The constant pursuit of increasingly faster goods flows in supply and distribution processes in a market economy requires not only ensuring the timely execution of processes and quality of deliveries, which are significant from a logistical point of view, but also ensuring that they are burdened with the lowest possible costs. The purpose of this study is to draw attention to issues related to securing property in warehouses, especially in terms of elements that do not require significant expenditure.
The concept of property security
Property security covers a wide range of problems and is associated with both technical and organizational-economic factors. These factors often interact with each other, creating systems that determine the level of property security. It can therefore be assumed that the organization of property security includes activities under specific technical conditions of the warehouse, aimed at ensuring a level of protection for warehouse stocks that prevents the violation of these stocks. This applies to both their quality and quantity. Furthermore, organizational-economic factors (defined later in the study as organizational) as well as the principles of liability for entrusted property and the implementation of controls determine certain technical solutions necessary to ensure appropriate conditions that limit the access of unauthorized persons to property stored in the warehouse. The set of factors influencing property security in a warehouse is presented in Fig. 1 (selected factors that are the subject of this article have bolded field lines). Based on observations in many warehouses, it can be argued that the vast majority of business entities that own warehouses meet the technical requirements related to property security. Taking into account organizational factors, it can be stated that the level of turnover records is generally good, and its final form is determined by the computer system used by the warehouse user. The situation is similar regarding the size and rotation of stocks. However, the issue of proper instructional documentation, principles of liability for entrusted property, and the methods of inventory used are most often characterized by significant randomness and do not provide the proper conditions conducive to the proper security of property.