Seminar Series Announcements and Registration Forms!

Overview of a Successful Equipment Dealer – September 29-30, 2011

Register for Overview of a Successful Equipment Dealer here:
 

Participants

First Participant $750.00 Additional Participant(s) $500.00

or visit EventBrite or  download the registration form here!  You may email your registration to Robin@CurrieManagement.com or fax it to 508-752-9226.

Sales Management for the 21st Century – October 13-14, 2011

 Register for Sales Management for the 21st Century here:

 

Participants

First Participant $750.00 Additional Participant(s) $500.00

or visit EventBrite or  download the registration form here!  You may email your registration to Robin@CurrieManagement.com or fax it to 508-752-9226.

Maximizing Service Department Contribution – November 10-11, 2011

 

Manage the Rental Department – December 8-9, 2011

 Register for Manage the Rental Department here:

Participants

First Participant $750.00 Additional Participant(s) $500.00

or visit EventBrite or  download the registration form Manage the rental Department!  You may email your registration to Robin@CurrieManagement.com or fax it to 508-752-9226.

Leadership and Management – January 19-20, 2012

 

Long-term Strategy Development (for Dealer Principal, General Managers and C-Level Executives) – February 16-17, 2012

 

 

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 – Valuing Your Business

As seen in NAEDA’s Farm Equipment Magazine, Bob has provided his valuable insight into valuing your current dealership as well as how to go about valuing potential acquisitions as part of your long term growth and diversity plan.  This is an important topic right now and something many dealers, both in farm equipment and other industries, need to be in the know about!  Please click the title below to download an extended article in PDF format.  Please feel free to call or email us if you have any questions.

Principles of Valuation, by Bob Currie

Strong Store Managers or Centralized Structure?

Farm Equipment’s February issue had a great Planning for Profits column by George Keen and George Russell of Currie Management Consultants, Inc.   The article discusses the important issue of centralization.  This topic is one that Currie Management Consultants has been discussing with all of our clients, in all industries.

Click to download Strong Store Managers or Centralized Structure in PDF format.

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.

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