%0 Journal Article
%T Integrated and Modular Design of an Optimized Process Architecture
%A Colin Ra£¿feld
%A Dominik R£¿£¿le
%A Roland Jochem
%J International Journal of Production Management and Engineering
%D 2013
%I Universitat Polit¨¨cnica de Val¨¨ncia
%R 10.4995/ijpme.2013.1558
%X Global economic integration increased the complexity of business activities, so organizations are forced to become more efficient each day. Process organization is a very useful way of aligning organizational systems towards business processes. However, an organization must do more than just focus its attention and efforts on processes. The layout design has also a significant impact on the system performance.. We contribute to this field by developing a tailored process-oriented organizational structure and new layout design for the quality assurance of a leading German automotive manufacturer. The target concept we developed was evaluated by process owners and an IT-based process simulation. Our results provide solid empirical back-up in which the performance and effects are  assessed from a qualitative and quantitative perspective
%K business process management
%K process architecture
%K layouting
%U http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/IJPME/article/view/1558