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Understanding Employee Emotion to Create a Customer-Centric Parts Department

Machinery Advisors Consortium Founding Member Bill Hoeg breaks down how measuring emotion in your parts departments can help improve employee mindset.
By Ben Thorpe posted on March 3, 2023 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
The current dynamic environment of the ag equipment industry can directly impact your employees’ happiness, productivity and how they feel they are being treated by management.
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Tips for Increasing Profit in the Parts Department

Wayne Brozek, former aftermarket manager and parts & operations expert gives tips for increasing profits, cutting expenses in the parts department.
By Mackane Vogel posted on February 3, 2023 | Posted in Department Management
Wayne Brozek, an experienced former parts department manager who trains dealers on ways to improve their parts and service operations, sat down with Farm Equipment and offered expert advice on parts department processes and tips on how to increase profits.
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Adapting & Learning From 2022’s Challenges

Rocky Mountain Equipment Chief Sales & Operations Officer Jim Wood talks about how the dealership managed through price increases, inventory shortages and changing customer buying habits.
By Ben Thorpe posted on February 2, 2023 | Posted in Best Practices, Used Equipment Remarketing, Department Management
Last year brought a series of hurdles for dealers to jump through. Customer demand was up, but there wasn’t much to sell them. Prices went up and so did interest rates.
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Precision Specialist Comes to the Rescue on First Day of Planting

Precision Specialist Comes to the Rescue on First Day of Planting

Go behind the scenes with Leo Johnson and his son, Patrick, as they plant corn into strips for the first time on their 1,000-acre farm in Clinton, Wis. Jason Pennycook, precision specialist for 9-store Case IH dealer Johnson Tractor, comes to the rescue with remote support when Patrick runs into a problem with the planter in the field.

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