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What You Taught Me About Productivity

By Kim Schmidt posted on September 26, 2022 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Upon returning to the office from the Dealership Minds Summit this summer, our staff started planning how we’d turn all the great presentations into a solid report for this issue. Mike Lessiter came to me with a unique idea … let’s apply what we learned about tech efficiency, time estimates and service management to what we do here as editors.
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Are Online Sales Coming of Age?

Four large farm equipment dealers shared the current state of their online sales & e-Commerce initiatives with Farm Equipment during an online focus group coordinated by MacKay & Company.
By Mike Lessiter posted on September 13, 2022 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Four large farm equipment dealers shared the current state of their online sales & e-Commerce initiatives with Farm Equipment during an online focus group coordinated by MacKay & Company.
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Ransomware Detected in Your Dealership ... What’s Next?

4 years removed from a Russian attack occurring during harvest, Sinclair Tractor, one of the 50th largest farm equipment dealers in the U.S., shares how it got through a ransomware attack.
By Bob Sinclair posted on September 6, 2022 | Posted in Best Practices

Four years ago, we got hit with a ransomware attack. Russian software administered by North Korean state sponsored terrorists shut down our entire system right as corn harvest was happening.


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Measuring the ROI on People Skills Training [Webinar]

September 1, 2022 | Posted in Best Practices
In this webinar, you will learn the four different levels of measuring people-skills training, what you can do to obtain a better ROI on your investment to offer people-skills training, and an accountability process to ensure there is a transfer of training for people-skill training as there is for technical skill training to the workplace.
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