6^th Annual Edition

Admittedly, traditional modes of communication, such as phone and e-mail, are not the best media for designers and engineers to collaborate. Worse, it is time-consuming. "Manufacturing cycles are fast shrinking. Projects that would take 22 months to deliver now get deliver in nine months,"says Khargonkar. He turned to a collaboaration solution from Microsoft that integrates text, voice, and chatting platforms, enbaling audio, video conference, and IM. It integrates with Microsoft Sharepoint making the sharing of desktops, documents, drawings, applications much easier. "There's no longer any need to pre-book video conference rooms,"says Khargonkar. Khargonkar who has been studing the use of these tools, concludes that the solution has helped the company reduce travel cost, lower energy consumption, and improve the use of resources, which ultimately impact the bottomline.