Order anything from coffee to company cars

Resource Central is the complete meeting and conference planning tool for internal and external events.

Partnering with Microsoft Outlook and the Exchange Server, Resource Central enables users to quickly and easily locate their optimal resources, verify attendee availability and order all associated services for their meetings directly through Outlook and Outlook Web Access. Resource Central also handles all changes or cancellations and sends order receipts automatically to all meeting arrangers, catering personnel, IT personnel, etc.

Resource Central gives a quick overview of all meeting rooms showing availability, selected images of the individual rooms and any other important details such as maximum capacity, floor plans and directions. Users are also able to see availability of all internal meeting attendees.

When reserving a room, the user is provided with a form allowing for the ordering of catering from internal or external service providers. In addition to catering, any other extra services such as AV equipment, table arrangement, etc. can be ordered.

Report on resource utilization and improve your organizations bottom line

Wanting to gain the most value out of limited resources? Gain the raw data critical for management decisions regarding room and workspace usage through Resource Central.

With Resource Central’s unique reporting tools you can definitively report on which resources are over and underutilized at your organization.

• Which rooms and workspaces are utilized 99% of the time? Which rooms and workspaces are being utilized less than 25% of the time and what can be done to improve that?
• Which rooms and workspaces are being utilized less than 25% of the time and what can be done to improve that?

Use our standard resource utilization reports or easily create your own through Resource Central’s partnership with Microsoft Reporting Services.

Guest Module

With Resource Central you also receive a guest module allowing users to:

• Register external guests
  
• Print name badges with an image and barcode
• Perform barcode scanning for easy registration of visitors
  
• Receive email notification when a guest arrives
  

Book workstations directly through Outlook

Resource Central is an easy, user friendly tool to assist your organization in the scheduling of workstations.
In today’s business environment, where knowledge based workers are only spending a fraction of their time at the office, office hoteling or hot-desking offers organizations the ability to cut their overhead significantly while making it easier for employees to work flexibly.

Organizations interested in using their facilities more efficiently are increasingly turning to Resource Central to schedule their workspaces. With Resource Central, users are able to search and book available workspaces by category and location directly through Outlook either in advance or on demand. Administrators are able to track utilization of workspaces and export reports.

Integration with digital signs

Resource Central supports various solutions to display visitor information on digital signs and monitors including the support of Modulex signs.

Through a simple selection in the room booking process, information is sent directly to the digital signs or monitors in the reception area or wherever deemed appropriate.

Guests are provided with meeting information from the welcome screen in the reception area.

Reduce your meeting budget for both internal and external meetings

It doesn’t matter whether you need a car with samples from the latest collection for visiting a client, or whether you need lunch for four at your office – it can all be ordered through Resource Central. With Resource Central you can:

• Save time and money on internal and external meeting arrangements
• Reduce your meeting budget and improve your service level
• Order multiple services; including catering, audio visual, transportation, seating arrangements, car washing…
• Complete the order-to-invoice process for both internal and external invoices by integrating the system with your company's accounting system
  
• View reservations and orders in a separate administration module
  
• Order from a remote work station or via Outlook Web Access

Resource Central operates in real-time and is easy to install

Resource Central is the first resource management software of its kind to completely integrate and operate from the same system platform to ensure no delays. No more waiting for synchronization, system updates or interfacing delays!

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Resource Central 3.0 is certified for use with Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003
- The only Microsoft certified resource management tool designed specifically for Outlook
and the Microsoft platform.

“Applications can be a leading cause for system failure, and Microsoft works closely with independent software vendors (ISVs) to ensure that their applications can meet the highest standards of availability, reliability, security, and supportability” - Microsoft Corporation. Read more

For more information regarding our certification click here

Resource Central supports:

• Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP 2 and higher, 2007
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 and higher, 2007
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1
• Microsoft IIS 6
• Microsoft SQL 2000 (Service Pack 4) and higher, 2005
• Microsoft SQL Express

For a full list of technical requirements use our support.