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Efficiency and Speed Are Key to Profitable Mobile Service

New technology helps dealers manage mobile service more effectively and improve efficiencies.
By Brian Salgado posted on April 8, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
One of the biggest challenges for farm equipment dealerships today is how to best adapt to the growing demand for mobile services. According to George Russell, founding member of the Machinery Advisors Consortium (MAC), the decision comes down to relying on existing business systems to handle service requests or adopting third-party programs.
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WEDA Dealer Institute

6 Ways to Guarantee Customer Loyalty [Webinar]

March 23, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
What kind of power does your dealership have over your customers? Is your dealership building loyalty that makes your business indispensable to customers, creates life-long relationships and makes price irrelevant? Presented by Jim Facente, a trainer for WEDA’s Dealer Institute, this webinar highlights 6 key factors that will make your dealership indispensable to your customers. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]
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Wider World of Business

5 Questions to Ask Yourself to Encourage Employees to Speak Up

By Kim Schmidt posted on March 17, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Source: Harvard Business Review
If you are in an influential position, you have probably said words to the effect of “My door is always open.” You likely meant this declaration very genuinely. You might well feel that you are a pretty approachable sort of person and that others feel comfortable coming to you with their issues and their ideas.
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Precision Farming Dealer Summit

Precision Service Challenge: Making Money & the Pieces Fit

Dealers need to figure out how to improve their bottom lines while resolving compatibility issues for their farm customers.
By Dave Kanicki posted on March 11, 2017 | Posted in Best Practices, Manufacturer & Dealer Issues, Operations & Finance, Department Management, Precision Ag Sales & Service
Mixing and matching precision farming equipment and components can, in many cases, produce a superior system for some operations. On the other hand, compatibility issues with such systems have been known to create major headaches for precision farming technicians whose job it is to make them operate properly.
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2025 Dealer Hall of Fame: Raymond P. Koenig

2025 Dealer Hall of Fame: Raymond P. Koenig

During the 2025 Dealership Minds Summit, we honored the recipients of the Dealer Hall of Fame award. Among the award winners was the late Raymond P. Koenig of Koenig Equipment. To receive the award and speak on his uncle's behalf, Aaron Koenig, CEO of Koenig Equipment shares a few words.

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Since 1980, A&I Products has become a leading manufacturer and wholesale distributor of aftermarket replacement parts for the agricultural, turf, and industrial equipment markets. A&I Products' experience and expertise has greatly contributed to the company's reputation as a top supplier of quality, reasonably priced parts. Founded with roots as a small machine shop and repair facility, the company made the transition by manufacturing new parts to replace those that were identified as commonly needing repair. Throughout the 1980s, the company quickly garnered a reputation for offering quality parts at a reasonable price.

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Yetter Farm Equipment

Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
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Machinery Scope

At Machinery Scope, we believe you deserve the best risk management solutions for your investments in heavy equipment. Since 2013, we have been proud to offer extended warranty, appraisals, and inspections. Machinery Scope is a family-owned business built on our experience in farming and equipment dealerships. We understand your business and provide a personalized and professional level of customer service. Machinery Scope has built a strong warranty product with our customers in mind, offering the same professional level of service from the time you get a quote, through the processing of a claim.
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