Business process models supporting participatory layout planning

The following paper specifies an enterprise application for participatory layout planning. Based on a business process model for the process of factory planning the goal is to accelerate the planning process and to generate higher quality planning results while reducing the planning effort. In addition to that all employees are enabled to participate in the layout planning process by using an integrated planning platform - the participatory planning table. The BPM and the resulting participatory planning table were developed at the Technical University of Braunschweig in closely cooperation with enterprises of the automotive industry.