" book by Steve McConnell

When interviewing candidates for programming jobs, one of my favorite interview questions is, "How would you describe your approach to software development?" I give them examples such as carpenter, fire fighter, architect, artist, author, explorer, scientist, and archeologist, and I invite them to come up with their own answers. Some candidates try to second-guess what I want to hear; they usually tell me they see themselves as "scientists." Hot-shot coders tell me they see themselves as commandos or swat-team members. My favorite answer came from a candidate who said, "During software design, I'm an architect. When I'm designing the user interface, I'm an artist. During construction, I'm a craftsman. And during unit testing, I'm one mean son of a bitch!"

I like to pose this question because it gets at a fundamental issue in our field: What is the best way to think of software development? Is it science? Is it art? Is it craft? Is it something else entirely?

Google Coding Contest

2005-04-19T21:06:00.000-07:00

And the winner is...one of these clever IIT grads from India,

right? Surprisingly, no. Ardian Poernomo, a third-year undergrad

computer engineering student at Singapore's Nanyang Technological

University, lands in first place. The No. 2 finisher, Pascal

Alfadian, a second-year student at the Universitas Katolik

Parahyangan in West Java, is Indonesian, too.

Google dewa dari segala dewa...salutee

2005-04-07T02:35:00.000-07:00

Gue ketolong banget dengan google di pekerjaanku. Pertama dulu sih ga ada yang suka bantuin gue di kantor kalo ada masalah, jadi langkah pertama gue nyari di google, langkah kedua nanya ama temen messenger, langkah ketiga baru nanya di milis. 70% solve dengan google, helpful banget.

Everything bisa dicari disitu, yang ga kebayang, gue nyoba-nyoba ambil sertifikasi project management di www.brainbench.com cuman ngandelin google eh..dapet tuh sertifikat huehueheu ^_^ Jadi sertifikasi itu sama sekali ga ngebukti tuh orang jago di bidangnya hahaha buktinya gue yg ga punya pengalaman dibidang itu eh..bisa tuh dapet sertifikat hanya dengan telaten searching di google.

Jadi inget kuliah nih..sayang banget kurikulum ilmu komputer ga membuat lulusannya siap kerja. Mungkin ilmu yang paling penting bagi lulusannya itu 1. ulet, tekun, mau belajar mandiri dan 2. pinter searching di google hahahahaaa..

wow..got to go home..mobil jemputan udah nunggu nieh..dagh

What's make a true IT developer ?

2005-03-06T23:17:00.000-08:00

Karier saya adalah seorang IT developer. Masih singkat memang. Job pertama kali saya sebagai seorang 'programmer' adalah membuat program penjurian untuk kompetisi debat Inggris (JOVED) di Unpar. Saya membuatnya waktu masih kuliah semester 4. Yang minta itu kenalan saya. Kita membuatnya berempat dengan menggunakan bahasa pemograman PASCAL. Jadi aplikasi pertama yang saya buat itu masih DOS interfaced. Tidak ada bayaran ^_^, yang ada pengalaman yang sangat berharga. Mau tau apa, pengalaman yang berharga itu ?

Kita tidak merancang program terlebih dahulu. Tidak ada software requirement, tidak ada software design, yang ada hanya antusiasme untuk langsung coding. Mau tahu hasilnya ?? Singkat cerita program itu dipakai untuk menggenerate pertandingan, memasukkan hasil pertandingan lalu menggenerate untuk ronde selanjutnya. Nah, di tengah kejadian..ada salah input, jadinya salah generate. Hasilnya kacau, jadinya harus input ulang, dan membuat jadi sangat..sangat ribet. Ketua panitia marah-marah...yang seharusnya pertandingan dapat langsung dimulai kembali, jadi menunggu sekitar setengah jam. Akhirnya solusinya kita menggunakan spreadsheet Excel untuk menggenerate ronde selanjutnya. Yang ternyata lebih cepat !!!! How's painful ^_^

