Although I would tend to agree in theory with you, (and it was my first reaction), I would like to point out that I can say 'Won't work' quicker than you can spell Ipad or even :) amongst the reasons is the fact that they are not connected all the time in the area where they operate internet access is still far from being guaranteed at a decent speed. And the last thing I want to hear from this client is 'they are not using it because it is too slow'
So thank you for the bit of advice but no thanks
On 8 January 2011 19:22, Mladen Gogala
<mladen.gogala@vmsinfo.com> wrote:
On 1/8/2011 1:26 AM, Didier Gasser-Morlay wrote:
Now the sales manager wants each sales each sales person to have a netbook with a copy of the /subset/ of the client database he deals with, (in total around 20 tables) along with his agenda etc ... during the week, whilst travelling from client sites to client sites, the sales person can write reports about his visits (these are indexed in the database), amend the client/prospect database (add contacts, amend contacts, add notes ....) upon his return to the head office, the sales person 'plugs' his netbook to the network, press the 'synch' button and pooof all by magic all changes made locally are merged with the central database, taking into account any changes made to the central database. Once this merge process is finished, the sales person netbook is refreshed with a copy of the new database fragment he deals with.
Your sales manager should get acquainted with something called "the Internet". The sales people should only log into the website providing service, instead of carrying the database around. Also, they shouldn't be carrying "notepads", "laptops" or any such contraption, they should be carrying iPads. Make sure to spell it right, "iPad" is not the same as "iPod". Your sales manager has a lot to learn.
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