Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Sektor peternakan merupakan sektor strategis dalam pembangunan pertanian nasional karena perannya dalam ketahanan pangan dan pemenuhan kebutuhan protein hewani. Salah satu permasalahan yang masih dihadapi peternak adalah penggunaan alat pencacah pakan ternak konvensional yang belum mampu memenuhi kebutuhan pengguna secara optimal. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan perancangan alat pencacah pakan ternak yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan peternak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk merancang alat pencacah pakan ternak yang efektif dan efisien menggunakan metode Quality Function Deployment (QFD). Metode QFD digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi Voice of Customer (VOC) dan menerjemahkannya ke dalam Voice of Engineering (VOE) melalui penyusunan House of Quality (HOQ) guna menentukan prioritas kebutuhan dan respon teknis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa rancangan alat pencacah pakan ternak yang diusulkan mampu memenuhi kebutuhan pengguna berdasarkan 12 atribut VOC, yaitu kecepatan cacahan, keamanan mesin, kerapian cacahan, kemudahan operasi, harga terjangkau, kenyamanan kerja, mobilitas mesin, keawetan mesin, efisiensi ruang, kemudahan suku cadang, ketersediaan SOP alat, dan fleksibilitas pakan, serta 7 atribut VOE yang meliputi motor listrik, plat baja, bilah mata pisau, tombol ON/OFF, material stainless steel, ketersediaan komponen, dan dimensi alat. Dengan demikian, rancangan alat yang diusulkan diharapkan dapat meningkatkan efisiensi pengolahan pakan ternak.

The livestock sector is a strategic sector in national agricultural development due to its role in food security and the fulfillment of animal protein needs. One of the problems still faced by farmers is the use of conventional forage choppers that have not been able to optimally meet user requirements. Therefore, it is necessary to design a forage chopper that is in accordance with farmers’ needs. This study aims to design an effective and efficient forage chopper using the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) method. The QFD method is used to identify the Voice of Customer (VOC) and translate it into the Voice of Engineering (VOE) through the development of the House of Quality (HOQ) to determine priority needs and technical responses. The results show that the proposed forage chopper design is able to meet user requirements based on 12 VOC attributes, namely chopping speed, machine safety, chopping uniformity, ease of operation, affordable price, working comfort, machine mobility, machine durability, space efficiency, ease of spare parts availability, availability of standard operating procedures, and feed flexibility, as well as 7 VOE attributes consisting of an electric motor, steel plate, cutting blades, ON/OFF switch, stainless steel material, component availability, and machine dimensions. Thus, the proposed design is expected to improve the efficiency of forage processing for livestock.