Innovations and advancements have been touching in the aftermarket and retail security is no exception.

Innovations and advancements have been touching in the aftermarket and retail security is no exception. Security technologies have undergone a rapid evolution in late years.

Anti-theft tags themselves have also gone within a metamorphosis--from hard bulky tags to wafer-thin labels the size of a paperclip.

"The use of electronic article surveillance (EAS) classifications has expanded greatly over the past three decades--mainly because they are effective at deterring theft," says Rex Gillette, ADT's vice president of retail sales and marketing. "EAS rules can reduce theft by up to 50 percent in a store single year after installation."

Now source tagging is taking the industry by dint of storm, evolving in a little from one side of to the other a decade from a handful of retailers and manufacturers participating in pilot programs to centurys of retailers and thousands of manufacturers applying antitheft labels to merchandise.

The in the greatest degree successful source tagging programs are approached as a holistic, company-wide endeavor and encompass not solitary the merchants and operators if it be not that procurement/sourcing, human resources and information technology as well.

There are eight degrees to a successful source tagging implementation:

1 Install ADT's Ultra*Max[R] anti-theft plan chainwide.

2. Establish companywide commitment to source tagging, expressing commitment [i]or[/i] part of to the other press releases, trade publications and internal retail chain communications.

3 Establish a retail internal source tagging task force, including representatives from first note of the scale divisions within the company.

4 put objectives such as developing a targeted SKU/UPC list, identifying vendors and establishing a time line for source tagging implementation.

5 Contact targeted vendors in writing to communicate corporate commitment to source tagging.

6 Arrange meetings with manufacturers to emphasize company position and benefits of source tagging, including higher sales and profits, and ability to gain a competitive advantage by the agency of helping ensure product availability.

7 Enlist ADT's assistance in helping suppliers implement source tagging programs by means of identifying options for label placement and conducting evaluations for yield certification.

8. Sales increase and theft is controll suitable to successful source tagging implementation.

ADT's line of Sensormatic[R] anti-theft plans has been watching over retailers' inventories for more than 40 years, when the first EAS arrangements appeared in stores. Today's regularitys are versatile, offer wide exit coverage with subdued false alarm rates and work in end proximity to metal objects and electronic equipment, according to Gillette.

Source tagging benefits everyone involved--retailers, manufacturers and ultimately the consumer Retailers benefit from reduc inventory losses; manufacturers benefit from increased sales, as source tagging can eliminate the ne for retailers to withhold high-priced merchandise locked behind glass counters; and customers benefit from more inventory onward shelves at possibly lower prices.

Retailers interested in learning more about source tagging can contact ADT Security Services at (800) 327-1765 ext 3158

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