For 3 industry-leading dealerships, managing the service department is an ongoing balance of implementing processes while also remaining open to change.
From Wayne Brozek’s perspective, the service manager has the toughest job in the dealership. You’d be hard pressed to find a service manager who disagrees.
Stacy Anthony, CEO of AGCO dealership AgRevolution, which has 7 locations in Kentucky and Indiana, believes there are 3 factors currently impacting dealers’ journey to (or maintaining) 100% absorption.
Upon returning to the office from the Dealership Minds Summit this summer, our staff started planning how we’d turn all the great presentations into a solid report for this issue. Mike Lessiter came to me with a unique idea … let’s apply what we learned about tech efficiency, time estimates and service management to what we do here as editors.
There’s a 2-store Kubota dealership we work with down in Louisiana, it’s called Henderson Implement. At their Abbeville, La., location – 60 miles outside of Baton Rouge, they have a technician, Kendall, who works specifically on Kubota tractors.
Forget trying to attract the unemployed; the ‘numbers game’ favors recruiting the job hoppers. Listen to what they need & then create the environment that keeps them.
You realize that 65% of the population right now are job-hopping. They believe that changing the job every 2 years is the easiest way to advance their career.
In his address to attendees at the 2022 Farm Equipment Dealership Minds Summit, Bob Clements, BCI International, walked dealers through the best practices of the 300-plus dealers he consults with regularly.
Four large farm equipment dealers shared the current state of their online sales & e-Commerce initiatives with Farm Equipment during an online focus group coordinated by MacKay & Company.
Four large farm equipment dealers shared the current state of their online sales & e-Commerce initiatives with Farm Equipment during an online focus group coordinated by MacKay & Company.
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