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12th Annual Awards Program Recognizes Industry’s Top Dealer

By Farm Equipment Staff posted on July 18, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Dealer News
Despite the downturn in the ag economy, the independent judging panel once again had an impressive pool of candidates to choose in naming as this year’s Dealership of the Year recipient. Commenting on the pool of nominees the judges say, “We feel all nominees have done a very good job in profitability in view of the ‘down’ year in agriculture.”
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2016 Dealership of the Year Video Series: Van Wall Equipment

Add-Ons to Service Trucks Increase Techs' Productivity

July 18, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Zach Dunsbergen, service technician for the Grinnell, Iowa, location of Van Wall Equipment, talks about the add-ons that have made a huge improvement on the usefulness of the dealership's service trucks. Those include the crane, welder and on-board PTO air compressor. Van Wall earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
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2016 Dealership of the Year Video Series: Van Wall Equipment

Solar and Wind Power at Van Wall Equipment

July 18, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices
Several years ago, Van Wall Equipment moved into the energy business, primarily focused on wind energy. As time progressed and grants and benefits from the government changed, it became advantageous to look at solar energy as well. Brian VanRoekel, store manager of the Grinnell, Iowa, location of Van Wall Equipment, explains that the Grinnell location was the first of the dealership's locations to have solar panels installed on the property. Van Wall earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
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2016 Dealership of the Year Video Series: Van Wall Equipment

After the Ink Dries on an Acquisition: Bringing Processes to a New Dealership

July 18, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Operations & Finance
After the ink dries on a new acquisition, one of the steps that the Van Wall Equipment management team takes to start the integration process is that the managers head out to the new locations and monitor processes to get an understanding of how the acquired location had run in the past. Renae Pruess, supply management for Van Wall Equipment, shares how this helps and gives the employees a person to go to for any questions about operations. Van Wall earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
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2016 Dealership of the Year Video Series: Van Wall Equipment

Explaining the 'Why' Behind Changes at a Newly-Acquired Location

July 18, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Operations & Finance
Renae Pruess, supply management for Van Wall Equipment, talks about the concept of introducing change and making change at newly-acquired locations. Van Wall has made several acquisitions of different sizes over the years. Van Wall earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
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2016 Dealership of the Year Video Series: Van Wall Equipment

Service-First Mentality Makes Van Wall Equipment Stand Out

July 18, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Operations & Finance, Department Management
A service-first mentality through such programs as the preventative maintenance program and other efforts make Van Wall Equipment stand out among its competitors. Chad Stoline, corporate service manager for Van Wall Equipment, shares that that service-first backbone has been crucial to Van Wall’s success during the current downturn in the ag economy. Van Wall Equipment earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
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2016 Dealership of the Year Video Series: Van Wall Equipment

What it Takes to Run an Effective Parts Department

July 18, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Department Management
Van Wall Equipment has a "whatever it takes" mentality when it comes to getting a customer up and running no matter what they are facing. Chad Bruns, corporate parts manager for Van Wall Equipment, talks about that mentality and how the parts department fits into the equation. Van Wall Equipment earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
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2016 Dealership of the Year Video Series: Van Wall Equipment

Laying Out Parts and Service for Maximum Efficiency

July 18, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Facilities
Chad Bruns, corporate parts manager for Van Wall Equipment, explains how the dealership decided to lay out the floorplan of the parts department with the goal of having 75% of the parts on a line item basis within six steps. Van Wall Equipment earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
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2016 Dealership of the Year Video Series: Van Wall Equipment

Monthly Management Meetings Bring the Team Together

July 18, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Operations & Finance, Department Management
The corporate management team at Van Wall Equipment gets together on a monthly basis to review each location’s performance. Each location — and each department within each store — is given a monthly budget. Each month the management team looks at how they did compared to the budget and compared the prior year. But as the dealership has grown, management has discovered that they need to look at more than just the numbers. Matt Van Houweling, business development manager for Van Wall, talks about those meetings. Van Wall Equipment earned top honors in Farm Equipment's 2016 Dealership of the Year program.
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