Digital workplace stress management: a system for digital ergonomics assessment in the BMW group

The BMW Group has developed its own tool for ergonomic, and hazard risk assessments: SERA (Safety and Ergonomic Risk Assessment). This system is used across all international locations in the BMW Group. DWSM (Digital Workplace Stress Management) has the aim of automatically, objectively, and digitally capturing the postures and forces relevant to a SERA assessment. To capture the data a motion-capturing system and force measuring glove are used. The ergonomic assessment is determined from these two systems both analytically but also using machine learning algorithms. The goal of this publication is to describe the DWSM project broadly, including a more detailed description of the captured stresses and project timeline. DWSM is currently in the international rollout, which will enable the widespread use but also allow for user feedback regarding optimizations and new features. The major benefits of the DWSM in regard to ergonomic analyses is objectivity, improved data quality, and reduced assessment time.