New loss prevention system helps grocery chain to reduce internal “shrink” and process errors

New loss prevention system helps grocery chain to reduce internal “shrink” and process errors

Scotmid, Scotland’s largest independent co-operative, has invested in the flagship SECURE product from loss prevention and systems integration systems provider Sysrepublic.

The grocery chain is rolling out SECURE across all 330 of its community Food, Semichem and Fragrance House stores across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England, where it will provide an improved automated profit protection system to help it prevent losses related to internal “shrink” and process errors.

The right product to support growth

Jim McFedries, head of profit protection at Scotmid, commented on the choice of Sysrepublic following a rigorous evaluation market. He said: “I knew that profit protection systems can provide a sure return on investment, but experience has taught me that not all solutions are the same.

“Scotmid is a very progressive organisation and we are growing rapidly. We needed a solution that was agile and adaptable, where we didn’t need specialist expertise to shape the investigations that look into internal losses at our stores. Self-sufficiency, ease of use, the choice of centralised or distributed analysis and a dynamic ‘dashboard’ of prioritised activities for our field people were all important to us,” he added. “Sysrepublic’s SECURE was able to meet these requirements.”