Design and implementation of logistic management system using crowdsourcing: “Indonesia-United logistic”

Logistics is part of supply chain management in planning, implementing, and controlling the flow and storage of goods, information, and services effectively and efficiently from point of origin to point of destination in accordance with consumer demand. By using information and communication technologies, the public can provide information on the logistics so that the information concerning about logistics in Indonesia knew about the problems that occurred. Indonesia United utilizing virtual communities to create a national information disclosure system that uses the concept of crowdsourcing. This concept is actually not new to Indonesia, because Indonesia has a culture of “gotong-royong” that seems increasingly abandoned. Community of virtual communities can cooperate through mutual exchange and complementary information regarding the logistics. Active participation can include assistance in the form of logistics information systems Indonesia United using Web site.