Creating collaboration focused

infrastructure at Bayer

As closer coordination between global and India offices has become increasingly critical,

Bayer wanted to place the latest meeting and collaboration technologies at the disposal of

their teams. The new Thane office complex (Bayer House) and the factory in Vapi, Gujarat

were identified for implementing these solutions.

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The ChallengeBayer, is one of the world's leading innovators in agricultural

sciences and conducts research into new technologies to increase

agricultural productivity and improve future food security.

Actis was approached to help when Bayer decided to move teams

from different locations to their new Thane corporate offices.

The project involved creating and integrating several Meeting rooms,

Conference rooms, Training rooms and Boardrooms across multiple

floors of the building.

Bayer also wanted to have collaboration, meeting and training

facilities for use by staff at the Vapi Factory location.

At Thane, a dedicated Collaboration Level (on the 6th floor) was

envisaged to put the latest meeting and collaboration technologies at the disposal of their entire team.

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collaboration infrastructure

The Professional Services Group at Actis deployed an integrated

collaboration solution at Bayer, Thane. Multiple Focus rooms (one on

each floor) have been created for small group meetings. In addition,

Bayer has converted their 6th floor into a dedicated Collaboration Level

with Meeting rooms, 10-seater Conference Rooms, 14seater Ushaped

room, Training rooms, Boardrooms, and a 15seater Oshaped

Conference room.

Actis has set up all the rooms with full digital (IP-based CAT5) data and

control infrastructure featuring the latest XTP Solutions from Extron.

This helps eliminate the

need for multiple types of cabling and simplifies both the installation and

maintenance processes considerably.

The 2 Boardrooms and 2 Training rooms also work in combined mode

to create for larger meetings or special a single large Town-hall type space

events. When used individually, these Boardrooms and Training rooms

are ideal for smaller groups to collaborate and learn. All 4 rooms that

make up the Town-hall are centrally controlled via a . common controller

A special Round-table Conference Room was designed for better one-on-

one interactions with everybody in the room, and has 4 x 46 LED displays

for viewing presentations.

The Solution

15-seater O-shaped Conference room

14-seater U-shaped Conference room

Bayer has also created Meeting rooms and a Video Conferencing room at

its Vapi Factory facility which allows better interaction with the Thane

Head Office. This is part of an initiative to adopt collaboration and

learning technology throughout the organisation. The Video Conferencing

room has a and convenient connectivity 65" wall-mounted LED display

interfaces for use of different types of presentation equipment.

There also is a , which is frequently used Training room at the Vapi factory

by both the factory and administrative teams. High-brightness projectors

and ensure better trainer-trainee interactions. high-clarity audio systems

An also allows management of the iPad based Crestron control system

environment lighting, cooling and audio-visual equipment inside the

room.

The Solution

Training Room Vapi Factory

Video Conferencing Room Vapi Factory

Multi-purpose space: Town Hall/Training room

Digital Signage in Reception area

Room Scheduling System

Multi-purpose space: Boardroom section

15-seater O-Shaped Conference room

14-seater U-Shaped Video Conferencing room

Multiple Focus rooms (on each floor)

10-seater Meeting rooms

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Lounge Area on 9 Floor

Video Conferencing room at Bayer Vapi

12-seater Meeting room at Bayer Vapi

Training room / Gurukul at Bayer Vapi

Meeting room at Bayer Vapi

The Result

Bayer was looking to improve collaboration across the entire organisation and ensure that meeting spaces

were well integrated for smoother management at all times.

The result was a unique office building, which provides access to the best collaboration technologies on

every floor and for groups of almost any size and is also connected to similar facilities at the Vapi factory.

I would like to thank the entire Actis team immensely for their kind

support in successful opening of Bayer House in such a short span of time.

Your team have worked beyond working hours to get this work done.

Kunal Padwal

IT Manager, Bayer, Thane

Actis has helped us to get the AV project done within given frame of time.

We can rely on the solution provided by Actis and this will also enable us

to work in the future where AV is concerned.Jagannath Patil

Head - IT Operations, Bayer, Thane

Good job done by the Actis Team... Keep it up!

Rahul Singh

IT Manager, Bayer, Vapi

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