TAMPER PROOF SEAL

Description

Industry

General

What you will learn

How the solution works and how it will impact your performance in the department

Objectives

To prevent loss of goods in transit reconciliation of stock differences

The use of tamper proof seals will help warehouse/supply chain personnel to prevent or eradicate the loss of goods in transit it will also aid in the process of stock reconciliation.

Benefits

Tamper proof seals will eradicate the problem of loss of goods in transit. This is because once this seal is used to seal any container/vehicles conveying goods from one point to another, it cannot be opened except it is damaged/broken and cannot be used again. This seal is meant for only one time use and this is the reason why any tampering with it will be evident and the driver should be held responsible for whatever happens to the goods where the seal is broken before it gets to the destination. Tamper proof seal also makes it possible to trace any shortage/overage in goods conveyed from one point to another. Where there is deviation (shortage/excess) in goods loaded from what is recorded in the document (waybill/parking list) accompanying the goods, but the tamper proof seal remains intact, this means that the deviation is from the point of loading or improper counting at the destination/point of receiving the goods and reconciliation will only be between the source of the goods and the destination. But if the seal is tampered, the person who transited the goods will also be involved in reconciliation and it becomes more cumbersome. I once came across a scenario where shortage was recorded in items taken from a manufacturing company to one of the warehouses without a tamper proof seal, it was mistaken for a loss-in-transit and the driver was debited. Another counting of the items was done at a later date and it was discovered that proper counting of the items were not done initially and an innocent person had been wrongly punished.