Proyek selanjutnya sewaktu saya lagi menyusun skripsi, ada sahabat dekat saya yang dapet proyek website MLM (Multi Level Programming). Sahabat saya emang seorang perancang yang hebat. Kita sama-sama buat proposal, software requirement, software design sampai ke detail-detailnya. Kita bagi tugas. Saya lebih ke coding, dia lebih ke design. Hasilnya......luar biasa. Kita dapet gratis 2 account MLM hahaha, dan duit bernilai 6 juta. Satu hal yang kita belajar disini...biaya maintenance. Karena sahabat saya yang bertugas sebagai customer service, dia yang kena batunya. Pernah sang client kelabakan dan nelpon jam 12 malem...hahaha belum lagi tempatnya yang jauh di daerah Cimahi booo. Jadi kita belajar untuk menambah biaya maintenance. Istilahnya onsite support hahaha. Jadi paling ga capeknya dibayar ^_^

Seterusnya....terserah Anda.....proyek..demi proyek...

Kuncinya terus belajar..dan belajar...dari setiap proyek.

Ada satu buku bagus tentang software development. Saya lupa judulnya, tapi buku itu benar-benar memberikan deep inside about software development. Ada satu bab yang lucu, yaitu karakter seorang programmer.

Biasanya programmer orangnya Introvert (Pendiam) dan Pemikir. Tipe 'geek'-lah. Mau tau apa itu 'geek'. Orang yang kita liat di sinetron 'culunnya pacarku' atau di iklan permen pewangi mulut. Berkaca mata tebal, pendiam, culun, pake kemeja yang dikancing sampai ke kerahnya ^_^ hahahaha.... Sampai saya pernah baca ada milis IT-Curhat yang membahas kenapa programmer itu pendiam hahaha..dan bagaimana merubah sehingga programmer lebih 'bersuara'

Memang IT developer banyak berkutat di depan komputer. Sehari-hari berhubungan dengan komputer. Tidak berhubungan dengan orang. Kalau dalam berkomunikasi secara nyata dia 'diam seribu bahasa', tapi dalam dunia maya (ICQ, YM!) dia jadi 'beringas' hahahaa....

Wow.....
Lalu bagaimana dengan gue sendiri ?? hmmmmmm biarlah orang lain yang menilai. Tapi yang pasti gue orangnya humoris, keren, modis, pinter bergaul, supel, dan jangan lupa cateeettt gue gemar menabung...hahahaa (pede abis)

Kalau menurut gue, di dalam setiap profesi-muliakanlah Tuhan. Dia yang memberikan hikmat dan kebijaksanaan. "Takut akan Tuhan adalah permulaan hikmat dan kebijaksanaan"-Proverbs. Tuhan pulalah yang akan mengubahkan kita untuk serupa dengan Dia. Intropeksi diri, banyak mengembangkan diri, banyak belajar, usaha, work smart en yang terpenting andalkan Tuhan.

Jadi..minta dukungan doa yah supaya suatu saat nanti DoTheBest solutions (software house yang gue impikan) terlaksana... atau ada yang berminta bergabung menjadi freelance ????? hubungi nomor dibawah ini...(sambil tangan menunjuk-nunjuk kaya di TV)hahaha

What's the IT prime directive?

2005-03-04T01:36:00.000-08:00

What's the IT prime directive?
by Jeff Davis

Doctors have the Hippocratic oath. The journalist's mantra is
"Accuracy, fairness, and balance." The thespian's creed is "Act well
your part, there all honor lies." Lawyers have—well, never mind
lawyers.

Almost every profession has some guiding moral principle, a set of
written and unwritten codes of conduct by which the majority of those
who practice in the profession abide. What do IT people have?

Getting the IT groove

Although I was punching cards in my college computer classes, I missed
out on the mainframe era. I started working professionally in IT back
when you were a "computer person" if you could read and understand the
20 pounds of manuals that accompanied boxed software. You were a true
geek if you actually enjoyed staring at orange or green monitors all
day.

Now everybody's getting in on the act. High school kids graduate with
MCSE certification. People who never took a typing class are entering
IT careers. They're following the money, and who can blame them?

In my experience, however, there's a problem with many of the
newcomers to the IT industry. Like Don Miguel de Cervantes says of Dr.
Carrasco in Dale Wasserman's Man of La Mancha, many IT professionals
carry their own self-importance "as though afraid of breaking it."
That attitude is what gives computer people a bad name.

