Tag: loss prevention certifications

We are pleased to recognize and congratulate these industry leaders who recently obtained certification. Despite their demanding schedules, they still saw the value and took the time to obtain this industry-leading credential.

Throughout my career, I've investigated numerous significant increases in shortage on a multi-store level. In each case, the cause was traced to the distribution process.

At first, this may seem like an issue that involves only the retailer. However, the decision to ignore generally accepted cash and merchandise controls has far-reaching implications.

The bedrock upon which healthy retailers are built is the supply chain that provides the goods to be sold. A retailer’s competitiveness, then, or lack thereof, is in measurable part a reflection of the extent to which these avenues of supply are cost effective and efficient.

Even though we might ultimately deny a request, we don't want to do so in a way that creates an adversarial relationship with the subject. Think about it like this: nobody likes being told no.

Few things are as frustrating for a loss prevention leader than discovering a bad packaging design they know will promote retail shrink— a feature which could easily have been prevented.

f our leadership demonstrates their belief in and commitment to a formal company safety policy, that commitment will cascade throughout the organization.

A well-crafted statement freezes the moment of the admission or confession, providing the reader a snapshot into the mind of the guilty party.

What we have to remember is that it isn't personal. It's not about us. It's not personal to anyone except the individual who was involved in the incident.

Here's one unfortunate reason: "If I work in a building with 500 people, surely somebody else will say something. It doesn't have to be me."