The Elements of Electronic Article Surveillance

It is a known fact that most of the retail stores face the problem of theft and shoplifting. There are so many security options which are available to all the stores who are looking to prevent loss and expenses of paying security guards and security surveillance cameras. As compared to the other security options, the prevention of theft in the most economical manner. EAS, as it is generally called, is used all over the world. Whenever there is an alarm in a store, then it is the work of electronic article surveillance in action. There are three components of an electronic article surveillance are the security tag detacher, the security tag, and the detection system.

One of the most important parts of an electronic surveillance system is the security tag and most of the stores use the security tags on everything from appliances, clothing, books and such other products, it is done in the order to prevent shoplifting. The security tags and labels are of hard plastic and they mostly come in the shape of rectangles, they are attached to various products. The tag is always visible so that it will stop shoplifting at the very first place and the shoplifters also get aware through the tag and they leave the idea of stealing behind as the alarm starts ringing if the code gets under scanning.

Putting a tag on a product will not prove helpful if the detention system is not there at the entrance of a store as this is the place where a code gets scanned. The detection systems are gate-like structures which are commonly seen in the front of the most of the retail outlets. When a security tag come under the detection machine, there will be an alarm sound and the perpetrator can be easily caught. This is the reason that the security tag is attached with the security so that it cannot be taken outside without making a purchase, and if stolen, then everybody in the store will get aware of it, through the alarm ring. They are excellent guards to any kind of theft, which can take place in a retail store. This is the reason that most of the stores use EAS Hard Tags.

The last element of the electronic article surveillance system is that, it allows clients to bring the things out of the store only when they are purchased, otherwise the alarm bell rings to inform a theft. This security tag detacher is simply a handheld machine that attaches the security tag and after that release it, when the item is purchased, while releasing it, there isn’t any mark on a scratch on the item. The detacher of security tag also allows you to safely detach it and it can also be reused after that.