Remote Database and Office Database

Hello,

My boss would like to have several of his field employees (9) have an
Access application
on there laptop/netbook device so when they visit customers, they can
input data
into the database. They will not have access to the internet or any type
of
Remote connection. This will be a stand-alone Access application on their
laptop. ( Field person will meet with 10 customer a day.)

My two questions have to do with when the field employees come back into
the office.
What will be the best way to a) get data from their version of the
database on their
laptop into the Office database?
a) Should I user Replication Manager
or
b) would it be easier in the long run to write (vba)
code to move the data between the
laptop database and the Office database? If this is
the route to take, how
would I connect (using vba code) from the Field
version of the database
to the Office version?
or
c) export the appropriate data to a separate file?

For some reason, I'm thinking if I can steer clear of the Replication
Manager, I'll have fewer headaches. Is this true?

And my second question would have to do with any changes that I would need
to make to the data structure. How do I update the Field databases? Again,
would it be better to write the vba code to modify the data sturctures
instead of using Replication Manager?

I envision very few changes to the database sturcture. But I can see
forms, reports, queries... being added or updated.

Thank you,
Timothy