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Industry veterans Mark Martincic, John Whitnell and Keith Ely have watched the dealership world change a lot throughout their decades working in it, and they look forward to commiserating, reminiscing, reflecting and observing on their many cumulative years as consultants, talking about what the future may hold for this industry, discussing "good reads" as well as providing insight into what is occurring in our current projects.
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
DMS Conversions Part 1 of 2
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
DMS conversions are one of the most disruptive things a dealership can go through. When’s the best time to do it? What considerations must you take in the selection process? Most importantly, how do you align your organizational processes to the system, no matter which one you’re working with? The Three Wise Guys are experts in this, having successfully assisted in hundreds of DMS conversions and installs in dealerships all over the continent. Mark, Keith, and John had so much to say we’ve split this episode into two parts.
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Facility Development with guest Korey Neal
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Korey Neal, President at K. Neal Truck & Bus Center, joins Keith, Mark, and John to share his wisdom and experience around breaking ground, growing, and developing the new facilities at K. Neal.
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Supply, Supply, Supply! Analyzing the Used Truck Climate with Lucas Deal
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Lucas Deal of Successful Dealer joins the Three Wise Truck Guys to talk about the past, current, and future of the Used Truck world.
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Market Development in Uncertain Times
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Market Development expert and KEA Advisor Gary Weisbaum joins the Three Wise Truck Guys for an in-depth discussion on pivoting your sales and marketing efforts to increase parts and service sales.
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Parts Inventory Health
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
The Three Wise Truck Guys bring in special guest, Amber Kelzer, Director of Business Intelligence at KEA Advisors, to talk about Parts Inventory Health as a strategic initiative at dealerships. Learn how to challenge every piece of your parts inventory management.
Wednesday May 06, 2020
LEAN in the Industry
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Special guest Casey Scheirer talks with the Three Wise Guys about utilizing LEAN concepts in process-change engagements with KEA Advisors customers.
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
The Fourteen Principles of LEAN
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Join the guys as they cover the fourteen principles of LEAN, and how to apply them during our current crisis.
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Muda, Mura, and Muri: Eliminating waste in the dealeship
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Join Mark, Keith and John for part one of a discussion about continuous improvement.
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Garbage In, Garbage out: Healthy Habits for the Parts Department
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
This month, the guys are joined by special guests from the KEA BI department, Amber Kelzer and Patrick Huizenga, as well as Controller and Inventory pro Kent Ely to talk utilization of DMS and VMI, and healthy habits in the parts department.
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Service Habits
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Mark, Keith, and John discuss service department operations: common pitfalls, opportunities, and the various ways a service department can succeed or struggle.