Learn more about Conference Room Booking Solutions from CRS. Resource management, especially conference room management, is becoming more and more important. The need to maximize the resources that are available in a given company has become a top priority for: facilities managements, IT professionals and real estate managers. To help start the conversation we have compared the top 5 solutions on the market in a way that will hopefully become a time saving tool.

1. Conference Room Management
Solution Overview

2. Providing information and direction
for the Conference Room
Putting a End to Double Booking! Improving
Organizational Productivity

3. • Increase productivity by reducing time spent
organizing meetings
• Reduce real estate overhead
• Accommodate mobile work force or sales force
• Decrease energy consumption
• Create friendlier work environment
• Increase employee satisfaction
Managing Conference Room and Office
Resources

4. Technologies Available Today
• Crestron Fusion
• Extron Room Agent
• Evoko Room Manager
• Roving Office
• Steelcase Room Wizard

5. Technology Comparison
• A complete side by side comparison is available here

6. Backend Technologies
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• IMB/Lotus Domino
• Google Calendar
• Office 365
• MySQL

7. Business Driver
How
much
Time can
we
Save?
Time

8. Double Booking
Double Booking any given conference
room can put out 6-8 employees an
average of 60 minutes of time.

9. Drill down on cost savings with our calculator
• Use our ROI Calculator here to determine the value…

13. • Complete visibility to the global enterprise
• Monitor, manage, and control every device in every
room, in every building, around the campus, or
around the world connected to a Crestron control
system
Crestron Fusion Enterprise
Management Platform: One World View

14. Room Scheduling with Crestron Fusion
• Building occupants can book rooms based on location,
capacity, and assets
• Network room scheduling from Microsoft® Exchange,
IBM® Notes®, R25®, Google Calendar™, the RoomView®
add-in for Outlook®, and from touch screens wall-
mounted outside each room

15. • Usage reports supply intelligence needed to make
informed decisions about purchasing, staffing,
scheduling, resource allocation,
and workspace design
Enterprise
Management Platforms
• Gain insights into how systems are
performing, who’s using them,
when, where, and how often
• Delivers building technology
automation capabilities that save
energy and improve productivity by
intelligently integrating with building
occupants

16. Manage Resources
• Track carbon footprint and analyze lighting loads
• View bar graphs showing real-time and historical energy
consumption
• Data collection and reporting enable intelligent,
data-driven planning and forecasting decisions

17. Crestron Fusion RV: Room Scheduling
• Intelligent management of resources for increased
productivity and efficiency
• Rooms can automatically be made available when no one
shows up for scheduled meeting
• Ensures optimal resource allocation

18. Automation
• Reduces energy consumption by automatically turning off
lights and reducing HVAC use in unoccupied spaces
• Prepares rooms for meetings so they’re comfortable and
ready for business
• If meetings are cancelled or occupancy is undetected,
rooms return to vacant state settings

19. Manage Resources
• Track carbon footprint and analyze lighting loads
• View bar graphs showing real-time and historical energy
consumption
• Data collection and reporting enable intelligent,
data-driven planning and forecasting decisions

20. Control
• Anticipate events and tailor rooms based on patterns of
usage
• Easily change and schedule temperature set points,
lighting levels, and demand response settings
• Quickly and easily pinpoint specific sources of waste in
real-time and take immediate action
• Centrally-manage building time clock event scheduler

21. Enterprise
Management Platform: Alerts
• Receive instant alert notifications on any Web-enabled
computer, mobile device, or touch screen when issues
arise
• Resolve issues before anyone even notices
• Increase efficiency of routine maintenance tasks and
prevent equipment failure during usage

22. Crestron Fusion Enterprise Management
Platform: Adaptive and Event Scheduling
• Provides real-time data to respond to changing
conditions
• Use Crestron Fusion reports to more accurately predict
usage patterns
• Implement customized, automatic environmental settings
based on variables such as date/time, season,
occupants, and room
• Integrated with Micros® OPERA, hotel rooms can be pre-
set to personal preferences when guests check in and
then revert to “vacant” settings after they check out

23. Crestron Fusion Enterprise
Management Platform: API
• Support for and integration with popular scheduling and
resource management applications and vendors
• Adds a layer of intelligence, providing greater visibility
and control of the entire enterprise

24. Let’s take a closer look at ROI

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31. Tada!
Try our ROI Calculator @
Booking.ConferenceRoomSystems.com

32. Ready to get started?
Click here to learn more about Conference
Room Management Systems

33. Still have questions?
Contact us:
800-486-5276
Our sales team is here to help before and after the sale.