Inst of Couriers at Coventry for ‘On the Move – Retail Risk’ conference. OPAL to launch dedicated crime desk for Supply Chain’. The third Supply Chain Risk Management conference on the third floor of the arena. On The Move was an invaluable opportunity for industry professionals to connect, share insights, and explore innovative strategies for managing supply chain risks effectively. Coffee station was cool, with glass milk bottles for the white stuff. It's one for the future diary to attend where retail crime mixes with transport chains and the final mile.
Marco Alongi, Global Head of Profit Protection, Dyson opened the third conference, ‘a fun packed agenda. supply chain is a bigger risk than retail for us.’
Keith Bright, Lead Security Tesco. The Freight Crime Partnership: what comes next?
Retail Risk was created to fix the problem and get people together. The first lens was the police, we then got folk together, meetings in the Shard to create the Freight Crime partnership. SCRIP formed to draw all who touch the supply chain at one table. TT Club of insurers to Govt, Home Office retailers and logisticians. The plan is to meet every four weeks and drive crime prevention. A plea for help, a survey alongside OPAL
Kate Brummell, DCI, Head of Operations, Opal.
‘When you think OPAL, think Organised crime’ – ‘Don’t by-pass your local police force. ‘We now there is a lot of data out there’ – ‘Our plan, tackling Organised Supply Chain crime and keeping workers safe. We look at threats to the UK and have just launched a dedicated crime desk for Supply Chain. Policing has moved away from freight crime to supply chain. From stationary vehicles to the ports. The four Ps, Protect, Prepare, Prevent, Pursue. Navsis doing a great job in protect, prepare and prevent. We are aware there is a lot of intelligence out there. We want data on all vehicles, any size, theft form the DCs, re-routing goods to fraud from insiders. When data come to OPAL, Section 43 of the Act protects your brand names.
We deal with high impact crimes, substantial financial loss. We deal with crimes that are pre-meditated. You must report a crime to local police before stepping to OPAL. We welcome groups to bring collective issues to our desk. We are not diluting the effort in moving from freight crime to whole supply chain.’ The DCI showcased a case study, Operation RedWolf, defending against moving cargo crimes, ‘This is Euro wide, 4.5 million pounds of loss so far.’ Also aware there is a UK focus on stationary crime on freight, arrests have been made in Humberside.
OPAL will be at the CV show. Next dates for OPAL webinars, 10th April, 24th April, 11th May, 15th May.
Dave Pardoe, Managing Partner, Cotton Associates – Launching the UK’s first Retail Risk – On the Move supply chain survey
Total loss of 1.4bn and likely more. ‘Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.’ About 200 major retailers are in the UK with mature supply chains covering circa 110 billion of value. Today trailers are the key risk in supply chain. 31% of the survey respondents do not report loss. 56% of respondents had reviewed security strategy in last twelve months but 75% of them said they expected to see an increase in freight crime. 8% of survey respondent’s reported loss over 20 million. Losses sit in three distinct tranches for supply chain, Process – Customer Risk – Insiders. Where does it go wrong? At Store, 92% said in DCs, Final mile accounts for 53% of supply chain loss. - The survey showed joined up end to end visibility of supply chain loss is key.
Harry Hughes, UK Regional Lead, Transported Asset Protection Association TAPA, EMEA - Minimising cargo losses: real-world crime, real-world protection
‘Litigating loss in the supply chain, dealing with economic instability. Organised crime hits all cargo. – Harry showed three video clips, alarming footage of real world crime attempts to steal in the supply chain. Harry introduced the TIS system for finding cargo loss, delivering a route risk assessment.
Round tables:
Smart spending and stronger controls: high impact, low-cost employee security - Alex Brundle, Senior Business Development Manager – Europe & CIS, Garrett – If you had to remove budget today from security, where would you stretch that saving?
From blind spots to insight: using data to reduce asset risk in retail supply chains. James Della Valle, CTO & Co-founder, BoxxDocks – How to boos your bottom line with security process.
Closing the gaps: addressing cargo crime and strengthening security - Paul Nunn, Marketing Manager, Maple Fleet Services –‘What’s really happening on the ground, why is the data different to reality, what is not reported?’ - Reverse camera duplication for vehicle cctv was a hot topic.
Panel Discussion
Risk and the new ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ offence - Panel discussion, Jamas Hodivala KC, Business Crime and Regulatory Barrister, Matrix Chambers (panel host); Giles Bolton, Executive Director, Ethical Trading Initiative. Very topical was the new ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence. Ethical trading and human rights on forced labour was on the agenda by Giles Bolton. Word was we may expect something in the King's Speech in a few weeks on human rights issues. There may be a strengthening of the modern slavery act, could be forced labour ban for UK, could be a mandatory human rights due-diligence.
