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SAIL-Teleconferencing
Monday, June 18, 2007
This was a teleconferencing project implemented in SAIL, where thirteen
locations-including plants, the Ministry of Steel and the SAIL corporate
office-were connected over an ISDN line to enable video conferencing. Earlier,
conducting and preparing for important meetings took weeks, and coordinators
needed to make arrangements for the officials' travel and stay before the
meeting. Now, through video conferencing, all the MDs of plants and other
high-level officials from all locations can have meetings face-to-face. This
saves time, as well as the cost incurred due to the travel and stay of
officials. The same system is also used to have technical training among the
employees through technical discussions, live over video
conferencing. All the locations can also share PowerPoint presentations during
the meeting. The project is based on a centralized as well as a distributed
architecture. Polycom VSX-7 units have been installed at each location. There is
also one high capacity multi-conferencing unit at the SAIL corporate office,
through which, presently, 13 sites can be connected. This project has reduced
the time taken in top management making important decisions, and thus, it has
improved the efficiency of the organization.
| Project Specs |
Business problem: Conducting meetings
among all the
MDs for making decisions was time consuming and expensive.
IT
solutions: Implemented video conferencing in all the major production
plants.
Impact:Saved on costs, and also quickened the process of making
important decisions.
IT Implementation partner:Avaya Global Connect
Project Head:DM Thakur, DGM (C&IT) |
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