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Friday Filosophy v2013-08

February 25, 2013/in Filosophy/by learningwithoutscars

A belated Friday Filosophy with my apologies.

Always remember the future comes one day at a time.

Dean Acheson

Great efforts from great motives are the best definition of a happy life.

William Ellery Channing

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

Mother Teresa

And in keeping with the Oscars

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Abraham Lincoln.

The time is now…..

TESTIMONIALS

As I am late this week, my daughter is teasing me that I want it to be Friday already.

Our Friday Filosophy is aimed at inspiring people to stop and reflect on the subject of the week. To allow you to think about your situation and be inspired to grow as a person and as a professional. With that in mind this week, in our Friday Filosophy #2016-14, we focus on personal growth.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Viktor E Frankl

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Friedrich Nietzsche

In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.

The Dalai Lama

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Albert Einstein

Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Buddha

Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.

Eckhart Tolle

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

Nelson Mandela

What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The time is now.

April 12, 2016

As you look into the market capture rates for an equipment dealership in the labor market you have to consider a wide array of items. First and foremost the various types of labor that needs to be performed on construction equipment; maintenance labor, minor repair labor, replacement of wear parts or broken parts, adjustments and tune ups, and major repair and warranty labor. Each of these labor types requires a different skill set to be performed properly. Replacement of wear parts or broken lights or batteries doesn’t require a skilled journeyman to do the work. Similarly scheduled maintenance doesn’t need a “repair” journeyman either. This is where the equipment dealership has gone astray.

The equipment dealer typically has one labor rate for all of the various repair categories - one rate that covers repairs and maintenance and replacement of wear parts. That is why many customers have their own mechanics. The replacement of a tip or cutting edge requires strength not technical skills and can be done by an individual with a considerably lower labor cost than the dealer labor rate. This is also true for maintenance work. Why has the equipment dealer stuck with this one labor rate, what I call peanut butter rate, when all signs point to a loss of the low skilled labor?

I submit to you it is because the equipment dealer service managers choose to operate with all journeymen qualified technicians. This makes their life easier in a whole range of ways but that is not the purpose of the job. You need to match the skills of the technician to the needs of the job. That will allow the dealership to position their services relative to the market prices more successfully.

The only reason that the customer has their own mechanics is that the dealer has either been too expensive or not responsive enough to meet the customer needs. . The time is now.

July 18, 2012

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