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COW LEATHER AS A LEATHER SLIPPERS PRODUCTION

MATERIAL

Jovano 1
Li Xiao Zhong 2

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to calculate how much skin material needed
to make a variety of leather slippers in various models and also calculate the
economic value of cow leather as a material for making leather slippers. This
research approach is descriptive with survey method. The sample is an important
object in a study. The sample used is people in the research area who provide
information about the situation and conditions at the research site. This study uses
Mr. X, as an Agroindustry business owner in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, who
manufactures footwear from leather.
The results show that with the same amount of leather, the selling price can
be different and the desired profit can be different. This shows that the economic
value of cowhide materials for footwear products (slippers) is very varied, can be
very high in value if aesthetically and artfully good from the model, the value of
art (art) and aesthetic value. The more artistic value and high aesthetic value, the
price offered can be high. So that the economic value of the leather material is
also determined by the results of the products that are considered from the model,
artistic value and taste value. This research is expected to be useful as a material
consideration for small and medium footwear industry players to always increase
the economic value of cow leather. And as a consideration for the government to
always pay attention to Small Medium Industries footwear by giving
encouragement and coaching.

Keywords: Production, Economic Value, Cowhide, Leather Slippers

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1. Introduction than fashion products derived
The by-product of cattle from imitation materials.
farming is skin. Although it is said Cowhide has considerable
to be a byproduct when it is potential in the industrial world
processed properly, it can become should be a promising business
a high-selling product. Apart from opportunity. Because the leather
being processed for food products material has very strong, flexible
can also be used for clothing structural characteristics, it is not
products, be it slippers, shoes, easily damaged (resistant to
bags, belts and others that have relatively long), unique and
high economic value. unique texture and exclusive as
The potential for by raw material for the manufacture
products in the form of skin in of footwear (shoes and sandals).
Indonesia is still very large, this is For this reason, it is necessary to
due to the lack of large industries examine how much the economic
that manage intensively. Various value of cow leather is in the
skin products to meet human process of making footwear at the
needs. One of the products level of Small and Medium
produced is footwear. Footwear Industries.
making is done with certain skills
and skills. The footwear products 2. Article Purpose
produced are influenced by the This article aims to:
artistic taste possessed by the 1) Calculate how much skin
maker. With a sense of aesthetics material is needed to make a
that someone has pushed to create pair of leather slippers on
various models of footwear that various models.
have high value. It is this aesthetic 2) Calculate the economic value
feeling that makes a footwear of cow leather as a material
made not only of origin, giving for making leather slippers.
rise to high economic value.
Livestock by products still
have not received great attention 3. Literature Riview
from the government, academics a. Cow-hide
and businesses. One of the by The skin is a byproduct
products of cattle is skin. Whereas of animal slaughtering in the
products derived from cowhide form of an external body
contribute significantly to organ that is separated from
industrial and fashion the body during the skinning
developments. Cowhide can be process. The skin is raw
used as a product in the form of material for leather.
shoes, slippers, bags, belts or Utilization of raw leather in
wallets. The average product from the process of leather
leather has a certain market share production is one of the
with relative class, upper middle efforts to utilize the livestock
class with a higher price range industry byproducts, so as to
provide added value.