The thing we have to remember is that we're in a service industry. We
aren't entertainers. Users don't worship us like actors or sports
figures. They need us, sure, but we need them more. Just because we're
smart and we make good money doesn't mean we're the most important cog
in the corporate machine. Businesses could revert to paper-based
systems and kick us out on the streets, if they had to.

Service with a humble smile

The IT profession is young, compared to medicine, law, and plumbing.
Because the profession is so young, its members have disparate skill,
experience, and maturity levels. We aren't always going to agree on
the best way to install a network or build an e-commerce solution, but
we can come together as a profession to improve our global image. Here
are some examples:

* Don't overpromise and underdeliver. Underpromise and overdeliver.
* Listen more than you talk. Lend a sympathetic ear to users and
clients. Never assume you know what they want.
* Anybody can learn to code or cobble a network together. Get your job
satisfaction out of knowing you're helping people, not just flaunting
your technical skills.

I realize this is common-sense stuff; nevertheless, I'm frankly tired
and ashamed of my IT colleagues who think they're superior to end
users and are impatient with them. Only the folks who provide
electrical, plumbing, and custodial services have a similar
pan-organization effect on people in business every day.

We aren't anonymous faces knocking out steel widgets on an assembly
line. We touch everybody and everybody touches us. From the CIO to the
level-one support tech, our goal should be the same: Give our
coworkers and our customers what they ask for in a timely,
professional manner.

Here's what I propose our IT "oath" should be: "Serve the client well,
there all honor lies." The client is every end user, every customer,
and every person who uses a computer or reads anything printed by a
computer.

Introduction to ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

2005-03-01T19:08:00.000-08:00

Gue kerja di perusahaan yang menerapkan ERP, 50-70% waktu saya dihabiskan untuk maintenance ERP yang sudah ada di perusahaan ini. Oleh sebab itu saya mau sedikit share tentang apa itu sih ERP ? Semoga membuka wawasan

ERP, Infrastruktur Vital Sebuah Industri

Sistem ERP adalah sebuah terminologi yang secara de facto telah diberikan kepada software aplikasi yang dapat mendukung transaksi atau operasi sehari-hari yang berhubungan dengan pengelolaan sumber daya sebuah perusahaan, seperti dana, manusia, mesin, suku cadang, waktu, material dan kapasitas.

Sistim ERP dibagi atas beberapa sub-sistim yaitu sistim Financial, sistim Distribusi, sistim Manufaktur, sistim Maintenance dan sistim Human Resource.

Industri analis TI seperti Gartner Group dan AMR Research telah sejak awal tahun 90an memantau dan menganalisa paket-paket aplikasi yang tergolong dalam sistim ERP. Contoh paket ERP antara lain: SAP, Baan, Oracle, IFS, Peoplesoft dan JD.Edwards.

Untuk mengetahui bagaimana sistim ERP dapat membantu sistim operasi bisnis kita, mari kita perhatikan suatu kasus kecil seperti di bawah ini:

Katakanlah kita menerima order untuk 100 unit Produk A. Sistim ERP akan membantu kita menghitung berapa yang dapat diproduksi berdasarkan segala keterbatasan sumber daya yang ada pada kita saat ini. Apabila sumber daya tersebut tidak mencukupi, sistim ERP dapat menghitung berapa lagi sumberdaya yang diperlukan, sekaligus membantu kita dalam proses pengadaannya. Ketika hendak mendistribusikan hasil produksi, sistim ERP juga dapat menentukan cara pemuatan dan pengangkutan yang optimal kepada tujuan yang ditentukan pelanggan. Dalam proses ini, tentunya segala aspek yang berhubungan dengan keuangan akan tercatat dalam sistim ERP tersebut termasuk menghitung berapa biaya produksi dari 100 unit tersebut.

