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MHEDA’s 60th Annual Convention & Exhibitor’s Showcase April 18-22, 2015 San Antonio, Texas 1955. Young people were looking for a voice and they found it in the rebellious music of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. There was political unrest and a Cold War. Television was an emerging technology giving the world a new place to gather. Celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando and James Dean became influencers on how people view the world. Leaders from the material handling industry gathered for MHEDA’s 1st Annual Convention. The world was a different place. Or was it? 2015. Young people are looking for a voice and they are finding it through social media. Unsettled governments and troubling world events dominate the headlines. Fascination with celebrities has never been higher (ever hear of Kim Kardashian?). Leaders from the material handling industry will come together for MHEDA’s 60th Annual Convention. As much as the world has changed, it has stayed the same. For material handling business success, it is essential to pay attention to timeless factors: connecting with the next generation of employees and customers, adapting to new technology, keeping your pulse on world events and gathering with your industry peers. MHEDA invites you to join us April 18-22 in San Antonio, Texas for our 2015 Annual Convention, “Culture that Rocks.” 4

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What is the culture at your company? Are your people excited to come to work? Are they pumped up to serve customers, make deals and generate revenue? Is there energy in the halls? Smiles on face? A feeling of enthusiasm? To help our members create this winning culture, MHEDA has designed a convention agenda of forward looking speakers who can help you recruit new employees, better manage your current team and gain an understanding of new technology tools to help you get more done. Beyond the presentations, this event includes an exhibitors’ showcase featuring over 80 companies who have the products and services you need to serve your customers. Most essential of all is the crucial networking you will achieve with over 500 of your peers in just a few short days away from the office. So make plans today to be part of this powerful industry event….we promise you a rockin’ good time! Outlined below is a list of convention presentations. For more event details, read reviews from your peers about last year’s convention, and to see who is already registered, visit - www.mheda.org/convention or call 847-680-3500.

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Keynote presentation: Culture that Rocks, How to Amp Up Your Company’s Culture If you’re a fan of unpredictability and thinking about things differently, come hear what all the noise is about! MHEDA is excited to welcome Jim Knight, former head of Training & Development for Hard Rock International, as our 2014 keynote speaker. This high energy session is designed to revolutionize your company’s culture…all told through the spirit of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

What in the world is going on? In order to manage effectively, you must know what trends are happening, how they will impact the economy, and what opportunities they may generate. Presenter Herb Meyer, former Special Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence and Vice Chairman of the CIA’s National Intelligence Council, will discuss key trends in politics, economics and culture.

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Workplace Violence: Recognition & Prevention Workplace violence takes its toll - physically, emotionally, and monetarily. We must train employees to recognize preincident indicators and report them BEFORE something occurs. Gain a clear understanding of the existing problem and best methods of prevention. Presented by Carol Dodgen, Owner, Dodgen Security Consulting, LLC

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Unique Dynamics of a Family Owned Business – Member Perspective Working with family members presents some interesting challenges. A fellow MHEDA Member shares his insights and lessons learned while working alongside his family. We’ll also discuss transitioning the business from one generation to the next. Presented by Buddy Smith, CEO, Carolina Material Handling Services.

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Customer satisfaction and how it relates to dealership market share! Customer service (satisfaction) is an attitude that must be displayed by every employee within the dealership. It is not a separate department within the dealership. It is the whole dealership. World-class customer service requires that everyone within the dealership consistently provides superior customer service to the dealership’s expanding base of customers. There is no room in any organization for those who believe that the customer is the enemy! Customers and prospective customers are the absolute lifeblood of any equipment dealership. There is little chance for survival in today’s market place for an equipment dealer without a culture of customer satisfaction. Once any equipment dealership loses the focus of providing a high level of customer satisfaction, customer remorse begins to creep into the customer’s mind. This focused culture must be expressed by everyone within the dealership, from the receptionist to the president. No one is exempt from the development of a strong and loyal cadre of customers. This includes everyone: technicians, truck drivers, administrative employees, counter people, sales personnel, managers, owners, everybody! The term market share is the loosely worded formula which measures the performance of a particular dealer’s unit sales in that dealer’s given Area of Prime Responsibility, versus the like

