Distribution Center Security

Sunstates has extensive experience providing security programs to distribution center clients. We demonstrate a vast understanding of the unique challenges and common concerns associated with this market. For instance, in a distribution center setting, we know that a security officer’s focus on safety is equally as important as security. We recognize the inherent challenges of protecting a high-traffic environment where expensive products, supplies, and equipment are moving in and out. Additionally, a variety of contractors, workers, and visitors pass through sporadically. We have the team and strategy to ensure top-notch, professional security at your distribution center.

Distribution Center Environment

The open-access environment and movement from both people and vehicles create a complex system that requires a specific skill set for the officer. You’ll need a security officer who is customer service oriented, very alert, and effective in the enforcement of access control and inventory management. Sunstates can provide that officer for you with continuous training.

Officers act as an essential part of your loss prevention program by partnering with your team to manage access, track inventory, and ensure that product is routed to the correct destination. Our officers serve as a welcoming presence for employees, truck drivers and visitors. In addition to managing access at a gatehouse and patrolling the premises, our officers can perform specialized functions such as checking truck seals and bills of lading, creating customized reporting metrics, monitoring incoming/outgoing inventory and ensuring on-site activities comply with OSHA, FDA and other regulatory guidelines.

Security Officer Selection

Our security officers are carefully screened and go through a rigorous training program that includes a heavy focus on safety. Officers working at distribution center sites can perform numerous functions, such as:

Foot or vehicle patrols of site perimeter; foot patrols of building structures to serve as a deterrent to criminal activity and to identify potential safety hazards.
Logging trucks in and out.
Checking seals and bills of lading.
Maintaining inventory control, ensuring that only adequately approved loads removal.
Contractor/visitor safety orientation.
Specialized reporting focused on areas of most importance to the client.

Why Sunstates?

Sunstates has experience with numerous security services for distribution center clients. Jobs range from single-site coverage to coordinating national account coverage. We’re an industry leader with a different approach to providing quality contract security services. Our organization has a unique structure to ensure consistently superior, client-centric service at the local level. Although, by involving our management team they are investing in every account to the degree that even in-house security teams often cannot match. Therefore, the depth of our expertise and capabilities easily rivals that of the industry giants.