Serious game for lean layout planning: a proposal for involving company staff within the design process

Facility layout problems; Lean design; Lean layout planning; Lean manufacturing; Leather bags manufacturing plant; Serious game Planning the layout of a company directly affects the performance of a production system. To generate an effective layout solution, it is fundamental to involve both design experts and company staff at all stages of the design process. This paper presents a novel lean layout planning system to engage company staff in the research of the layout solution. A two-step process was followed: first, a literature-based approach was applied to get a prototype layout, then a strategy to engage the company