Currie Service Profitability Seminar

Registration is now open for this summer’s Service Profitability Seminar.  The program will be taking place August 8-9, 2011 in Chicago, IL.

This seminar is a must for owners, controllers, general managers and service department managers.  This program is instructed by George Keen, who has over 30 years of experience in organizational development.  Attendees will learn how to maximize profit in the service department through best practices sharing, financial benchmarking and other critical strategies.  The material presented is applicable across a wide variety of industrial equipment industries.

Please register early in order to secure your place.

Click on:  Currie Service Seminar Summer 2011 to download a copy of the Service Profitability Seminar Brochure and Registration.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call 508-752-9229 or email cmc@curriemanagement.com.

Business Matters, by Bob Currie

The February issue of NAEDA’s Equipment Dealer magazine had a great article by Bob on Centralization.  We’ve all heard Bob,s teachings on this and we know how important it is for equipment dealers to move towards centralization in order to maximize profitability.  This is an important issue so read the full article and feel free to send us your comments and feedback.

Click to download Effective Centralization in PDF format.

Business Matters by Bob Currie, July/August 2010

Here’s the latest article by Bob, as seen in NAEDA’s Equipment Dealer Magazine.  Click to download Business Matters, July/August The Power of Expense Management in PDF format.

Business Matters by Bob Currie June 2010

Here’s the latest article by Bob, as seen in NAEDA’s Equipment Dealer Magazine.  Click to download Business Matters, June 2010 Service Department Expense Recovery in PDF format.

Financial Benchmarks to Drive Rental Profitability by George Keen

Rental is an interesting area to examine from a strategic point of view.  Let’s look at rental growth in the last 20 years.  In 1987, did you consciously make the decision to enter into the rental market?  Consciously make the decision to commit a certain amount of funds to rental?  Did you establish specific financial benchmarks for rental operations and continuously monitor progress against those goals to adapt, change, and improve?  Or, did you get into the rental business as a reaction to certain factors?

What we’ve seen as a consulting firm is that most heavy equipment dealers are in rental not due to established strategic focus, but as a reaction to certain situational drivers.

Want to read more?  Click to download the full article Financial Benchmarks to Drive Rental Profitabilityin PDF format.

2010 Brochure for the Farm and Construction Equipment Industries

Please click to download the compact PDF file for this brochure:

Currie Capabilites Brochure for Ag/Construction Equipment Industry