Logistics facilities around the world turn to Boon Edam secured entry solutions to enhance cyber-physical security

Boon Edam Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of secured entry solutions, continues to reinforce their position as the preeminent provider of secured entry solutions for the logistics industry with thousands of successful deployments around the globe. Boon Edam’s comprehensive lineup of secured entry solutions is proven to be effective in preventing unauthorized access to high-security areas, mitigating theft and liabilities, while maintaining compliance and reducing costs related to supervised labor, energy conservation, and more.

“Today’s logistics and distribution enterprises face numerous threats and challenges ranging from supply chain and labor shortages to regulatory mandates and loss prevention,” said Mark Perkins, Vice President - Strategic Markets Development, Boon Edam. “Our portfolio of secured entry solutions is designed to address these threats with meticulously designed entry and egress solutions that establish high levels of physical security and optimize employee time and labor resources.”

Boon Edam Security Entrances provide the strongest-possible physical security measures to help mitigate lost revenues and profits resulting from shrinkage caused by insider threats, external operators, and employee collusion. Most logistics facilities opt for a layered secured entry solution that begins at the perimeter where two-way full height turnstiles equipped with access control and anti-tailgating technology actively prevent unauthorized entry. As employees enter, they divest their personal belongings into lockers, and proceed through a metal detector attached to one-way inbound full height turnstiles equipped with access control, tailgating prevention, and weapons detection screening. When exiting a facility, employees approach an array of two waist-high turnstiles: one turnstile leads to an exit, and the other to a search/pat down area with a guard. Both a deterrent and a preventive solution, this randomized exit solution can help put an end to shrinkage due to employee theft.

The workflow outlined above is one of several different combinations of preventive entry/exit solutions that help reduce shrinkage, allowing security personnel to focus on other potential penetration points such as loading docks or waste disposal areas. By reducing, or even eliminating, much of the physical labor required to sustain manual loss prevention processes, Boon Edam Secured Entry Solutions deliver tangible results and cost savings. In most cases, a Boon Edam tailgating and piggybacking prevention design will net ROI in less than eight months from deployment in facilities that operate 24/7/365.

Boon Edam’s Secured Entry Solutions are not just built for today’s immediate challenges, but also for emerging trends and business models. As retail superstores slowly integrate with fulfillment centers, the need for more robust security and loss prevention safeguards becomes even more critical. Boon Edam’s unique, field-proven strategy of layered secured entry solutions and security workflow strategies are ideal for these specialized environments where the separation of public and private entities is essential.