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A s much as you might want to pretend otherwise, there

are people out there who want to steal from you or your business and damage property – they may even want to steal your identity. Worse still, they want to steal from your customers! You should be aware of this potential and take security measures to inhibit such people from achieving their

goals. Questions you may have include: Why would someone want to steal or damage your property? What types of harm can be done? Or what type of property security is needed?

Theft can have a highly damaging effect on your bottom line. In South Africa, shoplifting and employee theft alone cost retailers millions of rands. Addressing the problem can give you an important

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Sim de Wet, head of Stallion Security Property Services,

is a well-known personality and contributor in the

security industry. He talks to South Africa

Magazine about hedging risk and why security is vital.

By Ian Armitage

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competitive advantage. A recent study found that nearly three times the number of top-performing retailers use electronic article surveillance technology to prevent loss when compared with under-performing retailers.

Each time an item is stolen from a retailer, the retailer has to sell up to three additional items to make good the loss on the stolen goods.

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Sim de Wet, head of Stallion Security Property Services,

is a well-known personality and contributor in the

security industry. He talks to South Africa

Magazine about hedging risk and why security is vital.

By Ian Armitage

H E D G I N G Y O U RH E D G I N G Y O U R


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Geotab™ is in the business of helping our clients increase revenue using advanced Fleet and Resource Management Technology.Company expenditure is drastically reduced by using advanced vehicle and personal tracking solutions, all of which use GPS satellite technology for exact position, true speed, routing and all stops.Backed up by Checkmate™, one of the most powerful ttracking and management software platforms available, the Geotab™ range of products provide our worldwide clients unmatched accuracy, reliability and savings.

We manufacture a number of different hardware platforms;

GO Engine™ is our top of the range solution with automatic reading of engine fault diagnostics in supported vehicles. The major advantage in this application is the early warning of maintenance issues GO Engine™ gives to the modern fleet user. GO Engine™ is available in both GO4™ & GO5™ platforms.

GO4™ is our advanced Fleet Management platform catering for fleet users that require an adaptive application that can monitor up to 8 auxiliary devices. GO4™ is designed for all fleet sizes, from a single vehicle to thousands of vehicles. GO4™ is a constantly live [real-time, as the vehicle moves] monitoring Fleet Management platform.

GO5™ is our standard Fleet Management platform designed as a cost-effective live solution. Identical to GO4™ in every way with the exception of auxiliary device monitoring, GO5™ conforms to 90% of fleet users’ requirements.

GO Recover™ is our Stolen Vehicle Recovery platform, used to recover vehicles and or cargo across South Africa. A total of 450 ground recovery crews operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure one of the highest recovery rates in the industry. Air recovery [using a fleet of helicopters] is available as an added cost option, when required.

Checkmate™ is our proprietary software suite of choice. The hardware platform [GO4™ or GO5™] in the vehicle communicates the vehicle’s position and activity to the Geotab™ central server farm via GPRS. This information is sent to the Checkmate™ software suite securely and provides instant access to fleet activity. Fixed monthly data packages allow for 24/7/365 connectivity, wwithout any additional charges being levied.

Added Value options, such as the integration of a Garmin device with GO4™ caters for on-the-fly routing, directly to a vehicle as and when required. A no-cost message option is available in the Garmin integration. Cross-Border travel in remote areas is managed by integrating the Iridium GPS [satellite] data modem allowing for data to be sent back to Checkmate™ iirrespective of how remote the vehicle is. Built-in accelerometers in both GO4™ & GO5™ allow for the monitoring of Driver Behaviour, in real time. A plethora of accredited auxiliary devices is available for GO4™.

Security, though, is everybody’s concern – from the homeowner that must ensure his home is equipped with sufficient physical and electronic security measures to a government’s defence force that must ensure that a country’s population is secure.

Johannesburg-based Stallion Security Property Services (SSPS) provides safety and security services to the office, office park and shopping centre “focussing on a specific niche market of the South African security industry”.

The company was started in April 1998 as part of the Stallion Group to concentrate purely on the Property Industry.

Managing director Sim de Wet, having come from Anglo American Property Services (AMPROS), has a very good knowledge and understanding of the industry, both from the Landlord’s viewpoint and the service provider’s viewpoint.

“SSPS has been built on sound and solid business ethics and principles and this has proved successful in acquiring and maintaining large and long-term contracts with blue chip clients,” de Wet says. “Building long term relationships based on trust, integrity and service is what any service industry should be all about. In order to achieve this, every SSPS client has direct access to the MD of the company at any time concerning service or complaints.”

SSPS’s current clients include, amongst others, Sasol Ltd, De Beers, JHI Property Managers, Discovery Health, Growthpoint Property Group, Broll Property Managers, Ericsson SA, Macsteel, OTIS, ERIS Properties, Fedbond Property Group, First National Bank, Standard Bank, Murray and Robberts, Zenprop Properties, Ntwhese Property Managers, Anglo American, Drake and Scull, Government Employees Pension Fund and the United Nations.

“Stallion Security Property Services

commits itself to deliver a well-disciplined guarding operation, ensuring that clients’ safety and security are our first priority,” de Wet says. “We prides ourselves on adding value to all of our clients. We spend a lot of time understanding the nature of our clients’ businesses so we can adapt our specialised safety and security services to meet their needs. Rendering supplementary services, at no additional cost, as an integral part of the contract that are not normally supplied by other service providers.

