Tim Bartkowiak

"We are very excited about the selection of Retail Expert, Inc.'s NaviStor exception reporting and performance management system," commented Tim Bartkowiak, Director of Security for Spartan."NaviStor will offer us the flexibility we need to set up the specific business measurements necessary to reduce our exposure to shrinkage and improve operational performance," added Bartkowiak."We are also looking forward to rolling out Retail Expert's new Store Manager's Assistant to all of our stores.

Everyone has to live it and breathe it," says Tim Bartkowiak, director of security at Spartan Stores, Inc., a chain of 54 supermarkets and 20 deep-discount drug stores, based in Grand Rapids, Mich. "Within our organization, the motto is 'Share the responsibility.' Everyone can share the responsibility of loss prevention, whether it's the c.e.o. or the bagger."
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Likewise Bartkowiak says he's been "floating the idea" of using CCTV public viewing monitors to partner with the marketing and merchandising departments.
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"Loss prevention is a non-sales-driven department, so we have to constantly measure the things we do, and maximize our resources," notes Bartkowiak.
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"Employee theft, without exception, has to account for the greatest loss in every company that I've dealt with," confirms Bartkowiak, whose career spans more than 15 years.
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"When we do a background screening, we can hit the database to find out if the person was termed for theft," says Bartkowiak.

Exception POS reporting is an increasingly popular tool for measuring both purposeful and accidental front end loss generated by employees."We're at the beginning implementation stages of this with Retail Expert," notes Bartkowiak.

"We are very excited about the selection of Retail Expert, Inc.,s NaviStor exception reporting and performance management system," commented Tim Bartkowiak, Director of Security for Spartan.

"We are very excited about the selection of Retail Expert, Inc.'s NaviStor exception reporting and performance management system," commented Tim Bartkowiak, Director of Security for Spartan."NaviStor will offer us the flexibility we need to set up the specific business measurements necessary to reduce our exposure to shrinkage and improve operational performance," added Bartkowiak."We are also looking forward to rolling out Retail Expert's new Store Manager's Assistant to all of our stores.

"NaviStor will offer us the flexibility we need to set up the specific business measurements necessary to reduce our exposure to shrinkage and improve operational performance," said Tim Bartkowiak, director of security for Spartan."We are also looking forward to rolling out Retail Expert's new Store Manager's Assistant to all of our stores.
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Tim Bartkowiak

"NaviStor will offer us the flexibility we need to set up the specific business measurements necessary to reduce our exposure to shrinkage and improve operational performance," said Tim Bartkowiak, director of security for Spartan."We are also looking forward to rolling out Retail Expert's new Store Manager's Assistant to all of our stores.
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Tim Bartkowiak

Tim BartkowiakDirector of SecuritySpartan Stores, Inc.

Everyone has to live it and breathe it," says Tim Bartkowiak, director of security at Spartan Stores, Inc., a chain of 54 supermarkets and 20 deep-discount drug stores, based in Grand Rapids, Mich. "Within our organization, the motto is "Share the responsibility."