Dealer Toolbox — Technology & Other Tools to Help Get Absorption Under Control

May 08, 2025

In this classroom session, hear from 4 different solution providers on how their tools can help you keep your aftermarket business singing.

With rising costs, fluctuating equipment sales, and economic uncertainty, dealerships must maximize service and parts revenue while reducing financial risks. Machinery Scope provides a solution built “by dealers, for dealers.”

CodifyWorks provides dealerships with a database of more than 100,000 model specific job codes, and model specific interactive inspection forms that provide labor quotes immediately, and ensures that the quoted amount is the same across store locations.

Modern helps fill a void left by Deere’s purchase of AgriSync. The tool allows dealers to document and photograph any damage on vehicles with time stamps at drop off. If an item is not approved to be fixed our cloud based software stores all existing work orders, approvals and declines to protect the store from being blamed for a part they offered to fix.

Vi by visorPro is an AI-powered knowledge assistant for equipment dealerships. Vi helps your team service and support your customers by leveraging information from your OEM’s manuals, the work orders in your business system and the knowledge in your technician’s heads.

You'll Learn: Tools & technologies you can put to use that will improve your process & translate to a better customer experience

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Video: Will the 2025 USDA December Crop Report Be a Market Mover/Surprise?

Historically, the USDA December crop report is a non-event or another dud report as the USDA reserves any final supply changes to the final report in January of the following year in this case 2026. But after the longest U.S. government shutdown in history at 43 days and no October crop report will they provide more data/surprise and make an exception?
Our China U.S. soybean purchase tracker is now at 26.6% or a total of 3.2 mmt but for traders it’s taking too long to unfold.
The final Stats Canada production report was bearish canola and wheat projection a record crop in both (it adds to the global glut of supplies) and bullish local corn and soybean prices in Ontario/Quebec thanks to a drought. It will not help the fund flow short-term, the USDA may need to offset it?
A U.S. Fed interest rate cut of another 25-basis point next Wednesday (probability 87.1%) could help fund flow and sentiment in stock and ag commodities into year end.
More inflows into Bitcoin this past week saw prices rebound back above 90,000 with support at 82,000 and resistance at 96,000.
A V-shaped bottom in cattle suggest the lows are in after Mexico reported another new world screwworm case. Lower weights, seasonal demand and higher U.S. beef select/choice values with a continued closure of the Mexican border to cattle will result in a resumption of higher cattle futures into yearend.
Australia is expected to produce its 3rd largest wheat crop ever at 36 mmt adding to the global glut of supplies.
Reports of ASF in hogs in Spain the largest pork exporter in Europe could see the U.S. win more pork export business long-term.
If the rains verify into next week of 3-5 inches for Brazil it would go a long way to fixing the dry regions from the last 2-months, but the European weather model has been wrong for the past 2-months!
Natural gas futures are surging to the 3rd price count as frigid hold temps set in.
CDN $ is also surging to end the week on a very resilient economy and better employment numbers suggesting no interest rate cuts next week.
Finally, the CFTC report showed funds were net buyers of soybeans but sellers of corn, canola and wheat. In real time the funds have gone back to selling as they take some profits.