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How Leverage & Inventory Turnover Keep the Balance Sheet in Order

This executive shares his approach to teaching employees throughout the dealership the importance of leverage and turnover, the guard rails for keeping the balance sheet — and dealership — on track.
By Mike Hedge | Posted in Operations & Finance
Financial metrics don’t drive our business, but they are a set of guardrails to keep us from running our business off the cliff. And in a cyclical business, when the business goes up and down, it’s easy for those ratios and metrics to get out of kilter.
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Birkey's Farm Stores: 2007 Dealership of the Year

February 9, 2011
It sounds cliché, but spend time with the team at Birkey’s Farm Store, and it’s clear that pulling in the same direction, checking the egos at the door and subordinating individual or site-specific interests to the larger entity are root factors in this dealership’s success. Teamwork, as it’s spoken about in downstate Illinois and the various locations, does not appear to be lip service. Birkey’s, it seems, is “walking its talk.”
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More to Manage than Numbers

By Pat Tearney posted on February 7, 2011 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
As general manager of the Gibson City store, Mike Carley (who is also an owner) is responsible for coming up with the right blend of product, salesmanship, market knowledge, customer service and leadership that will produce profitability for the dealership. When he arrives early each morning, in the unlikely event that the bottom line isn’t already on his mind, he’ll quickly be reminded of it.
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