{"id":4599,"date":"2013-06-19T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T05:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=4599"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:18:11","slug":"using-an-inventory-system-to-reduce-warehouse-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/warehouse-dock-equipment\/using-an-inventory-system-to-reduce-warehouse-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Using an Inventory System to Reduce Warehouse Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"using<\/a>Regardless of the types of products they store, nearly every warehouse has experienced shrinkage due to employee theft at some time or another. But one of the best prevention tools you can use to reduce or eliminate theft from your warehouse doesn’t require the purchase of an expensive surveillance system or the adding to your payroll with the hiring of security guards. It’s your inventory system that might need the upgrade.<\/p>\n

An accurate, frequent inventory of the products you store\u00a0in your warehouse<\/a> can be your best defense against employee theft. First, when your workers see your inventory being counted on a monthly, or even a weekly basis, it will put them on notice that you are paying close attention to how much of your product should be there. While some businesses will perform a physical inventory as little as once a year simply to satisfy bookkeeping requirements, a monthly or weekly inventory will help you identify and solve a theft problem more quickly.<\/p>\n

Be Aware of Where Products Are Being Stored<\/strong><\/p>\n

If it isn’t practical to count every item in your warehouse, at the very least you should inventory your highest-value items, especially those that are small enough to conceal in a sleeve, bag or sock. Pay particular attention to those items that can be sold easily on the street, such as consumer electronics, jewelry, small appliances\u00a0or other items that can be\u00a0moved quickly. Most thieves won’t take the risk of stealing just anything. They\u00a0want to make sure\u00a0it’s worth the risk.<\/p>\n

Make sure that your highest-value products are kept in\u00a0that\u00a0are well-lit and\u00a0accessible. It’s easier to\u00a0surreptitiously remove products from the dark, concealed corners of\u00a0your warehouse than it is\u00a0from the open, lighted areas\u00a0where there is a lot of traffic<\/a>.\u00a0The most likely place for\u00a0items to be stolen are near exit doors. If your deliveries and outgoing shipments are being staged on a dock or near exits, it’s relatively easy for somebody to remove products and\u00a0quickly throw them into a\u00a0waiting car or truck.<\/p>\n

Guard Your Trash<\/strong><\/p>\n

Counting your inventory frequently is one of the best ways to reduce employee theft, but there are other steps you can take as well. One of the most common ways to remove products from a warehouse is to throw it into the trash. Thieves will then return later and remove their stolen property from a dumpster or trash room when nobody else is around. Secure your garbage<\/a> so that it can’t be accessed by unauthorized personnel.<\/p>\n

Theft is nothing new and will always be a part of business. But by taking steps to make it more difficult for people to steal from you, it is possible to reduce your shrinkage and improve your bottom line without adding substantially to your security costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regardless of the types of products they store, nearly every warehouse has experienced shrinkage due to employee theft at some time or another. But one of the best prevention tools you can use to reduce or eliminate theft from your warehouse doesn’t require the purchase of an expensive surveillance system or the adding to your … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[293,110,37],"tags":[1079,1086,1083,87],"class_list":["post-4599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-safety-products","category-warehouse-dock-equipment","tag-material-handling","tag-safety-products","tag-warehouse-dock-equipment","tag-warehouse-supplies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12842,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599\/revisions\/12842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}