B & G Security Consultants Inc |
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B & G Security Consultants Inc
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TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS & SOLUTIONS
B & G's Transportation Safety Professionals staff manages the safety aspect for all companies involved in transporting commercial goods. They monitor and promote compliance with company and regulatory policies by managing programs that are linked to safety, loss prevention and control, human resources and inspection. The competencies that our Transportation Safety Professional brings to your Company are: Communication Build teams; create positive learning environments; articulate information clearly and concisely. Safety Programs Participate in promoting safe, legal and economical operations; conduct needs assessments; develop safety policies and procedures; research training resources; develop safety programs that correspond to identify needs. Loss Prevention and Control Conduct risk analyses; develop emergency response teams; monitor the response to emergencies; file reports on events to appropriate authorities; coordinate investigation processes. Theft of goods is on the rise nationwide, it is a problem that is too often ignored. Most of your products are easily sold by thieves or are stolen by employees to meet specific requests from their friends or associates, or even to furnish their own houses! Your sales associates may be unknowing helpers or even be part of the gang, working with shoppers who are “just looking”. Since you cannot operate your warehouse like a bank vault, what steps can you take to protect your investment?
Your first line of defense is to make sure that one individual doesn’t control receiving, inventory, disbursements and adjustments. Be especially aware of the trusted employee who works long hours and doesn’t take their vacation.
There are two types of theft. The first is the rare mass theft where thieves either hijack a truck or break into a warehouse. Pilferage or disappearance is more common. Pilferage may involve collusion between truck drivers and warehouse people who load "extra" products on the truck when shipping or receive less than the full quantity of material off an inbound shipment. They may also load the orders obtained through their fellow thieves employed as sales people.
There are multiple ways to defend against theft and pilferage. One is a combination of physical deterrents and systems that make it difficult to break security. Another defense is to attempt to confirm the honesty of your employees.
Tailored suits, frozen shrimp, computer chips, toilet paper—the flotsam and jetsam of a nation of consumers—are delivered round-the-clock. Loaded on pallets and packed on trucks, planes, and trains, they are but a sample of the commerce pulsing through the country's arteries to nourish the world's largest economy. Unfortunately, if you can package it, crate it, and ship it, there is likely a criminal enterprise that wants to steal it.
Cargo theft is estimated to cost $15-30 billion a year, though the true measure may be even higher, since some businesses are reluctant to report thefts out of concern for their reputations or their insurance premiums. Thieves' methods vary, but the outcome is generally the same—a load of merchandise leaves Point-A and never arrives at Point-B.
The issue is much broader than a criminal stealing a TV off a truck. In the past few years, investigations have revealed more and more sophisticated operations with well-organized hierarchies. The typical "criminal enterprise," has a leader who runs a regional or national operation. Beneath him are cells of thieves and brokers, or fences, who unload the stolen goods on the black market. "Lumpers" physically move the goods, along with drivers. And there's usually a specialist who is expert at foiling the anti-theft locks on truck trailers.
Cargo thieves heist whole truck loads of merchandise—the average freight on a trailer is valued between $12,000 and $3 million. The hotspots are where you might expect—truck yards, hubs for commercial freight carriers, and port cities.
B & G Security Consultants Inc offers through its skilled and dedicated Transportation Fleet Safety and Consulting Department a comprehensive range of safety, accident prevention and loss control services designed, tailored and implemented for each client's unique situation. |
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Phone: 519-868-9088 E-mail:admin@bgsc.ca |