APPLICATION OF KARNAUGH MAP METHODS TO BILL OF ENGINEERING MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS

Abstract

 The aim of preparing BEME is to quantify work items for pricing, provide a priced bill for evaluating regularly or periodically executed work to control the project and prepare interim and final payment certificates. It also serves as a document for dispute settlement regarding compensation. The significance of BEME includes providing rates and prices for negotiating variation and extra work, comparing vendor pricing during the tendering process, estimating the project cost, and providing information for planning and budgeting. Most studies have been conducted on engineering management evaluation with a cost-minimization approach, using the Karnaugh map optimization technique. The K-map optimization technique has proven effective in reducing components performing similar functions during industrial processes to optimize production materials, production, and profit maximization. The paper has considered the corking, stamping, and pillarization process of an industrial brewery, describing and establishing the sensor components of the system in a K-map study for optimization based on their path sequence. The optimized path sequence was used to create a call-up table for determining the number of sensor components with similar functionalities. A BEME was performed to compare the cost of the original and optimized systems for two different manufacturing brands, Festo and Allen Bradley, in USD. The BEME revealed that the cost of the industrial setting using the optimized approach was lower.

KEYWORDS: Karnaugh map, BEME, Path sequence, Optimized Sequence