Tag: logistics security
LP Must Partner with Supply Chain to Solve Retail’s Omni-channel Challenges
While omni-channel was indeed a significant point of discussion throughout the conference, loss prevention and risk management issues were hardly mentioned. Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was.
Supply-Chain Security Best Practices See Remarkable Changes
Who could have imagined, 30 years ago, that computers would become the support system of virtually everything we do? A good example of this can be found in the realm of supply-chain security.
In-Transit Cargo Crime Risks and Repercussions
Envision the following scenario. You are at home around 8:15 at night watching television with your wife or kids when the phone rings. The...
Go Beyond the Basics with Your Distribution Center Loss Prevention Team
Distribution center loss prevention provides a unique challenge to the industry. As with all LP programs, the distribution center loss prevention team is tasked with...
Brexit, Trump, and the Retail Trade Industry
Like the British referendum vote earlier this year, the election of Donald Trump in the United States has sent tectonic waves not just through...
Watch and Learn
The dictionary definition of a fossil is “the remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified...
Father and Son Charged in $41,000 Employee Theft Incident
A father-son duo recently stole more than $41,000 worth of frozen chicken wings in an internal theft incident from a locally owned restaurant in...
Threat of Cargo Theft Rises over Thanksgiving Holiday
Holiday weekends are notorious for presenting increased shoplifting risks for retailers as shoppers flood the stores looking for bargains and those must-find holiday gifts....
Cargo Theft Taking Another Bite Out of Retail Profits
When it comes to cargo thefts in the U.S., thieves seem to be showing a hunger for one particular category of retail product—and it’s...
Former FedEx Employees Charged in Cargo Theft Scheme
Five men—three of whom are former FedEx hub employees—have recently been indicted of defrauding the company of more than $1.7 million in an interstate...