Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS)
We are an Authorized Checkpoint Partner. After thoroughly researching many EAS manufacturers and suppliers we chose to partner with Checkpoint Systems as they are a global leader in retail availability solution covering loss prevention and inventory management. Checkpoint provides comprehensive solutions that enable retailers to achieve accurate, real-time inventory control, accelerate the time-to-shelf cycle, prevent Out-Of-Stock and reduce theft, Availability of the merchandise and the customer‘s buying experience.
Installing an EAS system is a great pro-active way of deterring shoplifting. When used properly, EAS effectively assists with your overall Loss Prevention stategy. Checkpoint's EAS system is designed to be easily understood and simple to use.
For the EAS system to work effectively, it is critical that each member of staff fully understands the role they play in protecting merchandise. Some of the functions involved in managing the system efectively include:
* Ensuring the system is always on and working.
* Understanding what to tag and where to tag it.
* Correctly deactivating and removing tags at the point of sale.
* Responding to each alarm according to ypour company's guide lines.
EAS works in two ways
The first is a visual deterrent. People see the antennas and know what they are for.
The second is by creating a detection field across the entry/exit point of the store. Merchandise is electronically tagged, and if this merchandise is removed from the store without the tags removed or deactivated, the tags will cause the antenna alarm to sound.
Components of an EAS System
An EAS system allows merchandise to be protected by detecting if they are removed from the store without first being processed at the point of sale when the labels are deactivated or hard tags, Alpha security devices are removed.
By properly testing the system, ensuring that merchandise is correctly secured and ensure that labels, tags & Alpha security devices are deactivated or removed, and responding to alarms appropriately, you will sell more and lose less.
By properly testing the system, ensuring that merchandise is correctly secured and ensure that labels, tags & Alpha security devices are deactivated or removed, and responding to alarms appropriately, you will sell more and lose less.
EAS Antennas
EAS antennas are designed to create a detection field at the entry /exit points of the store. The willprovide a visual and audible alarm when they detect the presence of a tag or label..
An alarm will be activated on the antenna if:• A security label has not been deactivated at the point of sale• A hard tag has not been removed at the point of sale• Alpha security device has not had the merchandise removed• The customer has a live label in a handbag or wallet that has not been deactivated• Merchandise with a live tag or label from another retailer.• A security access card to an office or government building.• A rental DVD• A library book
The antennas should be checked daily and the findings recorded according to your company’s guidelines.The antennas are tested using a Checkpoint Test Tag that is provided to each store.
Antenna testing procedure:1. Hold the test tag in front of you at about waist height, and walk through the middle of theantenna.2. If the alarm does not activate, walk through the antenna a second time.3. If the alarm still does not activate, check to ensure the power is on.4. If the power is on and the antenna still does not respond, contact Chameleon Security Services on 1800 065 664.
EAS Deactivation Units
These are used when an item is purchased to “turn off” the label on the merchandise so that a legitimately purchased item can be removed from the store by a customer, without setting off the alarm.
Deactivation means that the circuit of the label is permanently turned off so that it will no longer alarm the system.
Checkpoint deactivation is “non-contact deactivation” where the label does not have to physically touch the deactivator.
Like our antennas, the deactivation is Radio Frequency based, so a “live” label simply needs to be bought into the field area of the deactivation unit for the label to be deactivated or “turned off”.
The deactivation unit is either wired into your scanner or a deactivation pad located near your point of sale. To ensure that all labels are deactivated, all merchandise must be passed over the deactivation area as they are being processed for a customer.
