Provent has been Canadian leader in the retail loss prevention industry for 20 years. We have developed this webpage as a starting point for those who want to expand their knowledge of the reasons loss prevention is important and the technologies that can help.

Let's start by discussing loss prevention (LP). LP is often defined as "The act of reducing the amount of theft and shrinkage within a business" or from an accounting stand point it is "A series of controls and strategies designed to reduce losses". Both of these definitions are correct but to Provent "LP is The easiest way to increase your bottom line without increasing sales".

In good times and especially in tough times a loss prevention strategy will deliver higher profitability. However, a strong LP strategy also has many less measureable strengths. It delivers piece of mind for your managers and staff knowing that LP can deter potential thieves for even entering the premises. Making your store a safer, less confrontational place for everyone. Your staff become more confident knowing that the bottom line is stronger and that they can focus on customer service and sales instead of worrying about theft.

Here are some current stats as to where theft in Canadian retailers come from.

In Canada

Internal  -  44.9

External  -  35.3

Suppliers  -  4.5

Internal error  - 15.3

Totals 3.532

Hopefully this has provided some insight into what LP is and why it's important to address. Now lets talk about the products and strategies Provent offers to protect you and your company.

How Provent Can Help

We can help protect your people

• Increase knowledge and understanding - Educating your staff about the issues and causes of theft will increase their ability to deter theft. Creating an atmosphere of awareness and understanding is your best asset in lowering shrinkage and improving the working environment for all staff.
• Give them necessary tools
  • Training and support -  Provent offers online training and product support to give your staff the necessary tools to be successful in your stores. Whether it's New employee orientation, POS tyraining or health and safety Provent can deliver customized training via the internet to promote workplace learning at anytime and in any place. All of Provent's products have online videos and documents to help your staff understand the products you have implemented. They will understand how the technology works, why it’s there and best practices for interacting with customers around the los prevention products.

We can help protect your products

• EAS -  Electronic Article surveillance - We offer a complete range of tagging systems that sound alarms when unpaid merchandise walks out the door. The following links will explain the basics of the technology to you and the products we offer for this solution.
• EDS - Electronic Display Systems Provent’s system reaches the perfect compromise between creative marketing and merchandise protection by enabling you to safely display your product in an attractive manner and, where necessary, provide power to show off all its features. The following links will explain the basics of the technology to you and the products we offer for this solution.

We can help protect your places

• CCTV Cameras - Provent offers  security mirrors and web accessible camera systems to monitor activity in your store. Whether you are at the cash register or at a trade show you can view the hidden spots in your store. The following links will explain the basics of the technology to you and the products we offer for this solution.
• People Counting - Find out how many people are entering your store – in real time over the web – to plan staffing levels and assess the effectiveness of your marketing and promotions. The following links will explain the basics of the technology to you and the products we offer for this solution.
• Traffic Flow From security turnstile gates to turnstiles and stanchions to swing gates and entrance gates, our products can be engineered to meet all your security and access control requirements.  The following links will explain the basics of the technology to you and the products we offer for this solution.

We can help protect your profits

Your bottom line - having a consistent multifaceted loss prevention strategy will increase your organizations profits. And that is the bottom line!

Now that you understand a bit about what LP is all about and how it affects you fell free to have a look around the site for more details about the products and services we offer. Or if you like you can continue on and have us make product and service suggestions for your based on the vertical you are in and the size of your store/organization.