Pengaruh Strategi Pengelolaan Limbah Makanan Dan Manajemen Persediaan Terhadap Kinerja Keuangan UMKM Di Karawang

The aim of this research is analyze the influence of food waste management and inventory management on the financial performance of MSMEs in the culinary sector in Karawang Regency using a quantitative approach through a survey method on 106 MSMEs selected using purposive sampling techniques, where 79 respondents met the research criteria and were used in the analysis, data collection was carried out through a questionnaire with a Likert scale supported by direct observation to obtain a picture of empirical conditions in the field, and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling based on Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS), where the results of the research showed that food waste management and inventory management have a positive also significant effect on the financial performance of MSMEs with food waste management having a more dominant influence than inventory management, this indicates that efficiency in managing raw materials and reducing waste are the main factors in increasing business profitability, in addition to the high coefficient of determination (R-square) value showed that both independent variables are able to explain most of the variations in MSME financial performance, so that these findings indicate that the implementation of efficient and sustainable operational can improve financial performance while supporting business sustainability and provide practical implications for MSMEs and theoretical contributions in strengthening the application of Resource-Based View (RBV) in the context of MSMEs.

Keywords: food waste management, inventory management, financial performance, MSMEs, SEM-PLS.