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Aftermarket We have studied and read customer surveys performed by the equipment industries for well over 40 years. Despite all the seminars, books and discussions on customer service, indifference continues to lead the list of reasons why customers continue to leave one supplier for another. Indifference can be basically defined as an attitude of not caring. World class equipment dealers long ago began their focus on this one difference between themselves and others. So where do we begin? Superior customer service develops strong customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is how the customer views their relationship with the equipment dealer; who by the way is the manufacturer’s customer. It is what makes the customer want to come back time and time again for the dealer’s superior service. Customer satisfaction is a genuine feeling that the dealership cares for the customer after the sale has been made. Customer satisfaction is a caring attitude expressed by the dealership and all the dealership’s personnel toward the customer. Customer retention is earned through customer satisfaction and builds customer loyalty toward the dealership. Listen-up all you manufacturers: Customer loyalty builds market share! It has been estimated that equipment dealers spend six times the amount of money to capture a new customer versus what they spend in keeping that same customer loyal to the dealership. Is the equipment dealer’s emphasis misplaced? Customer retention means financial success for the equipment dealer. Losing a customer carries a cost five times the annual value of that customer’s yearly account to the dealership. We maintain that

how you satisfy the customer’s needs after the sale determines customer retention over the long run. I will use the words of an equipment dealer who I believe is a true world-class dealer. He states that their dealership’s major reason for success in customer retention and loyalty is: “Hiring people with a customer focused attitude and then help and encourage them to continue the development of this attitude through praise and training and more training.” He points out that most dealers hire people that can do the nuts and bolts side of the position very well, but some dealers never ask a potential hire what does world class service look like to them? The dealer goes on to say that you can train people on what a culture of customer service means, but to be the best it must be part of the prospective hire’s character. Believe it or not, I once met a service manager who absolutely loved his job, and the only thing he disliked about it was he constantly had to deal with unhappy customers. Talk about a “square peg in a round hole.” In most cases, in any dealership absolutely no one has more employee and customer contact over the phone or face-to-face than a service manager. If a potential hire for service management has poor people skills, don’t hire him no matter how great his technical skills are. How many times in the last ten to twenty years have we written that the department with the greatest opportunity for increased sales and the greatest opportunity for increased profitability is the service department? At the same time we are writing or discussing this with dealers we are also pointing out

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Aftermarket that service generally provides the dealership with the lowest contribution to total sales. When a dealer is hiring or replacing a service manager, the greatest concern should be finding an individual with people skills, while at the same time is able to develop throughout the department the customer service and customer satisfaction culture with all employees. Is there a correlation to all this? Do you, the dealer principal and your sales personnel, show an attitude of indifference to your service department? Is the indifference picked up by the customer and yes, by all the employees in your shop? Could it be this indifference that causes customers to search elsewhere when they are having repair work done on their equipment? Many times in discussions with equipment sales personnel we ask why they don’t discuss the dealership’s ability to provide quality service to the customer. Understand that the customer’s number one concern when buying a piece of equipment is unscheduled down-time! Customers want to know that your dealership is going to be there for them after the sale. Surveys consistently express the fact that customers want to know that their equipment is going to be fixed right the first time, on time and at a competitive price! Unfortunately, too many times the sales person replies to our question by saying figuratively: “I’m not sure I want to tell a customer we can do that because I am not sure our shop can perform at that level!” With this reply, remember what was said on the Apollo 13 flight: “Houston, we’ve got a problem!“ We must continue to emphasize customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and customer retention. These all lead to the equipment dealership’s financial

strength and to those so loved words manufacturers like to throw at dealers: increased market share. All are interrelated to that single phrase: customer service! Those equipment dealers who have achieved world class service status recognize that customer service is not a department. It is everyone from top to bottom within the dealership working together to create that culture that defines true customer satisfaction. Special Offer to Readers: We have a publication entitled: Enhancing the Customer’s Buying Experience. This document shows you how to create a customer for life culture within your dealership, how to bring customers back time and time again to buy from your dealership and provides basic but profitable ways to create market share. Along with this document we will email you, free of charge, a second document entitled: Customer Satisfaction is Customer Loyalty, is Customer Retention is Dealer Financial Strength, and Higher Market Share. Simply e-mail your request for these two publications, stating your name, your dealership and your dealership’s location, as well as your product line, and the documents will be sent via email to you along with an invoice in the amount of $16.99, which you will pay after the material has been received. If, after receiving the materials, you are not satisfied, simply e-mail us telling us of your dissatisfaction and withhold any payment whatsoever … simple enough? Our email address is: amsconco@aol.com John R. Walker is president of Aftermarket Services Consulting Co. Inc. E-mail editorial@mhwmag.com to contact John.