Dapat kita lihat bahwa data atau transaksi yang dicatat pada satu fungsi/bagian sering digunakan oleh fungsi/bagian yang lain. Misalnya daftar produk bisa dipakai oleh bagian pembelian, bagian perbekalan, bagian produksi, bagian gudang, bagian pengangkutan, bagian keuangan dan sebagainya. Oleh karena itu, unsur 'integrasi' itu sangat penting dan merupakan tantangan besar bagi vendor vendor sistim ERP.

Pada prinsipnya, dengan sistim ERP sebuah industri dapat dijalankan secara optimal dan dapat mengurangi biaya-biaya operasional yang tidak efisien seperti biaya inventory (slow moving part, dll.), biaya kerugian akibat 'machine fault' dll. Di negara-negara maju yang sudah didukung oleh infrastruktur yang memadaipun, mereka sudah dapat menerapkan konsep JIT (Just-In-Time). Di sini, segala sumberdaya untuk produksi benar-benar disediakan hanya pada saat diperlukan (fast moving). Termasuk juga penyedian suku cadang untuk maintenance, jadwal perbaikan (service) untuk mencegah terjadinya machine fault, inventory, dsb.

Berapa jumlah perusahaan yang ingin memakai sistim ERP? Pertanyaan ini mungkin dapat dijawab dengan pertanyaan : Bisakah perusahaan anda bertahan hidup (survive) tanpa sistim ERP? Menurut AMR Research dari Boston, untuk perioda 1997-2002, potensi pasar vendor sistim ERP akan melaju dari 11 sampai 52 milliar USD.

Beberapa variasi ERP

Di sistim manufacturing sendiri bisa terdapat beberapa variasi:
a) make-to-stock (diproduksi untuk dijadikan stok)
b) assemble-to-order (dirakit berdasarkan permintaan)
c) assemble-to-stock (dirakit untuk dijadikan stok)
d) make-to-order (diproduksi berdasarkan permintaan).
Contoh make-to-stock misalnya: pabrik kertas dimana kertas itu sudah menjadi suatu komoditi yang bisa dijual kapan saja. Sebuah contoh assemble-to-stock misalnya: pabrik TV yang mendatangkan komponennya secara knockdown yang kemudian di rakit untuk dijadikan TV siap jual.

Pada dasarnya, semakin kompleks suatu industri, maka sistim manufacturing tersebut juga makin menuju ke sistim assemble-to-order atau make-to-order. Sebagai contoh, industri pesawat nyaris tidak mungkin memakai sistim make to stock karena komponennya saja perlu di rancang khusus. Untuk industri seperti itu, beberapa vendor sistim ERP juga menyediakan sistim Project Management sebagai ganti dari sistim produksi.

Ada juga industri yang memerlukan sangat banyak komponen yaitu misalnya industri mobil atau industri elektronik. Dalam industri-industri ini, jumlah komponen dapat sampai jutaan macam dan masing-masing mempunyai atributnya sendiri-sendiri. Untuk
kebutuhan ini, ada vendor sistim ERP yang menyediakan sistim Product Data Management (PDM). Dengan PDM, kita bisa dengan cepat mendapatkan informasi yang lebih lengkap mengenai hubungan suatu komponen dengan komponen yang lain. Selain itu dapat juga diketahui informasi mengenai suatu komponen atau komponen grup termasuk daftar harga, spesifikasi, pemasok dan daftar pemasok alternatif.

Bagi industri yang memerlukan efisiensi dan komputerisasi dari segi penjualan, maka ada tambahan bagi konsep ERP yang bernama Sales Force Automation (SFA). Sistim ini merupakan suatu bagian penting dari suatu rantai pengadaan (Supply Chain) ERP. Pada
dasarnya, Sales yang dilengkapi dengan SFA dapat bekerja lebih efisien karena semua informasi mengenai suatu pelanggan atau produk yang dipasarkan ada di databasenya.

Khusus untuk industri yang bersifat assemble-to-order atau make-to-order seperti industri pesawat, perkapalan, automobil, truk dan industri berat lainnya, sistim ERP dapat juga dilengkapi dengan Sales Configuration System (SCS). Dengan SCS, Sales
dapat memberikan penawaran serta proposal yang dilengkapi dengan gambar, spesifikasi, harga berdasarkan keinginan/pesanan pelanggan. Misalnya saja seorang calon pelanggan menelpon untuk mendapatkan tawaran sebuah mobil dengan berbagai kombinasi yang mencakup warna biru, roda racing, mesin V6 dengan spoiler sport dan lain-lain. Dengan SCS, Sales dapat menberikan harga mobil dengan kombinasi tersebut pada saat itu juga.

