Back by popular demand, Dean Devore, general manager of Parts Academy, shares 4 operational ideas that will maximize your parts inventory ROI. “Two of these strategies are often overlooked by dealers today,” Devore says. “Inworking with ag and construction equipment parts departments every day, I frequently see strong teams missing the opportunity to optimize their inventory investment using these 2 tactics. The other two strategies are commonly addressed, but rarely optimized— and their true impact on ROI is often not fully understood.” For each operational idea, Devore shares the metrics and benchmarks dealers can use to measure improvement, along with a short list of practical action steps you can begin implementing immediately.
You’ll Learn: How to boost sales, customer satisfaction &technician efficiency by increasing fill rates. Improve inventory turns to free up cash & reduce operating debt. Leverage an “inventory profile” approach to strengthen overall inventory health
View the full speaker agenda and topics here.
The 12th Annual Dealership Minds Summit, happening August 4-5, 2026 in Springfield, Ill., features collaborative, dealer-to-dealer learning over a 2-day, knowledge-packed agenda that is guaranteed to give you authoritative strategies from the most progressive minds at farm equipment dealers. Over both days, the Summit offers:
- Focused General Session Presentations: providing a roadmap for implementing leading ideas and technologies for equipment retailing and servicing success.
- Dealer-to-Dealer Panel Presentations: highly interactive sessions that provide practical, proven strategies in use by the industry’s most successful dealerships.
- Informal & Interactive Roundtable Discussions: discover actionable dealer strategies — and answers to your specific questions — via an array of moderated yet informal roundtables.
- Unrivaled Networking & Knowledge Sharing: exchange successes, dissect challenges and vet out ideas with director-level farm equipment dealership leaders in sales, marketing, finance, operations and IT.
For more information about the 2026 Dealership Minds Summit, to register for the event and to book your hotel room visit farm-equipment.com/dealership-minds-summit
Title Sponsors for the 2026 event are AgDirect, AgGuard, Basic Software Systems, Brilliant Harvest, Dealer Information Systems Corporation (DIS), Geringhoff, LAHZO, North American Equipment Dealers Association (NAEDA), RIMSS, Summers, TractorHouse, Titan International, VitalEdge Technologies and Warranty Consulting Services.
