Existing Precast Company Condition in Indonesia with Five Innovation Processes for Continuous Improvement

Hidayawanti, Ranti
Gasperz, Vincent

Journal of Project Management & Construction
Vol. 1, No. 1

It is revealed that Indonesia’s Innovation in 2021 is ranked 87th out of 132 countries based on the Global World Index. It is a two-place drop from 2020 where Indonesia was previously ranked 85th. The sectors that appear to have the lowest innovation scores are the business progress sector, human development and research, scientific output, and creative output. This innovation rank indicates that business people in general, including in the precast concrete business sector in Indonesia, have not made good innovations in working on and maximizing their market potential and result in the weak competitiveness of domestic companies with foreign companies entering Indonesia. The implementation of the Innovation Management System in precast concrete companies is aimed to develop and disseminate innovation capabilities, evaluate performance, and increase competitiveness towards the desired results. The implementation of an effective innovation management system depends on the commitment of the company’s top management and their ability to promote innovation capabilities and cultivate the company's innovation culture. The identification and correction of innovation improvements in the innovation management system that has been and is being implemented in precast concrete companies will go through five innovation processes, namely identification opportunity, create concept, validate concept, develop solutions, and deploy solutions. The ongoing research has reached the concept validation stage or the third stage of the five innovation processes. At this stage, an approach was taken using the delphi method. This approach starts from defining the standard content and construct variables and validating them by experts by surveying precast concrete companies. From the results of the analysis, it was found that the existing condition of state-owned companies in Indonesia that have implemented ISO 56002; 2019 is in the third position, namely point 3.2 of the competent level stages where at this stage guidance is needed in order to increase competitiveness as a risk of actions that occur to build a culture of innovation.