Proses

Sistim ERP dirancang berdasarkan proses bisnis yang dianggap 'best practice' - proses umum yang paling layak di tiru. Misalnya, bagaimana proses umum yang sebenarnya berlaku untuk pembelian (purchasing), penyusunan stok di gudang dan sebagainya.

Untuk mendapatkan manfaat yang sebesar-besarnya dari sistim ERP, maka industri kita juga haurs mengikuti 'best practice process' (proses umum terbaik) yang berlaku. Disini banyak timbul masalah dan tantangan bagi industri kita di Indonesia. Tantangannya misalnya, bagaimana merubah proses kerja kita menjadi sesuai dengan proses kerja yang dihendaki oleh sistim ERP, atau, merubah sistim ERP untuk menyesuaikan proses kerja kita.

Proses penyesuaian itu sering disebut sebagai proses Implementasi. Jika dalam kegiatan implementasi diperlukan perubahan proses kerja yang cukup mendasar, maka perusahaan ini harus melakukan Business Process Reengineering (BPR) yang dapat memakan waktu berbulan bulan.

Sebagai kesimpulan, sistim ERP adalah paket software yang sangat dibutuhkan untuk mengelola sebuah industri secara efisien dan produktif. Secara de facto, sistim ERP harus menyentuh segala aspek sumber daya perusahaan yaitu dana, manusia, waktu,
material dan kapasitas. Perlengakapan sistim ERP mencakup juga SFA, SCS, PDM dan juga Project Management. Karena sistim ERP dirancang dengan suatu proses kerja terbaik yang berlaku umum, maka hal ini merupakan tantangan konsultan ERP untuk dapat menerapkan sistim ERP untuk suatu perusahaan.

Sumber IFS (Industrial & Financial System)

Macam-macam job desc karier di bidang IT

2005-02-21T17:20:00.000-08:00

dapet artikel ini di milis programmer-kristen. Memang sih terlalu teoritis. In my workplace there're only three different job desc in IT. Programmer, Technical Support, and Manager. Kalo ditilik dari artikel ini, gue itu computer programmer, computer software engineer, dan computer system analyst. Oya satu tambahan lagi gue juga jadi help desk. Hidup terasa lebih berwarna hohoho. Kebayang kalo gue bener2 strik ke satu job desc...Wah..dunia IT memang luas sekali. Kalo mo jadi software engineer, ada must read e-book kalo ga salah judulnya Professional Software Engineering www.construx.com. E-booknya membuka wawasan banget. So good luck make a carrier in IT world =)

15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Science

15-1011 Computer and Information Scientists, Research
Conduct research into fundamental computer and information science as theorists, designers, or inventors.
Solve or develop solutions to problems in the field of computer hardware and software.

15-1021 Computer Programmers
Convert project specifications and statements of problems and procedures to detailed logical flow charts for
coding into computer language. Develop and write computer programs to store, locate, and retrieve specific
documents, data, and information. May program web sites.
Illustrative Examples: Computer Programmer Aide; Mainframe Programmer; Systems Programmer

15-1031 Computer Software Engineers, Applications
Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs. Analyze
user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customize software for client use with the
aim of optimizing operational efficiency. May analyze and design databases within an application area,
working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team. Excludes "Computer Hardware
Engineers" (17-2061).
Illustrative Examples: Applications Developer; Programmer Analyst; Software Designer

15-1032 Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software
Research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution
software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific, and general
computing applications. Set operational specifications and formulate and analyze software requirements.
Apply principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
Illustrative Example: EDP Systems Engineer

15-1041 Computer Support Specialists
Provide technical assistance to computer system users. Answer questions or resolve computer problems for
clients in person, via telephone or from remote location. May provide assistance concerning the use of
computer hardware and software, including printing, installation, word processing, electronic mail, and
operating systems. Excludes "Network and Computer Systems Administrators" (15-1071).
Illustrative Examples: Customer Support Analyst; Help Desk Technician; Work Station Support Specialist

