Controlling Cargo Theft and Supply Chain Loss

Abstract

During shipping and receiving, merchandise is exceptionally vulnerable to employee or driver pilferage. According to the American Trucking Association estimates, dishonest employees account for as much as 70 percent of all cargo losses. Between $1 billion and $3 billion is lost annually in the transport phase.¹ Thieves may be customers working in collusion with employees or highway robbers, workers employed by the shipping company, or truck drivers. Most theft occurs not in transit, but in freight handling areas.