Sensormatic Safers – 4 WC Blog 819
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Security And Storage Space Solutions With Sensormatic Safers
Sometimes I wonder why big retail stores make some of the merchandise protection decisions they do when they could use a Sensormatic Safer and just be done with the waffling. A perfect example of this is observed in a national retail chain with which I am very familiar. This company sells jump drives (thumb drives for some of you) and they used to protect all of them with electronic article surveillance retail anti-theft devices. Not long ago, they started changing up their strategy and had some of the lower price point jump drives displayed on peghooks with no protection. To a certain extent I understand the move. Is it worthwhile to protect everything? Are payroll dollars being wasted tagging/protecting merchandise that is not being stolen? It seems that it must be worthwhile in hindsight because now all jump drives are protected again regardless of the price point. Maybe I am a bit critical but there are a couple of points that jump out at me with the current strategy.
First, the company could have gone with the Sensormatic Safers for all of the merchandise in this category and it would have avoided the confusion of whether to protect or not. The current retail anti-theft devices in use are bulky and greatly reduce the amount of merchandise that can be displayed on a peghook. That means store personnel have to replenish this merchandise from stockrooms much more frequently than if more was on the floor in the first place (maybe I should tell Sensormatic that could be the logo for their Safers, “More on the Floor”, but I digress). The problem that goes hand in hand with a limited amount of stock and the need for more frequent replenishment is that someone has to stay on top of empty peghooks and shelf spaces. Failing to have a manager monitor this means you are relying on store personnel to take the initiative to check to see if there is more in stock. If there is more in stock then the merchandise has to be pulled from the stockroom and filled and that means more reliance on employee initiative. That is not always the best method of filling a floor.
Second, unlike some retail anti-theft devices, Flexible Safers are not unwieldy to use. I have employed many different styles of electronic article surveillance protection tags and labels. Some can be a bit difficult to apply to merchandise. Some have latches that can occasionally get stuck and are then terribly stiff to open. Trying to fight with them to put merchandise inside or worse open them at the register to get the merchandise out for a customer to buy is annoying. Sensormatic Safers are easy to use and still provide the electronic article surveillance protection that other protective containers offer.
An advantage of using Safers over the bulkier security devices is that that they require less room to store. I know how much space can be taken up when an adequate supply of security boxes is on hand. Now if you own a building with an immense stockroom with space to spare then this is not a concern for you. If on the other hand you are like many small and even medium size retail store owners space is a premium. You might even share an employee breakroom with part of your stockroom. Owning a small store means it is more important to fit as much merchandise as possible on the salesfloor. Use the wrong security devices and you could be forcing merchandise to the backroom than is necessary. Stockroom space filled with protection boxes and merchandise that would not otherwise have to be in the back is a waste of space and productivity.
You can decide if you need to protect all of the products your store carries. It may or may not be necessary. What is important is that you use Sensormatic Safers and tags for the best electronic article surveillance protection available. From detection range to space management the value of Sensormatic systems has a positive impact on nearly every aspect of your store operation.
Sensormatic Safers are important and we can help you with them. Call 1.770.426.0547and let’s talk.
Sometimes I wonder why big retail stores make some of the merchandise protection decisions they do when they could use a Sensormatic Safer and just be done with the waffling. A perfect example of this is observed in a national retail chain with which I am very familiar. This company sells jump drives (thumb drives for some of you) and they used to protect all of them with electronic article surveillance retail anti-theft devices. Not long ago, they started changing up their strategy and had some of the lower price point jump drives displayed on peghooks with no protection. To a certain extent I understand the move. Is it worthwhile to protect everything? Are payroll dollars being wasted tagging/protecting merchandise that is not being stolen? It seems that it must be worthwhile in hindsight because now all jump drives are protected again regardless of the price point. Maybe I am a bit critical but there are a couple of points that jump out at me with the current strategy.
First, the company could have gone with the Sensormatic Safers for all of the merchandise in this category and it would have avoided the confusion of whether to protect or not. The current retail anti-theft devices in use are bulky and greatly reduce the amount of merchandise that can be displayed on a peghook. That means store personnel have to replenish this merchandise from stockrooms much more frequently than if more was on the floor in the first place (maybe I should tell Sensormatic that could be the logo for their Safers, “More on the Floor”, but I digress). The problem that goes hand in hand with a limited amount of stock and the need for more frequent replenishment is that someone has to stay on top of empty peghooks and shelf spaces. Failing to have a manager monitor this means you are relying on store personnel to take the initiative to check to see if there is more in stock. If there is more in stock then the merchandise has to be pulled from the stockroom and filled and that means more reliance on employee initiative. That is not always the best method of filling a floor.
Second, unlike some retail anti-theft devices, Flexible Safers are not unwieldy to use. I have employed many different styles of electronic article surveillance protection tags and labels. Some can be a bit difficult to apply to merchandise. Some have latches that can occasionally get stuck and are then terribly stiff to open. Trying to fight with them to put merchandise inside or worse open them at the register to get the merchandise out for a customer to buy is annoying. Sensormatic Safers are easy to use and still provide the electronic article surveillance protection that other protective containers offer.
An advantage of using Safers over the bulkier security devices is that that they require less room to store. I know how much space can be taken up when an adequate supply of security boxes is on hand. Now if you own a building with an immense stockroom with space to spare then this is not a concern for you. If on the other hand you are like many small and even medium size retail store owners space is a premium. You might even share an employee breakroom with part of your stockroom. Owning a small store means it is more important to fit as much merchandise as possible on the salesfloor. Use the wrong security devices and you could be forcing merchandise to the backroom than is necessary. Stockroom space filled with protection boxes and merchandise that would not otherwise have to be in the back is a waste of space and productivity.
You can decide if you need to protect all of the products your store carries. It may or may not be necessary. What is important is that you use Sensormatic Safers and tags for the best electronic article surveillance protection available. From detection range to space management the value of Sensormatic systems has a positive impact on nearly every aspect of your store operation.
Sensormatic Safers are important and we can help you with them. Call 1.770.426.0547and let’s talk.
