Western Equipment Dealers Assn.

Generating Cash Part 3: Billing Efficiency & Warranty Losses in the Service Department

By Ben Thorpe posted on May 25, 2020 | Posted in Best Practices, Dept. Management

Trent Hummel, a consultant and trainer with the Western Equipment Dealers Assn.’s Dealer Institute recently gave a webinar for Farm Equipment where he explained how dealers should be taking down credit card numbers ahead of time, when to get OEMs to help pay for warranty losses and how to increase billing efficiency.

Generating Cash Part 2: Optimizing the Parts Department

By Ben Thorpe posted on May 18, 2020 | Posted in Best Practices, Dept. Management

In a recent webinar, Trent Hummel, consultant and trainer for the Western Equipment Dealers Assn.’s Dealer Institute, explained how dealers can maximize the benefit of their OEM return program, sell obsolete parts to the wholegoods department at a discount and have their technicians assist by upselling parts while on service jobs.

2019 State Legislative Recap and Federal Update [Webinar]

By Kim Schmidt posted on June 13, 2019

Join us as Eric Wareham, VP government affairs at WEDA, discusses legislation passed this year at the state level that is important to dealers. He also covers legislation dealers should pay attention to coming up at the federal level. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

Dealers Discuss Risks of Equipment Chipping (Tuning)

By Kieran Brett posted on May 24, 2019 | Posted in Mfr. & Dealer Issues

Source: Canadian Equipment Dealer Magazine

More and more farm equipment in Canada is coming in for service or trade that’s had its software tuned or emissions systems removed by a third party with the intention of boosting performance. In this special Canadian Equipment Dealer report, dealers were asked to offer their perspective on this issue.

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The Processes & Challenges of Hiring International Ag Technicians

Brent Bazin, corporate service manager at Young’s Equipment, shared the dealership’s history with international recruitment and why they see it as a valuable option when looking for new employees.

By Sierra Wolff posted on May 14, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices

A talented technician cannot be found overnight. When there are not enough near your dealership looking for work, you need to come up with a new strategy to bring in a good technician.

Digital Marketing Best Practices [Webinar]

March 27, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices, Dealership Marketing

Knowing how your dealership is viewed on the digital market is essential for dealer organizations to grow and thrive. Craig Taylor, Senior Digital Strategist, WEDA Digital, shares the elements of truly successful digital strategies for single and multi-store dealerships. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

ELD Ag Exemption Legislation Reintroduced

March 13, 2019 | Posted in Dealer News

Representatives have reintroduced two pieces of bipartisan legislation to relieve certain sectors of the trucking industry from the Federal Motor Carrier Association’s electronic logging device (ELD) mandate.

Understanding the Different Personalities and Attitudes in your Dealership

By Tom Healy posted on February 19, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices, Dept. Management

Tom Healy of Burnips Equipment discusses the most effective ways for managers and leaders to work with members of the dealership who have different personalities and attitudes.

Why it’s Important to Keep Employees Energized and 10 Ideas to Accomplish It

Owen Palm, CEO of 21st Century Equipment, discussed the importance of keeping employees energized and how he does that in the second part of a leadership development series.

By Sierra Wolff posted on February 5, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices

Keeping your employees energized is an important part of running your dealership. Having energized employees increases productivity, improves retention and results in lower absenteeism. It also is important in improving ROI and creating higher customer satisfaction.

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Dealer Financials Improving, But More Work Needed

While dealers’ bottom lines are looking better, they must improve overall operations if they hope to enhance their profits in the years ahead.

By Dave Kanicki posted on January 29, 2019 | Posted in Data & Forecasts, Operations & Finance

Based on the results of the Western Equipment Dealers Assn.’s 2018 Cost of Doing Business Study, North American farm equipment dealers are making progress in improving a number of metrics typically used to measure their financial performance.

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Generating Cash Part 3: Billing Efficiency & Warranty Losses in the Service Department

Generating Cash Part 2: Optimizing the Parts Department

2019 State Legislative Recap and Federal Update [Webinar]

Dealers Discuss Risks of Equipment Chipping (Tuning)

The Processes & Challenges of Hiring International Ag Technicians

Digital Marketing Best Practices [Webinar]

ELD Ag Exemption Legislation Reintroduced

Understanding the Different Personalities and Attitudes in your Dealership

Why it’s Important to Keep Employees Energized and 10 Ideas to Accomplish It

Dealer Financials Improving, But More Work Needed

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