Sales Force Automation Application tied in with retail store point of
sale and Lawson accounting system
DB2E database DB2E sync server DB2 UDB
on WinCE/ on WinNT on AS/400
Compaq IPAQ
"seconds" "less than a minute"
1. Salesperson takes order and verifies 2. Order forwarded from
PDA;
item in stock; immediate fulfillment
76,000 SKUs to choose from.
Benefits: Fewer errors, Faster delivery, Sales
productivity
Retail/Sales Force Automation: NetSetGo
Retail/Easy of Use: Penn State
Penn State Center for Advanced Information Technology
Used DB2 Everyplace in second year college class -
students created a 'store' that can be accessed from a Palm
device to order or check order status
Use DB2 Everyplace on Palm OS; Sync Server on NT
"We were amazed that DB2 Everyplace was a full function
database, yet had a small footprint and ran on an handheld
device...And the Mobile Appplication Builder was fantastic -
led students through a point and click programming process
and automatically created the C code for the Palm..."
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