Worthington Ag Parts - President's Blog

Watertown Store Visit

Worthington Ag Parts - Solutions providers for tractor, combine and implement parts problems for over 43 years!

I'm at the Watertown, SD location yesterday and today!  The store looks great and as you can tell from the photo to the left the yard is very organized!  New lights have been installed in the parts bins - what a difference you almost have to wear sun glasses when looking through the thousands of parts located in their bins!

Greg Clemens our Manager of Information Systems is here with me installing the "new" counter system add on.  Watertown is our test site for the enhanced customer service module.  A meeting was held last night with all the countermen and yard staff.  At first I thought they were just showing interest because of the free pizza but the system was very well received and we are hoping for a successful "beta" test over the next few weeks.  If all goes well and only slight modifications are needed, roll out to all the stores will proceed immediately.  As I type this blog Greg and Rashid are making live changes to the system based on feed back from the sales staff already! 

Thanks for the input Gerry!  No doubt there will be a lot of "tweaks" to the system in the coming weeks.  The counter staff and parts checkers are the end users and will give the best input for these modifications.  The goods news is we have a very qualified in-house IT staff to make these changes. 

Happy Anniversary....

Charlie McCabe has been with us in two different shifts for a total of six year as of April 18th!  Charlie is employed at the warehouse in Sikeston, MO.  Keep up the good work!

That's all for now!

Cheers,

Mike Winter

President - Worthington Ag Parts

Used Parts Catalog

Worthington Ag Parts 

Tractor Parts, Combine Parts and Implement Parts providers to the Farming Community for 43 Years!

Have you ever been to our web site www.worthingtonagparts.com and looked up parts in our on-line catalog?  You can search by a few methods,  Original Equipment Manufactures Number, Casting Number, Equipment Type, Model or category of the equipment.   If you search by part number or a partial listing of the part number you may find three or more numbers for the same part!  It is because we offer cataloged used parts, after-market new parts and re-manufactured parts. 

Example:  If you search for OEM number 128191C91 in the OEM Number or Casting search three options appear.  The photo to the left shows an illustration of this.  There are three numbers WN-128191C91, WR-128191C91 and WU-128191C91.  Each number starts with a different prefix: WN = Worthington After-market New Replacement Parts; WR = Worthington Re-manufactured Replacement Parts; WU = Worthington Used Cataloged Parts.  You can purchase the WN or WR parts on-line with a credit card and secure payment web site!

We have 19,821 different used part numbers (WU) established and ready for sale in our system.  You will notice if you select the WU used part there is no retail price.  That is because retail price is subject to the condition of the used part, but rest assured we warranty every part.  Used parts are field tested and proven, each of which comes with a significant savings over OEM new, sometimes up to 70% off!  Call today to get the price of the used part you are interested in 1 888-845-8456 toll free.

There are just too many used parts to catalog so if you can't find it in the on-line catalog, search our on-line fresh salvage by clicking here!

Today and Tomorrow's Employee Birthday's....

Brian Wiersma - Worthington, MN Division - Brian has been employed with Worthington for almost four years!  Brian is one of our best tear down guys in the company!  Keep making those tractors disappear! 

Brian Frodermann - Worthington, MN Division - Brian handles all of the new parts inventory in Worthington.  Since he's been employed the organization of our new parts has been great!  Thanks Brian!

Danny Weeks - Goldsboro, NC Division - Parts Specialist - Danny handles all of our Internet parts request along with selling parts daily.  If you need a part Danny can find it for you!

Please join me in wishing all of these fine employees Happy Birthday!  You can email Brian Frodermann and Danny Weeks birthday wishes by clicking on their names!

Happy Anniversary....

Russ Wilson - Leesburg, IN Division - Russ starting on April 14, 1997 and will be with the company for 10 years!  Congratulations Russ and keep up the good work!

That's all for now!

Keep Smiling - Cheers,

Mike Winter

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Home Sweet Home!

Tractor Parts, Combine Parts and Implement Parts providers to the world for 43 Years!

We had a great vacation but it's always nice to get back home and back to my second home - "the office".  I had over 800 emails in my in-box upon my return Friday night.  Saturday was a great day to come in and get caught up.  The phones weren't ringing and I could sort out the "hot" topics, "action" items and "junk" emails in a hurry.  It allowed me to review Randy Balster's summary for the quarterly commission checks to be distributed this Friday, which I'm sure is much appreciated by our employees.  Karen our HR manager has them entered and already processing as of noon today! 

Today's (Last Week) Birthday's....

I missed a bunch of birthday's last week! Happy Birthday to everyone of these loyal employees!  Please join me in wishing them all belated birthdays!

Walt Wiersma - Worthington, MN division - Employed since February, 1991.  Walt is a valuable part of the team in Worthington, and was a big asset in the inventory removal during our acquisition of Vande Weerd Combine in 2004!  Keep up the good work Walt!

Matt Helmers - Worthington, MN division - Assistant Manager.  Matt has been employed with Worthington Ag Parts since September, 2004!  Matt can find parts for all makes and models of tractors and combines.  He has a "passion" for buying salvage too!  To email Matt birthday wishes - Click Here!

Russ Wilson - Leesburg, IN division - Employed since April, 1997!  Happy birthday Russ, keep the three amigos out of trouble Butch, Gene and Matt if you can.  I know it's a full time job!  Keep up the good work too!

Al Klein - Evansville, WI division - Manager.  Al has been employed full time since May of 1992 but Al started working part time during his "college" days back in 1986.  Al can be found with a smile and "dip" if you look close!  If you need parts in Wisconsin don't hesitate to call Al at 1-800-525-7278.  Happy Birthday Al and keep up the good work!  To email Al birthday wishes - Click Here!

Libby McDonald - Audubon, IA division - Office Manager.  Libby has been employed since April, 1983!  Libby has a variety of jobs in Audubon besides running the office and bookkeeping.  Happy Birthday Libby you are lucky I don't have a picture of you!!!  To email Libby birthday wishes - Click Here!

Pat Cordray - St. Johns, MI division - Manager.  Pat has been employed since December, 1998! If you can't find Pat on the phone selling parts you can find him hunting something on his farm!  If you need parts in Michigan don't hesitate to call Pat toll free at 1-800-248-9263.  To email Pat birthday wishes - Click Here!

Happy Anniversary!

Arnie Ihrke has been with Worthington Ag Parts for 26 years as of April 1st!

Gene Nowatzke has been with Worthington Ag Parts for 26 years as of April 6th!

Thank you both for all of your hard work and dedication! 

Today's Fun Fact....

Did you know Worthington Ag Parts has 19,821 unique part numbers set up to track our vast used inventory and it's growing daily!  All of our cataloged used parts can be found on our website beginning with the part number prefix "WU".  More to come on this topic tomorrow!

Cheers,

Mike Winter

Email: mwinter@worthingtonagparts.com

President - Worthington Ag Parts