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Innovation Development is one of the programs that final semester students at STIE Madani must take part in as one of the requirements for completing their education. This program is a form of community service in the economic sector, especially for MSME players, by helping them with mentoring and providing innovation and can help find solutions to the obstacles they face in their business. This activity will last for 3 months from July – October 2023 in Gunung Bahagia Village. The target of the MSMEs that provide assistance is Rumah Peyek, which is one of the home-based MSMEs that produces its own processed peyek products.

Increasing business value for MSMEs is no less important. This community service is carried out with the aim of increasing the business value of M-Prod SMEs which is engaged in convection services. The SMART Goal Setting concept is implemented to make M-Prod have added value and can improve its business performance in the future. This community service program takes the form of a tiered workshop with assistance to the MSMEs concerned so that they focus on profit, not just turnover. This community service is one of the efforts to increase the competitiveness of M-Prod SMEs in order to gain a competitive advantage. The problem faced by business actors is that the specific goals of a business are not measurable. Finally partners do not understand how goals are set and how to analyze a measurable goal. This is very influential in terms of business development, this will have an impact on profits.

Collaborative KKN is a service activity by students consisting of several universities. Our KKN location is in Kepatihan Village, Kaliwates District, Jember Regency. The main work program carried out by KKN Collaboration 229 students is to help Kepatihan Village MSMEs in the field of packaging and branding. Through the PANACOTTA work program, the KKN 229 group carries the theme of entrepreneurial development, entitled "Packaging Update and Branding Optimization". The purpose of this research is to find out strategies and help Kepatihan MSME players in optimizing packaging and branding. The method used in this research is a qualitative method with a descriptive type. The data analysis process is carried out with workshops/socialization and assistance from the data that has been obtained. The results of this research show that the Kepatihan community's MSMEs can increase community productivity, which is largely purely handmade. Collaborative KKN 229 students help and assist the community to optimize packaging and branding. For example, making logos, stickers, videos, banners, and social media. In terms of marketing, many of the communities sell their products door to door.  

The government promotes the obligation to own business legality as controlling economic activity in the development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Business legality as the ownership identity of a legally operating business entity. Pakel Village, Bareng District, Jombang Regency, has various types of MSMEs that excel in agro-industry. However, the issue of business legality is still an obstacle to the progress of the Pakel Village MSMEs, namely the uneven ownership of business legality such as Business Permit Numbers (NIB), Home Industry Product Permits (PIRT), halal certification and so on. Pakel Village UMKM actors lack knowledge and awareness of the importance of business legality, starting from the requirements to the submission mechanism, the administrative process is considered complicated and time-consuming, and the management costs are expensive. The purpose of this community service activity is for Pakel Village MSMEs to know and understand how to make NIB independently through the Online Single Submission (OSS) application and assistance in submitting halal certification for free through SiHalal with the Sehati 2023 program using the business actor's statement mechanism. The method of implementing the KKNT 09 Desa Pakel group in this community service activity is to conduct socialization and mentoring on the importance of NIB ownership and halal certification with MSME Facilitators from the Ministry of Religion, Jombang Regency. The result of this community service activity is the issuance of NIB and halal certification for Pakel Village MSMEs  

Assistance in a community service program with an entrepreneurial and creative economy scheme by the East Java "Veteran" National Development University located in Bareng District, Bareng Village in the Merdeka Learning KKN-T program - Merdeka Campus which aims to assist the Joint Village MSMEs to make business legality main numbers endeavor (NIB) using the online single submission (OSS) application. Desab Bareng has at least 45 MSMEs based on the survey that has been conducted. Of the at least 45 MSMEs, only a few MSME actors have business legality, while the majority do not have business legality because they do not know the function of business legality and are also unable to use the internet. Currently, the central government and local governments offer a lot of assistance, in the form of cost reductions in trying to assist and train business behavior so that it is mandatory for business owners to have a Business Identification Number. NIB) uses an online single submission (OSS) application. The method used is to conduct a survey combined with interviews in addition to the Forum Group discussion (FGD). The benefits of research are knowing the importance of having a business identification number (NIB).

PT. Narasumber Teknologi Indonesia is a company that focuses on cooperative computerized accounting training, technical guidance for the implementation of technology for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), national cooperative software training, sharia supervisory board for cooperatives, computerized management training for cooperatives and SMEs, as well as the digitalization of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Additionally, PT. Narasumber Teknologi Indonesia serves as a platform for the younger generation to develop their potential as agents of business digitization through the final project of the program activities. This involves providing training and mentoring to local MSMEs as an effort to digitize their businesses and help solve the problems that hinder or constrain the development of local MSMEs. This research provides insights for local business practitioners to implement digitization in their businesses in order to achieve sustainable growth and success for MSMEs in the ever-evolving digital era. The implementation of training and mentoring for local MSMEs is expected to help them Go Digital, improving efficiency and productivity, enhancing product quality and services, and increasing market access for local MSMEs.