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A look at the business side of selling equipment, including what numbers to measure in your dealership and how successful farm equipment dealers manage absorption, cashflow and inventory turns.

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Keys to Understanding the Current Value of Your Dealership

Having a good understanding of the current value of your dealership is more critical than ever. Dealers have been facing a tsunami of factors impacting their business and its growth — dealer market consolidation, manufacturer price increases, changing interest rates and commodity pricing, to name a few.
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Insights on Effective Org Structures for Growing Dealerships

3 common organizational structures used in the farm equipment industry each have their place. Choosing the right one largely depends on the size, growth and diversity of the dealership as a whole.
As a dealership expands its footprint, the typical top-down management approach with everything running through the owner can start to become impractical.
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What’s Your Valuation Strategy in Today’s Market? [Webinar]

Valuing your dealership should not be a one-and-done exercise. Depending on your goals, using the appropriate valuation strategy is key for getting the most for you and your business. Strategically speaking, the value of your dealership should be something you not only know, but actively plan for, aim toward, and continually measure and monitor.
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Dealership Minds

Cashflow Rules the Day

This owner/CFO developed ‘home-grown’ disciplines after watching his late dad struggle through the 1980s
From the nondescript office at the original Brillion, Wis., store built in 1960s next to the family’s original farmstead, a few things about Robb Vanderloop come to mind.
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2015 AEI Dealer Business Outlook and Trends (PDF) - Farm Equipment Forecast

$49.95

Based on surveys from more than 300 North American dealers, not only does the 2015 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends forecast report give you a "from the trenches" look at what dealers see for equipment sales in the year ahead, but it also identifies trends for individual product sales growth. In 48 pages, the report breaks out the dealers' 2015 outlook by country, by region, by the equipment brand and by the size of their dealership. Learn more.

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2016 AEI Dealer Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast (PDF)

$49.95

Based on surveys from more than 300 North American dealers, not only does the 2016 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends forecast report give you a "from the trenches" look at what dealers see for equipment sales in the year ahead, but it also identifies trends for individual product sales growth. In 48 pages, the report breaks out the dealers' 2016 outlook by country, by region, by the equipment brand and by the size of their dealership. Learn more.

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2018 AEI DBOT

2018 AEI Dealer Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast

$299.00
Compiled and written by the editors of Ag Equipment Intelligence and in its 12th year, the 48-page Dealer Business Outlook & Trends Forecast breaks out dealers' 2017 outlook by country (U.S. and Canada), by U.S. region, by equipment brand and by the size of dealership. It also provides a status report and analysis of North American farm equipment industry retail sales & inventory data, and insightful used farm equipment pricing & inventory analysis. View
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2015 AEI Dealer Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast

$49.95

Based on surveys from more than 300 North American dealers, not only does the 2015 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends forecast report give you a "from the trenches" look at what dealers see for equipment sales in the year ahead, but it also identifies trends for individual product sales growth. In 48 pages, the report breaks out the dealers' 2015 outlook by country, by region, by the equipment brand and by the size of their dealership. Learn more.

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2014 AEI Annual Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast (PDF)

$29.95
Compiled and written by the editors of Ag Equipment Intelligence, the 48-page Dealer Business Outlook & Trends Forecast breaks out dealers' 2014 outlook by country (U.S. and Canada), by U.S. region, by equipment brand and by the size of dealership. It also provides a status report and analysis of North American farm equipment industry retail sales & inventory data, and insightful used farm equipment pricing & inventory analysis. View
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2011 Benchmarking No-Till Farming in the U.S. (PDF)

$29.95
"Benchmarking No-Till Farming in the U.S. — 2011" is the only report of its kind for the farm equipment industry. Based on surveys of hundreds of U.S. farmers, this unique and valuable report represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date data available on U.S. no-till farming. View
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2013 AEI Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast (PDF)

$29.95
Compiled and written by the editors of Ag Equipment Intelligence, the 48-page Dealer Business Outlook & Trends Forecast breaks out dealers' 2013 outlook by country (U.S. and Canada), by U.S. region, by equipment brand and by the size of dealership. It also provides a status report and analysis of North American farm equipment industry retail sales & inventory data, and insightful used farm equipment pricing & inventory analysis. View
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2010 Ag Equipment Intelligence Annual Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast(PDF)

$29.95

This annual report is the most popular of all of AEI's special management reports.

Based on grass roots surveys of hundreds of North American farm equipment dealers, this study plots how ag machinery retailers look at their prospects from year to year.

An excellent reference of the state of the North American farm equipment industry and trends that are shaping it, this study is available for sale in electronic format for the first time.

The report contains 48 pages filled with dozens of tables and charts and provides the most in-depth study of dealer views on an annual basis.

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2011 AEI Annual Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast (PDF)

$29.95
Compiled and written by the editors of Ag Equipment Intelligence, the 48-page Dealer Business Outlook & Trends Forecast breaks out dealers' 2011 outlook by country (U.S. and Canada), by U.S. region, by equipment brand and by the size of dealership. It also provides a status report and analysis of North American farm equipment industry retail sales & inventory data, and insightful used farm equipment pricing & inventory analysis. View
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2009 AEI Annual Business Outlook and Trends - Farm Equipment Forecast (PDF)

$29.95

This annual report is the most popular of all of AEI's special management reports.

Based on grass roots surveys of hundreds of North American farm equipment dealers, this study plots how ag machinery retailers look at their prospects from year to year.

An excellent reference of the state of the North American farm equipment industry and trends that are shaping it, this study is available for sale in electronic format for the first time.

The report contains 48 pages filled with dozens of tables and charts and provides the most in-depth study of dealer views on an annual basis.

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