Barhead rolls out back-to-work registration system for BOM
Microsoft recommended Barhead and its Clearspace product to the government agency. Credit: BOM
Sydney consulting firm Barhead has helped the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) bring its employees back into the office with the implementation of its office registration platform.
The government agency approached Barhead for a solution that offered its more than 1,600 employees a way to safely return to its offices following a recommendation from Microsoft, as it had already been working with the BOM on an ongoing digital transformation project.
As a result, the consultancy firm implemented its Clearspace platform a Power Platform-based booking service that allows staff to book desks and meeting rooms in advance which was integrated into Teams over a four- to six-week timeframe, at first with its Melbourne office, then its locations around the rest of the country.
Barhead is supplying its Power Platform-based solution Clearspace to NRMA Insurance to provide tools enabling a safe return to work and improved flexibility for its employees across NSW.
The conversations about the customer’s needs began in June 2020 and the solution was live by October the same year.
The solution provides a simple booking system that integrates with Microsoft 365, which was already NRMA s core productivity solution, allowing people to use Teams to book a desk or meeting room ahead of their planned return to the office.
The company wanted a compatible solution that could provide transparency regarding the location of employees to ensure desk cleaning could be scheduled and contact tracing undertaken when needed.