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Cowhide is the outer sheep, stingray skin, etc.,
part of beef. The skin is the even some extreme animals
heaviest body organ, in cattle including snakes, tigers and
about 6-8%, so the skin is crocodiles. Leather tanning is
also the result of livestock a way to change the skin that
follow-up which has a high is labile and easily damaged
economic value of around by physical, chemical and
59% of the overall value by biological influences into a
the product produced by an stable skin against the
animal. 7-10% of body influence commonly referred
weight. Economically the to. Tanned skin has special
skin has a price of 10-15% of properties that are very
the price of livestock (Rifki, different from its raw skin,
2014). both physical and khemis.
Leather is animal skin Raw skin easily decomposes
that has been chemically dry, hard and stiff. While
altered to produce materials tanned leather has long-
that are strong, flexible and lasting and easily formed
resistant to decay. The properties into all types of
principle of the tanning crafts including bags, jackets,
mechanism is to insert belts or buckles, key chains,
tanneries into woven or skin book covers, wallets and
fiber tissue so that it becomes other crafts (Agrinak.com,
a chemical bond between 2015).
tanner and leather fibers The technique of
(Irfan, 2012). processing raw leather into
Leather is used to leather is called tanning.
produce various items such as Thus, easily rotten animal
shoes, sandals, bags, belts, skin can become resistant to
suitcases, jackets, hats, car microorganism attacks. The
seats, cellphone covers, principle of the tanning
wallets and souvenirs, etc. mechanism is to insert
other handicrafts produced tanneries into the skin's fiber
from raw leather such as tissue so that it becomes a
wayang kulit, wall hangings, chemical bond between
calligraphy, drum, drums, tanner material and skin in
fans. the skin fibers (Agrinak.com,
2015).
b. Skin Tanning Process and In the tanning process
Technique there is a hairy and hairless
Leather tanning is a tanning system. The hairy
process of turning raw leather tanning system is certainly
into leather. leather tanning is intended to maintain the
usually used in almost all beauty of its fur while the
types of livestock including hairless tanning course is
cow, buffalo, goat, rabbit, intentionally intended to

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remove hair. At first glance, smooth material (Anonim,
what distinguishes these two 2014).
processes is the process of 4. Patent Leather
calcification on a hairless This type of skin looks so
tanning system with the aim stiff and tends to
of making it easier to remove accentuate the exotic side
feathers (Agrinak.com, 2015). of animals.
There are three main 5. Nubuck
stages in the leather tanning Nubuck Leather when
industry, namely viewed at a glance it is a
(Agrinak.com, 2015): bit similar to the type of
leather suede material, the
a) Pretanning or Wet Work difference is this type
(Beemhouse). when tanned from the
b) Tanning. front or the surface of the
c) Finishing. skin.

4. Research methods
c. Leather Type as a Material a. Research Approach
for Slipper Making This research approach is
The types of skin which descriptive with survey method
are generally used as (Umar, 2011).
ingredients for making leather b. Sample
sandals include (Siddiq, The sample is an important
2016): object in a study (Moleong, 2006).
1. Full Grain The sample used is people in the
Full Grain or commonly research area who provide
referred to as leather finish information about the situation
is one leather material that and conditions at the research site.
undergoes a complete This study uses Mr. X, as an
processing process without Agroindustry business owner in
making any changes to the Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia,
leather material. who manufactures footwear from
2. Pull Up leather.
This Pull Up leather is c. Method of collecting data
usually a continuation of Data collection and
processing Full Grain, supporting information is carried
where the skin will be out by interview techniques and
slightly flattened so that direct observation at the research
the surface will be thinner. location. The data used in this
3. Suede study are primary data and
Suede type skin is skin secondary data (Moleong, 2006).
with a reverse processing d. Data analysis
method, which is tanned To find out the economic
from inside animal skin so value of footwear manufacturing,
that it produces skin and an analysis of costs and income is

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used. According to Soekartawi type of cowhide that had been
(2005), costs are a sum of the processed with chrom called skin
value of money issued by box, pore printed usually used for
producers to finance production making sandals with Selop
activities. Costs are classified into models for official and semi-
fixed costs and variable costs. official events. Box skins with
Some calculations are carried various colors and various motifs
out on the cost of production are more varied for various
(HPP). The costs that are taken official sandal models. The box
into consideration in the skin is black, brown, tant, white,
calculation are: red, green and others. The most
1) Raw material costs (leather widely used type of skin is black
prices) for each pair. pore skin, because more selop
2) Labor costs for each pair. sandals or shoe sandals
3) Other material costs for each enthusiasts are compared to other
pair. skin types.
4) Utility costs (equipment, etc.) Why does this company use
for each pair. ingredients from cowhide?
Among other things is because
5. Discussion cowhide has a more distinctive
a. Skin Types Used for Slippers texture, is durable so that cowhide
Leather sandals are produced is widely used in the production
using staples from cow leather process of leather bags, leather
that have been tanned. The skin wallets and leather slippers.
used is classified on class I skin, Next we will describe some
which is a skin with half a cow's types of cowhide materials that
width. Some types of skin used are commonly used to make
are shown in table 1 (Appendix). leather bags, leather wallets, or
Based on the table it can be leather sandals. In this company
seen that the price of leather as a using leather material with a feat
material of this sandal varies. In size unit of 25 cm x 25 cm.
every production the price of Chrom leather has the properties
leather material is not stable with of thick, soft, has a rather smooth
the difference in the range of Rp. surface, so from the price side is
1000, - / feat. The price difference more expensive than the type of
due to the different skin qualities vegetable cowhide. This type of
at the tanner craftsman level. With cow leather is usually used to
the price difference on the leather make leather bags, leather wallets,
material for Kembar Jaya leather or limited edition or branded
shoe craftsmen, it does not affect leather slippers (see table 2,
the change in selling prices Appendix).
because the price difference is not From the table shows that for
too much. each type and each model of
b. Leather Box leather sandals spend skin that is
The companies that were likely to be the same. According
used as research samples used a to the calculations in the sample

