Equipment Dealerships Productivity Expectations Discussed

April 22, 2011 - PRLog -- Equip-Soft (www.equip-soft.com) helps equipment distributors manage growth and improve efficiencies through its rentals, service, sales, parts, and fleet management software.  Equip-Soft aligns the best technology with the best business processes.  From fleets to forklifts and trucks to power generators, Equip-Soft’s  Dealer Management Systems (DMS)  allow companies to lower the price point, integrate accounting with core fundamentals, achieve cost-savings, while permitting scalability for future growth.
On May 4, 2011 12:00 PM (EST) Equip-Soft will present the next program in a Reporting Webcast Series: Productivity Expectations.  In this webcast, the company will look at how equipment dealerships and distributors must establish benchmarks for productivity and discuss best practice on what those numbers would look like for the average-size equipment dealership.
In this 30-minute session Equip-Soft experts explore simple yet effective ways to improve productivity. Topics will include:
   Does Employee Productivity impact the bottom line?
   Can we measure productivity for everyone?
   Variations of measuring some departments on hours, others on revenue and some on gross profit
   Ratios for planning overhead staff, and staffing in sets
   Discussion of Span of Control or Span of Responsibility
   What to measure when all the chips are down
Webcast Presenter – Guest Speaker – George Keen
George Keen – Senior Consultant, Currie Management. George has worked in the Equipment Distribution field for over 25 years. He has completed projects involving process and profit improvements, specializing in the aftermarket departments of Parts, Service and Rental. George has conducted seminars on various subjects including Parts and Service Management, Performance Management and Incentive Compensation. He has designed performance management and incentive programs for our clients. George has also installed, trained and supported dealership computer accounting software.

According to Grant Skinner, Vice-President of Equip-Soft, “Customer demand requires that cost controls are implemented to strip away excess cost out of the supply chain.  Whether triggered by an acquisition or the failure of legacy systems, equipment distributors recognize that service contracts are an important element of their margins and profitability.”  Equipment distributors with a sales force, field technicians, providing supplies parts and short-term rentals, require better ways to monitor, manage, and maintain data.  Continuous improvement is a central principle with Equip-Soft; customers gain access to a product roadmap and upgrade path that allows them to find and make improvements in their businesses long after the initial implementation.  Partnering with Microsoft Dynamics means that all the benefits of working with an Industry specific software provider, with the backing of the largest provider of business software in the world.

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