Dealership Minds: Working Together to Form a Dream Team

October 13, 2011 | Posted in Mergers & Acquisitions

Sitting in a modest office in the front of the Washington, Iowa, store, Ron Farrier was asked to cough up a title for a hypothetical keynote presentation to other dealer executives. His answer? "Let's Work Together"?

Dealership Minds: The Measure of a Successful Store

October 13, 2011

When Kevin Bland was 14 years old, he was hired to mow the lawn of the local farm equipment dealership in Durant, Iowa. Nearly 30 years later, he's the location manager for the same dealership, now called Precision Equipment.

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Location Manager Role Requires Firefighting Skills

October 13, 2011

When he's called in to fix problems at the Precision Equipment dealership in Mediapolis, Iowa, Jeremy Marston says he often feels more like a firefighter than a location manager.

Dealership Minds: Precision Equipment

October 13, 2011 | Posted in Mergers & Acquisitions

When discussions started about Elder Implement being the subject of Farm Equipment’s 2012 “Dealership Minds” project, the dealer group was comprised of five John Deere locations scattered throughout eastern Iowa.

Dealership Minds: In the Customer's Mind, Bigger Should be Better

October 13, 2011

As the Houghton, Iowa, location of Precision Equipment moves beyond its days as a single-store operation to one in a family of eight, customers will expect more from their neighborhood equipment dealership.

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