| Stock
What was your stock adjustment figure this year? Stock is often abundant, regularly out in the open, and is usually one of the first things to go “missing”. A quick tin of beans off the shelf? Who’s really going to notice? If someone is prepared to lose their job for a tin of beans, what else would they steal?
You certainly need to be concerned about the higher value items. If someone is prepared to steal a tin of beans, are they prepared to steal a whole pack? If they are prepared to steal a pack of beans, are they prepared to steal a lighter but pricier fillet steak? When someone realises how easy it is, the habit will escalate…
Asset Disposal
Asset Disposal is one of the most common areas of theft. Staff are often under the impression that the business has finished with an asset, and consider “no harm done” when they steal it. Well, we all know that isn’t the case, every asset stills holds a value, even if its just scrap value, and the value should be retained by the Company.
Time Theft
It’s only a little fib to say that the person worked till 6pm, but actually left at 5.30pm. You can see that this is one of the easiest ways to defraud the business, but when that ½ hour is on double time, every day, extrapolated over the entire business, it soon adds up, but that’s why we have clocking in machines
Cash Theft
Cash theft is the one that we worry about the most, however in truth it is one of the least common thefts. Stock theft is estimated to be 3 times that of cash theft, and even time theft being twice that of cash theft, but cameras covering the cash handling areas can prevent this.
Could a standard hasp and staple with padlock be your answer? Perhaps you need to look at additional layers of security such as PIN entry Systems? Even a swipe card system that requires authorised personnel to use their own key card? Whichever solution is more appropriate for your security, contact the sales team today at sales@handle-it.com, or call on 01803 875 222 |
