ICCSET 2018, October 25-26, Kudus, Indonesia Copyright © 2018 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2280632 E-commerce Applications based on SaaS For MSMEs in Kudus District Supriyono 1 , Andy Prasetyo Utomo 2 , Muhammad Arifin 3 , Fajar Nugraha 4 {supriyono.si@umk.ac.id 1 , andy.prasetyo@umk.ac.id 2 , arifin.m@umk.ac.id 3 } Universitas Muria Kudus, Gondangmanis Bae Kudus Jawa Tengah, 0291438229 1234 Abstract. Kudus is one of the districts in Indonesia. In Kudus there are many SMEs. One of the main problems facing by SMEs in Kudus districts is the limited marketing network. Although to overcome the limitations of the range of marketing can be done by utilizing Information Technology (IT) such as by using E-Commerce. But the use and application of IT in SMEs has constraints that lack of funding for infrastructure procurement and lack of manpower with sufficient knowledge and skills to manage IT infrastructure. In applying SaaS application software concept into E-Commerce applications, this research uses object-oriented system development methods with UML tools. The E-Commerce category used is B2C. The purpose of this study is to produce cloud computing-based E-Commerce applications that can help SMEs in Kudus districts to expand their market share. The results of this study are E-Commerce application software for SMEs based on SaaS Cloud Computing. Keywords: SME, e-commerce, SaaS cloud computing. 1 Introduction The economic growth of a country is influenced by many factors, one of which is the existence of SMEs. SMEs have an important role in national economic development by creating more jobs for the wider community. In an effort to further develop SMEs, government and community attention needs to be more devoted to boosting self-sufficiency, success and increased competitiveness of SMEs with other economic actors. Kudus is one of the districts in Indonesia located in central java province. Industry and trade are the main supporting sectors of the economy in Kudus district. In addition to large scale industries, there are also many SMEs in Kudus district. Up to 2017, there are more than 13,600 SME units in Kudus regency consisting of various types of businesses, such as convection, batik, embroidery, bags, shoes, processed foods, soy sauce, syrup, knives, dolls, spare parts and others etc. One of the main problems faced by SMEs, especially in Kudus district is the limited marketing network. With the ability of production that has been qualified but the limited market will be hindered the survival of SMEs. Therefore, steps needed to overcome the marketing problems of SMEs production. Actually, the government of Kudus district through the Department of Industry, Cooperatives and SME has held several activities to expand the marketing network of SMEs in Kudus among others by organizing Regional Crafts Exhibition. However, these activities can only reach the regional market has not reached the national and international scale. 157