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What does it all mean? I smell another paradigm shift…..or it just a continuous disruptive process impacting the equipment business that normally operates through a supply chain made up of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s) and Dealers (that you). Since I work in three different equipment venues (lift trucks, construction equipment and rental equipment) I guess I hear and see a lot of material specific to each venue. The problem is it is all starting to blend together, and you start wondering why you are addressing a certain topic for “this” venue when it belongs with another. Or maybe you read something about venue one and think “Didn’t I just see this re venue two?” For example: • You keep seeing references that “equipment rental” will increase by 30+% by the end of 2018. And then when you review a major rental company’s financial stats you see that 50% of their business is categorized as “industrial.” • Another example may be the request being made by the owner of a lift truck fleet walking into the rental company I work for and asking if we can maintain his fleet. “Of course”, we said. • And it certainly is not unusual for lift truck dealers to be renting construction and ag equipment.

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• Add the trend of OEM’s to sell direct through national accounts which is a transaction similar to OEM’s selling to rental companies. • Then you hear today that two large Cat dealers merged to form one company that basically covers six states. • Another Cat dealer acquired two other large Cat dealers. • Telematics is changing the way equipment is purchased, maintained, repaired and disposed of. • Certain OEM’s are starting to recondition used equipment back to a zero hour machine which costs considerably less than a new unit. • The overall increase in rental activity scares the banks if “new” rental operations do not have rental savvy management personnel. I could go on and on but no matter what I list here you have to stop and ask ... “Where is all this taking us?” And you? Well, what do we know for certain? • Consolidation will continue. • OEM’s will sell direct if they can. • OEM’s have to have a rental presence.

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All I know is this continuing rental surge will eat into the material handling market as more rental companies push their business into the “industrial” market. A little far out this month it seems, but when equipment users learn from their telematics what the true cost of ownership is they may switch more to rental and leave the dealers and rental companies with the risks of ownership and operation. Thus, it is possible the sale of new units could slow putting pressure on OEM’s and dealers. I guess if wanted out before the Big Depression it may be time to address those needs again before you have to invest a lot of bucks in the business to keep up with your peers. Garry Bartecki is a CPA MBA with GB Financial Services LLC. E-mail editorial@mhwmag.com to contact Garry.

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Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas, Inc., a manufacturer of earthmoving and material handling equipment, announced it will serve as the title sponsor when the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race returns to the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday, Feb. 28. The event will be named the Hyundai Construction 200. The NASCAR partnership also secures Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas’ position as the Official Heavy Machinery Equipment supplier at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Located in Norcross, Ga., a key business hub in the state, Hyundai Construction’s facilities include a warehouse and office space for the company’s finance, sales and service operations for its construction equipment and forklift product lines. The Hyundai brand has a global reputation as a leader in providing its customers with innovative, highquality equipment that serves all facets of the construction industry. “As a Georgia-based company, Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas is proud to support one of our state’s favorite pastimes at Atlanta Motor Speedway, one of the country’s greatest racing venues,” said Curtis Goettel, North American marketing and dealer development manager, Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas. www.hceamericas.com

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Toyota hosts inaugural top tech challenge

“Toyota Platinum Technicians represent the highest level of skill and proficiency in their field,” said Rick Kidder, technical training manager of Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. “Our first Platinum Skills Challenge brought together a great pool of talented professionals. We congratulate Andy, for earning the title of Toyota Top Tech 2015 and the other participants for their achievements and look forward to another great event in 2016.” Toyota Top Technicians

Toyota Material Handling U.S.A. (TMHU) recently hosted the company’s inaugural Platinum Skills Challenge. Ten Toyota Platinum Technicians representing dealerships throughout the United States participated in the hands-on skills competition at the company’s headquarters in Columbus, Ind. The one-day Platinum Skills challenge tested technicians’ knowledge and skills in a variety of forklift trouble shooting and diagnosis scenarios, simulating real on-the-job conditions. Andy Hensley from Vesco Toyotalift was the winner of the Platinum Skills Challenge, earning the title of Toyota Top Tech 2015. 1st place: Andy Hensley, Vesco ToyotaLift of Hickory, N.C. 2nd place: David Weierke, Toyota Lift of Minnesota of Brooklyn Park, Minn. 3rd place: Eric Howland, First Access Material Handling of Batavia, Ill.

Toyota Industrial Equipment (TIE) dealers employ more than 3,000 Toyota forklift technicians. To achieve the Platinum level, Gold level technicians must have the highest score in their territory or be one of the 3 highest scores across the country in an on-line Platinum test. The test has 100 questions which are pulled at random from a pool of over 400 questions related to the service and maintenance of Toyota forklifts. The Technician training provided by TMHU is one of the most vigorous in the industry requiring dealer technicians to complete not only Toyota forklift-specific training, but also earn Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certification. Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. was the first forklift company to require ASE certification. In addition, to achieve Bronze Level, it requires a minimum of two years working at a Toyota Industrial Equipment dealership along with the successful completion of 6 classroom courses, many on-line training modules, and tests. The other subsequent levels (silver, gold) require three to five years of working experience at a Toyota Industrial Equipment dealership, additional classroom courses, and tests. Toyota Platinum Technicians