15-1051 Computer Systems Analysts
Analyze science, engineering, business, and all other data processing problems for application to electronic
data processing systems. Analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve
existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations. May analyze
or recommend commercially available software. Excludes persons working primarily as "Engineers" (17-2011
through 17-2199), "Mathematicians" (15-2021), or "Scientists" (19-1011 through 19-3099). May supervise
computer programmers.
Illustrative Examples: Health Systems Computer Analyst; Data Processing Systems Project Planner;
Information Systems Consultant

15-1061 Database Administrators
Coordinate changes to computer databases, test and implement the database applying knowledge of
database management systems. May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard
computer databases.
Illustrative Examples: Automatic Data Processing Planner; Database Design Analyst; Database Security
Administrator

15-1071 Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Install, configure, and support an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and
Internet system or a segment of a network system. Maintain network hardware and software. Monitor
network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support
network availability. May supervise other network support and client server specialists and plan, coordinate,
and implement network security measures. Excludes "Computer Support Specialists" (15-1041).
Illustrative Examples: Network Control Operator; Network Security Administrator

15-1081 Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts
Analyze, design, test, and evaluate network systems, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area networks
(WAN), Internet, intranet, and other data communications systems. Perform network modeling, analysis, and
planning. Research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software. Includes
telecommunications specialists who deal with the interfacing of computer and communications equipment.
May supervise computer programmers.
Illustrative Example: Systems Integrator

Threading

2005-02-16T22:31:00.000-08:00

udah lama ga utak-atik delphi lagi. Mulai liat code-code dari Marco Cantu di Mastering Delphi 7 Code. Dari dulu ingin memperdalam fungsi threading. Threading is the process that allows various transactions to be executed concurrently.

Threading source from Mastering Delphi 7-Marco Cantu

// custom thread class

type
TPrimeAdder = class(TThread)
private
FMax, FTotal, FPosition: Integer;
protected
procedure Execute; override;
procedure ShowTotal;
procedure UpdateProgress;
public
property Max: Integer read FMax write FMax;
end;

procedure TPrimeAdder.Execute;
var
I, Tot: Integer;
begin
Tot := 0;
for I := 1 to FMax do
begin
if IsPrime (I) then
Tot := Tot + I;
if I mod (fMax div 100) = 0 then
begin
FPosition := I * 100 div fMax;
Synchronize(UpdateProgress);
end;
end;
FTotal := Tot;
Synchronize(ShowTotal);
end;

procedure TPrimeAdder.ShowTotal;
begin
ShowMessage ('Thread: ' + IntToStr (FTotal));
end;

procedure TPrimeAdder.UpdateProgress;
begin
Form1.ProgressBar1.Position := fPosition;
end;

procedure TForm1.Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
var
AdderThread: TPrimeAdder;
begin
AdderThread := TPrimeAdder.Create (True);
AdderThread.Max := Max;
AdderThread.FreeOnTerminate := True;
AdderThread.Resume;
end;

Happy Valentine

2005-02-14T18:23:00.000-08:00

tulisannya Grace membangun banget ;). Dia menjadi berkat lewat tulisan-tulisan yang dia buat. Aku share yah...maaf loh kalo ga berhubungan dengan IT. But we know.. there're three most important decision for our life. First, menerima Kristus sebagai juruselamat kita. Second, memilih pasangan hidup kita. Third, pekerjaan. So..i share very good artikel buat temen2 yg masih 'high quality jomblo' kaya gue ^_^. Happy Valentine

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My prayer

Lord,
I pray for a man, that will be a part of my life
A man that really loves You more than everything
A man that will take me in the second place of his heart
A man that lives not for himself but for U
Face and phsysical attraction isn't important
The most important is
I want a heart that really loves and thristy of U
and have a desire to be like Jesus