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company, men's shoes / slippers (slippers) varies greatly, it can be
and leather women's slippers very high in value if aesthetically
wedges 2,5 feat, with the same and artfully well.
cool profit of Rp. 64,500, - and
Rp.64,000, -. For women's 6. Conclusion
slippers, it is generally relatively With the same amount of
less spent on leather than other leather, the selling price can be
models, but the desired profit is different and the desired profit can be
almost the same as birkenstock different. This shows that the
slippers, which is Rp. 65,000. economic value of cowhide materials
Flatbelt men's slippers and for footwear products (sandals) is
women's slippers shoes spend very varied, can be very high in
leather material 3 feats, but the value if aesthetically and artfully
desired profit differs considerably good from the model, the value of art
from Rp. 75,000 and Rp. (art) and aesthetic value. The more
144,250,-. artistic value and high aesthetic
Determination of the desired value, the price offered can be high.
profit is based on market prices. So that the economic value of the
In determining the selling price of leather material is also determined by
the research sample company, the results of the product that is
besides considering the cost of considered from the model, artistic
production and paying attention to value and taste value.
external factors in order to obtain This research is expected to be
an ideal price that can be accepted useful as a material consideration for
by consumers. This company small and medium footwear industry
often conducts market surveys of players to always increase the
both the model and price of economic value of cow leather. And
similar items or the same item in as a consideration for the
order to obtain the ideal price, government to always pay attention
knowing its market share or to Small Medium Industries footwear
buyer. Another thing that is also by giving encouragement and
done by this company is to test coaching.
and see the response of others or
the market. Footwear products
made from leather such as sandals
are fashion products that have
aesthetic and value values so that
to determine the selling price
varies greatly and more factors
need to be taken into account.
With the same amount of
leather, the selling price can be
different and the desired profit can
be different. This shows that the
economic value of cowhide
materials for footwear products

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Appendix

Table 1
Types of Skin Materials Used

No Types of Skin Collour Motif (Embos) Average price Per Feat (1 Feat
Materials Used = 25 X 25 cm) in Rupiah
1 Leather Box / Black, Dark Crocodile, wood
chrome printed Brown, Tant, fiber, snake, miles, 16.000
pore Beige, Maroon, toad eggs
2 Leather Pull UP white, yellow, - 24.000
3 Kroective red, drill green, - 22.000
4 Nubuck skin light green, dark -
green, purple, 22.000
blue Tant

Table 2
Types of Leather Slippers Produced

Slippers Models Skin Needs Cost Of Goods Selling price Profit (Rp)
Sold (Rp) (Rp)
Women's
Gladiator 1,5 Feat 75.750 140.000 54.250
Slippers
Men's shoes /
2,5 Feat 100.500 165.000 64.500
slippers
Women's
2,5 Feat 96.000 160.000 64.000
Wedges Slippers
Birkenstock
3 Feat 110.000 175.000 65.000
Slippers
Flat Belt Slippers 3 Feat 155.750 300.000 144.250
Women's
3 Feat 125.000 200.000 75.000
Slippers

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