Development of a Mobile Time Banking system on Blockchain (MTBB) for Community Elderly Care (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Time banking is a good mechanism to provide elderly care in community services with members having mutual benefits, besides social welfare and out-of-pocket fee payment mechanisms. With further integration with off-line works, mobile time banking may provide a better way, compared to traditional web access. On the other hand, blockchain technology has been long encountering difficulty in integrating with real-world economies or activities. Development of a mobile time banking system on blockchain (MTBB) may provide a realistic solution for community elderly care. Besides, the tracking mechanism from blockchain technology itself may also help track the elderly care service transaction records in order to measure better Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by United Nations (UN). OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop the MTBB, which enables tracking service transaction records in community elderly care through mutual helps. METHODS The MTBB was developed to empower organizations, either Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) organizations, or Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs), to issue time tokens of their proprietary token types to the members who participate in the volunteer activities organized by the organizations respectively. In the service activities, members sign in and sign out before and after the services by using a smartphone app, and then get the time tokens afterwards. Members with time tokens can then exchange time tokens for elderly care services using the same smartphone app. MultiChain is used as the blockchain technology stack, as one of its features to support multiple token types is critical. RESULTS Database applications with smartphone apps integrated with MultiChain were developed. The whole set of the database schema was integrated with two smartphone apps, one for members, and the other for organizations, in addition to the two backend operations modules, one for organizations, and the other for managing all organizations and members. The MultiChain wallet was also integrated into the member app, as well as the organization backend modules for keeping track of the service transactions and time tokens. Metadata with the service transaction information is stored in the MultiChain blocks so that the transaction records are immutable and can thus be analyzed in the future. CONCLUSIONS The twelve characteristics of Cahn’s time banking are the guidelines of developing this MTBB with integration of MultiChain blockchain technology for tracking service transaction records. The study also combines the 1-to-1 member service exchange with organizations holding volunteer activities and issuing proprietary time tokens. With the blockchain transaction tracking mechanism, all of the elderly care service records through or within organizations can be tracked and analyzed to align with UN’s five SDGs.

The Influence of Web Based Cooperative Information System to Improve the Quality of Member Service in Universitas Muhammadiyah Sukabumi

The role of cooperative is still very important in Indonesia and technology development compels cooperative to change in management especially in presenting data that is more accurate, complete, fast, and transparent. University Cooperative keeps on innovating in giving service to members. This paper tries to present university cooperative information system that aims at increasing service quality by providing university cooperative information system website. Therefore, cooperative member is able to observe cooperative development online. Research method applies qualitative descriptive analysis. Population is member cooperative finance report. Sample is taken by purposive sampling. Research instrument applies questioner to management to know how the influence of cooperative information system toward management achievement and to cooperative member to know member response toward cooperative information system program. Data collection is done by interview to cooperative management and finance data processing is done by using university cooperative information system application. The result of service quality toward member is fast in providing more accurate data with the availability of cooperative information system so that data which is wanted can be obtained faster, accurate, and can decrease mistake in writing data process and decrease mistake in presenting finance report.

Rancang Bangun Sistem Informasi Koperasi Simpan Pinjam Pembiayaan Syariah Berbasis Kelompok

A group-based sharia savings and loan cooperative is different with the common cooperatives out there. This unique cooperative’s process business made its staff not being able to use a usual cooperative information system without being customized. A SWOT analysis has been conducted to decide whether this kind of cooperative need to develop a new information system or not. The results showed that a new information system is definitely needed. An information system of sharia-based savings and loan cooperative with special features to handle group transactions of cooperative members has been designed and developed, although it’s not yet perfect, to help ease the staffs’ workloads. User centered design approach was used to develop this information system since the users are the ones who know best what they need and do. Several diagrams were created to design the system, such as: use case diagram, architecture system diagram, data flow diagram, entity relationship diagram, and the user interface mockup. This information system has several main modules, such as: Member Service, Transaction, Authorization, Back-Office, Reports, and System Configuration. Blackbox tests have been done to test whether the system is functioning properly or not.