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COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES (EGYPT) "Using Oracle Lite, our pre-sales teams increased order accuracy from 75% to 95%, doubled the productivity of our delivery trucks, and cut administration costs by 50%." – Lobna El Dessouky, Chief Financial Officer, The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt Coca-Cola Egypt has automated its pre-sales function with Oracle Lite. Based in Cairo, The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt (TCCBCE) owns and operates 11 bottling plants and 29 sales and distribution centers. The company has operated in Egypt since 1942 and, with 7,400 employees, is one of the country's major employers. In 2002, TCCBCE wanted to overhaul its sales strategy to improve productivity, cut costs, and improve the quality of its service to customers. "Traditionally we used to send our distribution trucks to each customer's premises, take orders, and deliver what we could from stock," said Mohamed Shalaby, information systems manager at TCCBCE. "If customers req...

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW Oracle Database Lite 10g is an integrated and complete solution for rapid development and deployment of high-impact, mission critical applications for mobile and lightweight environments. Oracle Database Lite is an addition to Oracle Database 10g for enterprises wanting to increase employee productivity, reduce operation costs, or improve customer satisfaction. It extends the grid environment to mobile and embedded devices, allowing mobile workers to access enterprise data even in the absence of a network connection. Additionally, Oracle Database Lite uses data synchronization to allow these workers to reliably and securely exchange data with a corporate Oracle Database. EXTEND THE GRID TO MOBILE DEVICES As the performance and storage capabilities of mobile devices continue to grow, the need to access enterprise data from these devices also increases. Ideally, these mobile applications are constantly connected to central business information, presumably through a wir...