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Cost of Doing Business: How Far Have We Really Come?

Tracking financial and operational measures shows how dealers have or have not improved their business performance over the years.
By Dave Kanicki posted on June 11, 2015 | Posted in Operations & Finance, Department Management
Any farm equipment dealer who's been around more than a few years knows how dramatically this business has changed. For one thing, everything about agriculture seems to have gotten bigger: bigger dealers with bigger sales territories; bigger customers with bigger demands; bigger and more expensive equipment; bigger top and bottom lines.

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Cost of Doing Business: What the Numbers Can Tell Us

Comparing Cost of Doing Business numbers to a hypothetical dealership demonstrates how to pinpoint trouble spots in our financials.
By Mike Wiles posted on June 11, 2015 | Posted in Operations & Finance, Department Management
In this part of the special report, the Western Equipment Dealers Assn. (WEDA) provided an analysis of finances and operations of a hypothetical dealership named Brookfield Farm Equipment, or BFE, using the 2014 Cost of Doing Business study for comparison purposes. This particular dealer would fall in the larger group of dealers with more than $75 million in annual sales.
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Cost of Doing Business: How to Use CODB Numbers to Up Your Dealership's Performance

Data collected by dealer associations for more than 50 years is another tool dealers can use to measure and monitor their business performance.
By Mike Wiles posted on June 11, 2015 | Posted in Operations & Finance, Department Management
The year 2015 may well be a trying one for many farm equipment dealerships. Recent record profits and tax incentives have allowed farmers to own a fleet of new or nearly new equipment. In the future, equipment purchases may be severely restricted if there are changes in earnings or tax rules.

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