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 Rental Profitability Seminar

Registration is now open for this summer’s Rental Profitability Seminar.  The program will be taking place August 11-12, 2011 in Chicago, IL.

This seminar is a must for owners, controllers, general managers and rental 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 rental 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.  Follow the link to download the brochure and registration form for the Currie Rental Seminar Summer 2011.  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

During Troubling Times, Stay With the Basics

Good dealers will come out of a recession, depression or crisis stronger and ready to take on the competition with excitement and vigor.  This article was written by George Keen and appeared in Farm Equipment Magazine.

Click to download the full article Stay the Course in PDF format.

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.

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.

Summer Seminar Series – Service Profitability and Running Rental

Currie Management Consultants, Inc. announces it’s two public seminars entitled Achieving Service Profitability in an Equipment Dealership and Running Rental Successfully in an Equipment Dealership.  The dates of these seminars are:

Service Profitability – August 2-3, 2010 (2010 August Service Seminar Brochure)

Running Rental Successfully (2010 August Rental Seminar Brochure). 

These meetings are taking place in Chicago at a location close to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.

Summer Seminar – Running Rental Successfully

Currie Management Consultants is now accepting registrations for the next Running Rental Successfully in an Equipment Dealership seminar instructed by George Keen.  

Click now to download the 2010 August Rental Seminar Brochure.  Space is limited to please register early!

 

Forklift Equipment Rental by George Keen

This is an interesting article written by George Keen in 2008.  Click Forklift Equipment Rental to download the Article in PDF format.