Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo (Umsida) lecturers succeeded to design the digital financial reports using an android-based application for the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) owners. The feature also succeeded in bringing Andry R SKom, MKom, and Nur Ravita H SE, MA in achieving 1st place in 2021 Local and Technology Innovation Awards (Inotek) in East Java on the category of website/android-based application innovation.

The innovation known as MSME Accounting Application ‘Aplikasi Akuntansi UKM-Keuangan’ was created based on the MSME owners who met difficulties to arrange financial reports. The users could start to download the application on Playstore. Moreover, the application was free and had unlimited use. “Various accounting applications can be downloaded free, but the features were limited. While the users need the complete features, they should download the in-app purchase version,” Nur Ravita, the Umsida lecturer, said. The application also has a module and Telegram group to be ready 24 hours for the broader users if they encounter any troubles running the application. “Afterwards, the module is also free and we usually present to the communities about the application directly,” she added.

For following-up the application usage, the MSME accounting application team would readily help and lead the users if they experienced difficulties. Currently, the application has been downloaded by a hundred thousand users. “I expect that this application can be optimized for all MSME owners, lecturers, MSME supervisors, and various agencies to make ease the financial reports of business unit,” she said. [] Umsida / Diktilitbang