Loss Prevention And The Small Business

A reference for security professionals who work in or advise small businesses. It addresses the reality of shoplifting, fraud and embezzlement, showing how each incremental loss eats away at profit and success, and discusses how to develop and maintain a loss prevention strategy.

Can your business gain a Competitive Advantage through a loss prevention program? Every business with employees, retail customers and cash transactions factors in shrink as an ordinary business write off. This book describes how you can recover lost profits due to theft, waste, claims and poor accountability through good prevention and procedures. We think that all small and mid sized companies are exposed to shrinkage losses that cost 3-4% of net profits on average and the typical business owner is leaving the money on the table and writing off a loss You can stop a significant amount of theft, waste, fraud and bad accounting practices contributing to the loss through careful examination of loss exposure and the creation of loss prevention programs, policies and procedures that set you up to defend your business profits. This book will tell you how to do it. As a business owner, it's the best $49.99 you will ever spend Businesses that generate more profits gain a Competitive Advantage

Designed to educate individuals, loss prevention associates, businesses, and consultants on the many faces of fraud in today's technologically advanced society, this book presents tips, advice, and recommendations for fraud awareness, protection, and prevention. It covers employee theft, organizational fraud, consumer fraud, identity theft, Ponzi and Pyramid schemes, and cyber crime/ fraud. It also examines how some fraud typologies can overlap and co-mingle and the best ways to make an organization's or individual's financial assets a harder target for fraud and victimization.

Competitive Advantage - NEW THIRD EDITION! Where you can learn how the loss prevention policies, procedures and programs used by large international corporations can be adapted to fit any sized organization...even yours! Can your business gain a Competitive Advantage through a Loss Prevention Program? Every business with employees, retail customers, deals with cash and inventory; factors in "shrink" as an ordinary business write-off. This "planned loss" can be greatly minimized through proper loss prevention tactics and tools. The result is an increase in dollars to the bottom line. Businesses that generate more profits gain a Competitive Advantage! This book will tell you how to do it. As a business owner, it's the best $39.95 you will ever spend!