Indonesian rice supply chain analysis and supplier selection model

Food Station Tjipinang Jaya (FSTJ) is a company under the auspices of the regional government of Jakarta, which has a duty to address the problem of food security, especially for rice availibility in Jakarta Province, Indonesia. The availability of rice is handled by FSTJ through monitoring of the rice trade transactions undertaken by rice entrepreneurs in the area of Cipinang Rice Market Center (PIBC). The purpose of this study was to analyse the rice supply chain and designing a rice supplier selection model in Jakarta Province Indonesia. Rice supply chain data was obtained from primary and secondary data sources, interview and FSTJ data starting from 2005 up to 2010. Data were analysed using descriptive statistical methods, while the rice supplier selection model was built by using the method of technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), with the help of visual basic 6.0 and microsoft access software. Descriptive analysis provides information about the network of rice supply chain which has been covered by PIBC in Jakarta Province. Model of rice supplier selection produces ranking of suppliers after considering alternatives and criteria for rice suppliers in Jakarta Province.