In his role as President, Messick leads the 9 dealer member board of directors, alongside Executive VP/CEO Dave Close.

You might think it’s a new warehouse on the edge of Lancaster, Pa., but the 200,000-square-foot building is actually the new hub facility for Messick’s farm equipment dealership. The latest in warehousing and smart logistics in this high-tech world of e-commerce allows the dealership to tackle more than it could in its previous locale.

The rush to get machinery onto dealer lots as quickly as possible has overbooked haulers. As a result, manufacturers sometimes have to use different shipping companies, and machinery is getting damaged while in transit.