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Palm Handhelds Fuel Productivity of Shell's Sales Force

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Overview Shell Brazil is the largest fuel distributor in Brazil, supplying 20% of the country's fuel. After searching for a tool that would help simplify the daily sales procedures for Shell Distributors, the company's Information Technology (IT) department, together with FUSUS (franchiser of the Shell Distributor brand), found the perfect solution in Palm handhelds. As a result of the success Shell Distributors experienced with Palm, the company is currently studying the possibility of incorporating Bluetooth cards into the handhelds for communicating with printers, cell phones, and other accessories.

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Publisher	Palm Inc.	File Format	HTML
Date Published	September 2003
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Mobile - Wireless Communications, Palm

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