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10 Things to Ask Your Business System Supplier

By George Russell posted on January 1, 2015
This column will provide you with questions you need to ask the business software provider(s) about the future capabilities of the system you use to run your dealership. These questions are not unreasonable because all of the capabilities discussed are already available in some form in farm equipment dealerships today. So to use a trite but true statement, “The future is now!”
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Technology for Profit: 10 Things to Ask Your Business System Supplier

By George Russell posted on January 1, 2015 | Posted in Operations & Finance
This column will provide you with questions you need to ask the business software provider(s) about the future capabilities of the system you use to run your dealership. These questions are not unreasonable because all of the capabilities discussed are already available in some form in farm equipment dealerships today. So to use a trite but true statement, “The future is now!”
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George Russell
Technology for Profit

How Technology Affects Your Parts-to-Labor Ratio

By George Russell posted on August 26, 2014
Do you use parts-to-labor ratio as a key benchmark in your operation? This important rule of thumb maintains that for every dollar of labor sales, your dealership should generate one dollar of parts sales. Both parts and service should be your dealership's most profitable departments and this ratio helps drive profits in both areas.
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Technology for Profit: How Technology Affects Your Parts-to-Labor Ratio

By George Russell posted on August 26, 2014 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions
Do you use parts-to-labor ratio as a key benchmark in your operation? This important rule of thumb maintains that for every dollar of labor sales, your dealership should generate one dollar of parts sales. Both parts and service should be your dealership's most profitable departments and this ratio helps drive profits in both areas.
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George Russell
Technology for Profit

Why the Big Switch from PCs to Tablets?

By George Russell posted on July 1, 2014
The impetus for this month's column started with a comment from a dealer in one of our Currie Management Dealer Groups. At a recent meeting, he remarked, "Look around the room. Isn't it interesting that everyone who used a laptop computer a year ago now uses a tablet?"
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