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Is Consolidation Good for Everybody?

By Dave Kanicki posted on February 8, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices
Over the years, more than a few dealers have told me the best deals they ever made were often the deals they didn’t make. At least a few industry pundits believe this is the case for Monsanto in its failed bid to acquire Syngenta.
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Dealership Minds 2016: Kern Machinery

Following Up with Customers Using the John Deere Dealer Scorecard

By Dave Kanicki posted on January 27, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices
The John Deere Dealer Scorecard is an appropriate tool Kern Machinery uses to evaluate customer satisfaction. Gabriel Giesick, sales manager for the Buttonwillow, Calif., location of Kern Machinery, talks about the scorecard and how they use it to identify areas of improvement and situations when an additional follow-up, in-person meeting might be necessary to serve the customer. The 54-part 2016 Farm Equipment Dealership Minds video series is sponsored by Charter Software.
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Dealership Minds 2016: Kern Machinery

Delivering Parts and Service When and Where Customers Need It

By Jaime Elftman posted on January 27, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices
A primary goal of Kern Machinery is to make the growers they serve more profitable, more efficient and make their lives easier. Charlie Moe, corporate aftermarket manager with Kern Machinery of Bakersfield, Calif., talks about how the dealership achieves that goal through proper management and efforts like parts transfers between locations. The 54-part 2016 Farm Equipment Dealership Minds video series is sponsored by Charter Software.
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Dealership Minds 2016: Kern Machinery

Dealership Minds 2016 Video Series: Kern Machinery

January 25, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices
In the fourth of Farm Equipment’s every-other-year Dealership Minds series, six editors travelled to central California to experience first-hand how a successful dealership — Kern Machinery — operates in a market where agriculture can only be described as “diverse,” “intensive” and “rapidly changing.” It wasn’t that long ago when cotton, potatoes and hay dominated the landscape. Today, vegetables, fruit, grapes and nuts are taking over.
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