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Steer Your Team to Be Stronger with Business War Game: Test Drive

CED Magazine

Simulation dealership event packs years of experience into two days, Oct. 2-3.

The AED Foundation and PriSim Business War Games are once again partnering to bring a unique and sophisticated business simulation program to AED members: Test Drive. With the help of computer simulation, Test Drive puts the keys in the hands of each team in this mock market environment. Each dealership team has important decisions to make. Daily decisions affect all dealer departments, as well as dealer performance in the marketplace. Who will you hire? How will you train? Who is your target customer? Can you stock your inventory to sell, price competitively and still make a profit? Can your service department handle the demand?

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Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) is an international trade association representing companies involved in the distribution, rental and support of equipment used in construction, mining, forestry, power generation, agriculture and industrial applications. AED member dealers are unique in that they are each authorized, via contract with an original equipment manufacturer, to inventory, sell and service new machinery in a given geography. More than 90% of AED's factory authorized dealers rent construction equipment as well. The Associated Equipment Distributors strongly adheres to and strongly advocates principles of integrity, ethics and fairness. The AED urges its members to conduct their businesses ethically and compatibly with the free enterprise system and the laws which govern it. Contractors can locate factory authorized construction equipment dealers at the MachineMart® web site.
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