Tag: managing inventory
The Reinvention of Retail Stock Management
Between the physical and online space, ever-diminishing timelines, and the possibilities of pinpointing stock on its return journey (the so-called reverse logistics model), you have all the ingredients for a parallel universe where nothing is quite what it seems.
How to Manage Inventory: Shrink Visibility
At a time when store margins are under intense competitive pressure, retail shrink can make or break a retailer's bottom line. But retail shrink numbers are vulnerable to blind spots and imprecise metrics.
LPM Insider’s Top 5 Inventory Shrinkage Articles of 2017
Inventory Control Job Description and Responsibilities
Functions included in an inventory control job description can vary based upon the work environment.
By Kelsey Seidler
What does a...
How Might Your LP Operation Benefit from Retail’s RFID Revolution?
Loss prevention executives are contending with a slew of challenges—budgetary pressures chief among them—yet there is reason for optimism.
Why You Need a Retail Disaster Recovery Plan
Loss prevention team duties don't stop at preventing theft or managing inventory shrink. As evidenced by some of the major news stories of recent...
How to Succeed with Loss Prevention Analytics
Loss prevention and asset protection practitioners know that their roles have shifted completely since the old days of catching shoplifters. These days, LP responsibilities...
From Store Detective To Research Scientist with the Loss Prevention Research Council
Read Hayes, Ph.D., CPP, is the director of the Loss Prevention Research Council(LPRC) and coordinator of the Loss Prevention Research Team at the University...
The Future of Retail Loss Prevention
This is the time of year when loss prevention executives often bring their field team into corporate headquarters or a destination location to review...
Racial Profiling: We Can No Longer Just Turn Our Heads
“There are very few African-American men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department...
Loss Prevention’s Role in Data Security
Every LP trade show we attended this year featured one or more presentations on data security. In this edition of the magazine, we are...