Kim Schmidt

Kim Schmidt

Kim Schmidt is the Executive Editor of Farm Equipment and the host of Ag Equipment Intelligence’s On The Record. An award-winning writer, she worked 7 years in business-to-business trade media before joining Farm Equipment in 2012. She is a journalism graduate of Marquette University.

Contact: kschmidt@lessitermedia.com

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Getting Tech Savvy in the Service Department

Technology and software can bring efficiencies to the service department and improve customer satisfaction.

Improving efficiencies and productivity in the service department is a goal of all farm equipment dealers. After all, a more efficient service department generally translates to a higher absorption rate and improved bottom line. Technology is now aiding in improving those efficiencies by helping to reduce redundancy and allowing technicians to complete tasks from their workstations in the shop. And, technology is also increasing shop efficiency with scheduling and communicating with road techs.


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Dealer Modernization

Building Big on Productivity

Dealers who have updated and modernized their facilities — from the showroom to the wash bay and everywhere in between — have found new efficiencies throughout the company.
For Todd Kunau, owner of Kunau Implement, a Case IH dealer with 2 stores in Iowa, modernizing his facilities at the Preston location had everything to do with staying relevant to their customers and being a dealership that will still be here in the future.
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Dealership Modernization Video Series 2015

Three dealers who've recently updated and modernized their facilities share insights on how they made the decision to renovate and their approach to implementing the updates.
Three dealers who've recently updated and modernized their facilities share insights on how they made the decision to renovate and their approach to implementing the updates.
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On the Record

No-Till Farmers Say They'll Spend Less on Equipment in 2015

In today's newscast we share another segment on Dave Kanicki's interview with JCB execs on what they are looking for in new dealers, results from No-Till Farmer's latest Operational Benchmark Study, an update on the Standardized Precision Ag Data Exchange and a report on Art’s Way Mfg.'s impressive first quarter.
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