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Go Live Success! Tonight, guest writer Christ Kohart shares the ins and outs of how to succeed at ERP in Go Live Success. How to Succeed at ERP despite what you’ve read! Time to upgrade your dealer business system (ERP)? In a continuing series, this question was recently asked of you. If you answered ‘Yes’ […]
The Skilled Employee Challenge This week, Ron Slee takes readers through the skilled employee challenge, after a particularly illumination conversation with a fellow industry professional. Recently I had an online chat with a talented executive in this industry in which I have spent most of my career. After reading through the Job Shock series from […]
Parts Market Capture and HeadCount In his blog post this week, Learning Without Scars Founder and Managing Member Ron Slee talks to readers about parts market capture and the headcount. Parts Market Capture and HeadCount One of the deep memories that I have is how much the parts counter and telephone sales job functions can […]
We All Engage in Social Media In this week’s post, guest blogger Mets Kramer shares that we all engage in social media and this blog is just one example. Other platforms include Facebook, LinkedIn, and of course, the large number of websites we all visit for information. As the digital world grows, we understand it […]
The Future of Work In this article by Sonya Law, we examine what is Human Resources’ Role in the future of work? The catalyst for this article being the Pandemic which continues to disrupt businesses forcing them to: Stop, reset, recalibrate. Human Resources role in the future of work is multifaceted and requires a pivot […]
Dealer Websites This week, we have a new guest blog from Mets Kramer. In my last article, I discussed the difference between Billboard Digital Marketing and Engagement Digital Marketing. With the world and our industry becoming more digital everyday, I wanted to expand on the topic of websites and why it’s worth building your own […]
Information Stagnation This guest blog is from Brad Stimmel. Brad Stimmel is the retired CEO of Ascendum Machinery. He was also the President of the Volvo Dealer Advisory Council for 10 years. In addition, he was a 15 year member of the Executive Forum group that provided updates twice per year for studies in Executive […]
Business Models Since 1980 when Ronald Reagan and Paul Volcker fixed the high levels of inflation with a drastic increase in interest rates we have been operating on a “cost control driven” business model. This model now needs to have a dramatic review and update. I don’t believe anyone can make money by reducing costs […]
This is our second installment in our Back to Basics theme, covering the topic of your stakeholders. Last week, we began with the Balanced Scorecard and the customers. The next piece of Back to Basics is the value that we deliver to the stakeholders. When we talk about your stakeholders, who de we mean? Simply […]
We just had a dismal jobs report posted yet the jobless rate continues going down. This just highlights the visible disconnect between “government” metrics and real life. The job participation rate is 62.6% :nearly at a forty year low. There are 94.7 million people who are outside the labor force. How dismal is that. Perspective […]