Warehouse Security Measures

3.2.5 Warehouse Safety Management

Warehouse security measures involve protection against operational disruption such as merchandise pilferage, deterioration and others.

i. Protection against Pilferage

One of the major issues to be handled carefully is the theft of merchandise. General security procedures should be strictly imposed at each warehouse. Security begins at the basic level that is at fence. Only authorised personnel should be allowed into the facility and on the surrounding areas. Moreover, entry into the warehouse is mostly controlled through a single gate. Without exception, no private automobile, regardless of management rank or customer status, should be allowed to enter the yard or park adjacent to the warehouse.

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These systems allow only goods that are accompanied by a computer release document. If samples are authorised for salesperson use, such merchandise should be maintained in a separate inventory.

Organised efforts between warehouse personnel and truck drivers can result in deliberate over picking or high – for – low – value product substitution in order to move unauthorised merchandise out of the warehouse. Employee work assignment rotation, total case counts and occasional complete line – items checks can reduce vulnerability to such collaboration.

Hijacking is one more major concern of logistics. There is an increased incidence of hijacking over – the – road trailer roads from yards or while in transit. Over – the – road hijack prevention can primarily be done by law enforcement. In – yard theft can be eliminated only by tight security provisions. ii. Protection from damage or deterioration

Within a warehouse, a number of factors can reduce a product or material to a non – usable or non – marketable state. One of the most obvious forms of deterioration is damage due to careless transfer or

Most of the organisations have comprehensive safety programs that do constant examination of work procedures and equipment. Through examination, these programs locate the hazards and then take corrective action to eliminate the unsafe conditions before accidents. Due to the careless attitude of workers, mechanical or physical hazards may occur. Unclean floors of a warehouse is one of the causes of accidents During normal operation, rubber and glass deposits collect on aisles and from time to time, broken cases result in product seepage on to the floor. Proper cleaning procedures can reduce the accident risk of such hazards. Environmental safety has become a major concern of government agencies and cannot be neglected by the