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Getting a Do-Over: What Dealers Would Do Differently After an Acquisition

By Dave Kanicki posted on June 11, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Operations & Finance, Dealer Succession
Many dealers who have managed to successfully integrate an acquired dealership into their businesses have found some facet of process they would like to do over, given the opportunity. Here are some of do-overs shared in the Farm Equipment survey on strategies to integrate one dealership culture into another after an acquisition.
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Special Report: After the Ink Dries

Every Acquisition is a ‘Big’ Deal

Dealers may want to downplay the significance of buying another dealership, but each acquisition is meaningful for the customers and employees who are involved.
By Dave Kanicki posted on June 11, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Dealer Succession
As a farm equipment dealer, Zach Hetterick has had no direct involvement with acquiring another dealer. But from his unique perspective while he was a service manager, product manager and territory sales manager for Case IH, he has plenty of experience observing how acquisitions were handled.
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Special Report: After the Ink Dries

Focusing on People & Performance Creates a Collaborative Culture

After more than a decade of rapid expansion, North Dakota-based Plains Ag has developed a successful — but still evolving — post-acquisition game plan rooted in honesty, tradition and productivity.
By Jack Zemlicka posted on June 11, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Dealer Succession
After more than a decade of rapid expansion, North Dakota-based Plains Ag has developed a successful — but still evolving — post-acquisition game plan rooted in honesty, tradition and productivity.
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Special Report: After the Ink Dries

After the Ink Dries: Dealer Takeaways

June 11, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Dealer Succession
Because dealers have had a wide variety of experiences when it comes to handling matters following the acquisition of another dealership, there was little if any clear-cut consensus on one “best” approach to some of the biggest and most critical issues involved.
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Special Report: After the Ink Dries

Assimilating an Acquired Dealership: Issues & Missteps

Buying another dealership is the easy part. Integrating it into the overall organization is the bigger challenge.
By Dave Kanicki posted on June 11, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices, Operations & Finance, Department Management, Dealer Succession
When it comes to either buying or selling a dealership, when the deal is done, the parties on the different sides of the table say they all face the same set of challenges. How the issues are prioritized may differ if you’re the buyer or seller, but the concerns remain the same.
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AGCO Aims for $2 Billion in Precision Ag Business by 2029

AGCO Aims for $2 Billion in Precision Ag Business by 2029

In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at AGCO’s plans for its precision business and its 2029 targets. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman talks with Eis Implement’s precision team. Also in this episode, the interest savings dealers could see with the latest rate cut by the Fed and a look at the used 100+ horsepower tractor market. 

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