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The Annual sales meeting Most companies create and initiate an annual sales meeting where they bring all the sales people together – drink the same Kool Aid and hope that next year’s sales rise significantly as a result of this fabulous National Sales Meeting theme and agenda. Issues discussed include everything from upbeat new product introductions, anniversary celebrations, corporate reorganizations, acquisitions, geographic expansions to new marketing strategies. Annual sales meetings are often used to recognize and reward the top performing sales people from the prior year. This “Thank You” theme is a good way to increase sales morale and loyalty. Well planned sales meetings will have a definite inspirational theme and a clearly defined area of necessary improvement or success opportunities. This could include a product line focus, a geographic focus, customer stratification initiatives or simply a focus on individual targeted account development. A good well planned sales meeting will also allocate time for additional skills training even if it is reinforcement of prior training issues.

Make sales planning a key component The annual sales meeting is the one time your entire sales force gets together to share ideas, experience and just plain brainstorming. Have each person prepare in advance a presentation of their territorial sales plan to be presented to the entire group. Set aside time for discussion, questions and brainstorming.

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A sales plan is a schedule of events and responsibilities that details the actions to be taken in order to accomplish the goals and objectives they have laid out. The plan ensures everyone knows what needs to get done, coordinates their efforts and keeps close track of progress. Sales plans must define the objectives, timelines and resources required to meet the growth objectives of the business unit, department or branch. The sales plan should detail how the company will achieve growth, profit and product objectives. Establishing revenue goals without an agreed to, detailed, plan of action is simply a formula for failure.

What about roadblocks All sales people whine. It’s part of their DNA. That’s okay. Some whining is necessary to bring to the attention of management roadblocks that may be standing in the way of success and the meeting of goals. These roadblocks could range from inadequate inventories, service crisis, computer issues, lack of competitive pricing or positioning or even poor internal support. As the year progresses management often succumbs to the complaints of their sales people that externalize their reasons for not meeting quotas. Too often, instead of dealing with the root cause of the problem (not having the appropriate staffing levels in customer service) they compound the problem by investing more into advertising or creating promo’s and price adjustments deteriorating existing margins.

Be prepared to discuss sales roadblocks at the annual meeting. Another response instead of solidifying their core team by training them and providing them with the necessary tools to become more effective, they begin fantasizing about recruiting that “Superstar” that is going to bring a major book of new business to the company. This mentality supports the often heard evaluation of the sales force that goes like this: “On a scale of 1 to 10 — I would rate our salesforce between a six and a seven!”

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Make them enjoy and find value Salespeople don't like meetings. They'd rather be calling on new customers, closing sales or visiting their top accounts – in other words, doing things that will make them money. Every minute that a salesperson spends in a meeting is a minute he’s not using to generate revenue. Regardless, sales meetings are a necessary part of running a sales team. • Treat sales meetings like prospect presentations. • Show how you're benefiting the sales team by having this annual meeting • Make sure your salespeople know that you’re not wasting their precious time • Utilize mini case studies to encourage idea exchange • Present sales success stories • Show appreciation • Create a party atmosphere

Stay on point It seems fairly obvious that an annual sales meeting should create discussions of sales-related subjects, and yet topics like expense reports, housekeeping and a variety of other non-sales related topics sometimes creep into the meetings. Some of the topics that come up in sales meetings will be unpleasant. Don’t let those issues bring the team down. If you have bad news to deliver, put it in the early part of the agenda and always try to end on a high note. It’s very important that sales people are provided meeting takeaways. First, all of the presentations and meeting information should be available online over the internet. Second, you should provide some type of sales skills self-improvement takeaway (a copy of book like “Lone Wolf to Lead Wolf the Evolution of Sales”.) Finally, some type of internal marketing hype that is in alignment with your “Sales Mantra – Meeting Theme” should be distributed. Pens, stress balls, leather binders or wrist bands like “WIIFTC” (What’s in it for the customer”) any type of promotional material that keeps your message on-going and fresh. FUN!!! Life’s too short not to have fun and some selfdeprecating humor should always be on the agenda. You could put together a funny satirical video about a fictitious sales call, hire a comedian or an Elvis impersonator. I once hired a twelve year kid as an Elvis impersonator for a leadership seminar and it was a major hit. Dr. Rick Johnson is the founder of CEO Strategist and a veteran of the wholesale distribution industry with more than 30 years of executive management experience. Sign up to receive “The Howl” a free monthly newsletter that addresses real world industry issues. – Straight talk about today’s issues. E-mail editorial@mhwmag.com to learn more or to arrange to have him speak at your next event.

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