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Dealership Develops Own Parts In-House

July 18, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices
Loren Balzer, director of aftermarket for PrairieLand Partners, a 9-store John Deere dealership group in Kansas, shares how the dealership has come codeveloping their own parts and working with John Deere on others to increase the productivity of forage harvesting equipment.
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Standard Job Pricing: Getting There

July 18, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices
Developing a standardized job pricing model is an important step in getting dealership employees and customers on the same page. Loren Balzer, director of aftermarket for PrairieLand Partners, a 9-store John Deere dealership group in Kansas, talks about the progress the dealership has made in simplifying this process.
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What's in a Name: PrairieLand Partners

July 18, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices
According to Loren Balzer, director of aftermarket for PrairieLand Partners, the "Partners" is an most important part of the dealership's name because it signifies the mutual benefits seen across the dealership's locations and the importance of shared successes.
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Managing By Values - In Practice

July 18, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Amanda Cooper, director of human resources for PrairieLand Partners, a 9-store John Deere dealership group in Kansas, talks about the "Managing by Values" initiative. Each store has a "Managing by Values" committee. These committees are made of 3 individuals who are tasked with resolving any values-violations that arise. While the committee makes sure the store manager is informed, it's their responsibility - not the store manager's - to see things through. Through this arrangement, values are "owned" throughout the organization, not just by those with manager titles.
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2014 Dealership of the Year Award Winner: PrairieLand Partners

By Mike Lessiter posted on July 15, 2014 | Posted in Best Practices
The 2014 recipient in the large, multi-store category of the Dealership of the Year program — PrairieLand Partners, headquartered in Hutchinson, Kan. — embodies much of what you’d expect from a professionally managed dealership group for the 21st century. Things like decisiveness and objectivity, action plans that groom and test the next generation, and hard discussions about getting people in the right seats on the bus — and moving those who are not.
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