And he must know for whom and for what he lives
So his life isnt useless
Someone that have a wise heart
Not only a smart brain
A man that not only loves me but also respect me
A man that not only can adore me
But can warning me when I'm wrong
A man that loves me not from my beauty but from my heart
A man that can be my best friend in every time and situation
A man that make me feel like a woman when I beside him

I'm not ask a perfect man
But I ask for imperfect man
So I can make him perfect in Your eyes.
A man that need my support for his strength
A man that need my prayer for his life
A man that need my smile to cover his sadness
A man that need my love so he could feel beloved
A man that need me to make his life perfect

And I also ask
Make me to be a woman that can made him proud
Give me a heart that really love You
So I could love him with Your love
Not love him with my love
Give me Your gentle spirit
So my beauty not come from my outside but come from You
Give me Your Hands
That I always able to pray for him
Give me Your eyes
So I could see many good things in him and not the bad one
Give me Your mouth
That fullfil with Your words of wisdom and encourange
So I could support him every day
Give me Your lips
And I will smile at him every morning

And I want that when finally we meet
Both of us can say
How great Thou Art
that You give me someone that can make my life perfect
I know that You want we meet at the right time
And You will make everything beautiful in Your time
Amen.

By. Grace

My First Diary

2005-02-04T13:22:00.000-08:00

13:22 Awalnya gue ngedownload freeware diari - Advanced Diary ternyata powerful buat share my though in my office. Selama ini kan gue nulis diari di rumah dan itu juga bukan soal IT, tapi soal..yah privasi wanita lah =).
Di diari ini rencanya gue juga mo nulis what i learn today. Poin selanjutnya sih nulis pengalaman gue di tempat kerja, ngelatih hobi menulis gue, lalu yang terakhir untuk merekam setiap perjalanan hidup gue di tempat kerja. Mungkin dengan adanya diary ini gue bisa belajar untuk menemukan sesuatu yang baru dan sharing my knowledge for other. Knowlege is free. Selain itu juga menulis setiap things to do, what i learn. so...check this out

1. What I learn
- kiat menjaga kebugaran PC biar ga cepet crash dari PC Media. PC Media tuh majalah komputer yang gue baca berkala. Bagus banget buat nambah ilmu terutama buat gue yang masih dummies banget kalo berkenaan soal hardware en network.
- cara conect internet ke PC dari CDMA phones dan kisaran harga internet /Kb untuk tiap operator seluler. Nah..kalo ada yg mau bisa gue kirim secara japri =)
- shell scripting dari PC Media juga
- crystal report sudah habis sebuku =) belajar teknik crosstab, formula dalam report, mengingat ulang konsep rdbms
- rencananya sepanjang sore ini mo belajar konsep framework .NET dan bahasa C#
- tadi barusan baca e-book migrasi dari vb.60 ke visual studio.net en baca salah satu kontributor buku, yaitu Katarina Clementine Dewi Maya.
ini profilenya :
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Katarina Clementine Dewi Maya adalah Developer untuk Loaning System di perusahaan Internet Solutions PT.Adicipta Inovasi Teknologi (Ad-Ins) yang dalam kesehariannya menggunakan bahasa pemrograman Visual Basic .NET dan SQL Server
2000. Sebelumnya bergerak di dunia .NET, pernah menjadi developer Visual Basic 6 (2003),System Analyst untuk Neodone System.Lahir di Jakarta 23 November 1982. Alumni Bina Nusantara jurusan Teknik Informatika. Di kala senggangnya masih aktif di komunitas Microsoft, salah satunya adalah Project OTAK “Knowledge is Free” ,sering mengutak atik games 3D untuk kaum hawa, membongkar CPU, penikmat Jazz - relaksasi – Slow Rock, window shopping , kolektor pensil kayu.
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dia lebih muda satu taon dari gue !!!!!!! en yang dia capai lebih dari gue !!! wah...sebagai seorang yang tergolong 'ambisius' jadi tertantang nih ;) Gue juga tidak mau menyerah. Mencapai yang terbaik yang aku bisa. Doing my best in everything of my life (Kol 3:23) In Everythin you do, do it as for the Lord
Hidup gue di IT en..gue mau melakuin apa yg Tuhan panggil disini ;) AMIN