“Stallion is owner managed and therefore our business approach is to create close and long-standing partnerships with our clients, so that they are assured that their property is safe and that we have a well-disciplined operation that is always available. Furthermore, our property security service is



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equipped with a fully trained management team, who dedicated to service clients with commitment, loyalty and professionalism.

“I’m a firm believer that security and safety cannot be separated if you want to provide the best service to your client.

“With this approach you bring a lot of added value to the client.”

A shopping centre, an office block, or any other working environment must be managed in terms of the Occupational, Health and Safety Act. The Act is complex and this is the one reason why many companies tend to separate safety and security.

SSPS and all its security officers are PSIRA (Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority) registered.

De Wet says there is now a softer approach to security at offices and shopping malls – the days are long gone where you could post an aggressive security guard at a shopping complex. Security guards are now “the first point of contact” when visiting a building; they’re more like ambassadors.

“To achieve this guards are selected for their appearance, communication skills and are trained in customer care and public relations.

“It is our policy to utilise available manpower effectively, either by promoting, or appointing the best-qualified person for the position. Wherever possible, we promote from within.”

De Wet says that the SSPS invests, on an ongoing basis, in the training and development of staff. “We conduct our own company induction training and ongoing refresher training


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at the Learning Centre and provide our staff with on-site practical training on an on-going basis to ensure acceptable standards are maintained and constantly improved.”

All the training will be in vain if there is no proper supervision, de Wet stresses.

“We believe 24-hour supervision is vital in ensuring, through a pro-active and honest approach, our commitment to the client is achieved.

“A duty manager is on duty at all times and he co-ordinates and controls the activities of the officers on duty. Should an incident be reported at any one of SSPS sites, he is always available for immediate response and advice.”

De Wet adds that, if you cannot measure something, then you cannot manage it effectively. As a result,

all levels of management undertake regular meetings with clients.

“Our vision and motto is, “Creating Confidence” and “Making your Security Problems Ours”,” de Wet says. “When a client uses SSPS they no longer have a security problem, a security concern yes, but not a problem, as they pay him to make their problem his and this is the way SSPS operates.

“Confidence comes from always trying to do the right thing, at the right place, at the right time - the first time round. But when things do go wrong it is the absolute belief that we will investigate the problem, resolve the problem, have a post mortem of the problem then identify and implement steps to prevent reoccurrences. It is that trust relationship that creates the confidence. “

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Geotab™ and Stallion have had an associati on for a number of years, with the latest soft ware suite, Checkmate™ 5.5 being put in place at Stallion earlier this year. The two companies have refi ned the system at Stallion [GO Live™] in such a manner that Stallion has immediate and constant access to all their vehicles as they are travelling around.

Geotab™ has local representati on in 32 countries including North America, Australia, and various countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. With over 350, 000 vehicles monitored by Geotab™ we are acknowledged as being a force in our industry.

Corporate offi ces are located in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town with local offi ces situated in Port Elizabeth and Bloemfontein.

A technological leader and innovator in the fl eet management industry worldwide, Geotab™ was placed 41st in the 2010 Deloitt e Technology Fast 50™. This annual competi ti on ranks the fastest growing technology companies in Canada, underlining Geotab’s commitment to technological innovati on.

A typical example of this commitment is X-Act™, our patented positi onal technology that measures the positi on of a vehicle as it is travelling. In a recent study a 471 kilometre trip was independently measured and found to be 99.92% accurate, an astonishing achievement.

Our catchphrase – “You can’t manage what you don’t measure” is the mantra we live by.

When deciding on which fl eet management system to adopt always consider that your business is not stati c and will change as it grows. Consequently a service provider that caters for this is a non-negoti able.

Why sett le for standard reports when Geotab™ Reports Builder caters for customized reports to be designed, and implemented in a matt er of minutes. Any auxiliary devices that are specifi ed should be simple and add value, if it sounds too good to be true it normally is, and can lead to in-vehicle failure.

Tough and robust hardware is another absolute. Geotab™ has an in-vehicle failure rate of below 1%.

South African � eet management leader Geotab™ was formed in Midrand in 1998. A member of the Gerber Goldschmidt Group of companies we are � nancially stable and enjoy the reputation of being the supplier of choice with a number of global corporates, both here at home and across the globe.

All of our hardware platf orms are designed and manufactured to cater for the harsh environment they are subjected to on a daily basis. Over the years our various hardware platf orms have built the reputati on of being ‘fi t & forget’.

Our in-vehicle failure rate, measured since 1998, is well below 1%. All new devices are tested exhausti vely before release to the market – GO4™ & GO5™ endured road testi ng in excess of 2 million kilometres prior to release.

Our hardware platf orms use accelerometers as standard, allowing for the measurement of harsh driving behaviour – accelerati on, decelerati on and lateral movement are monitored conti nuously. The capacity to rate a Driver’s behaviour opens up a number of advantages, not least of which is the ability to acknowledge good driving habits

Should a vehicle generate a severe impact the hardware in the vehicle uploads Accident Data ‘Over The Air’ [OTA] automati cally. This is linked to our Automati c Excepti on Noti fi cati on functi on within Checkmate™ informing the relevant personnel in your organisati on that an accident has taken place.

The Accident Data [GO4™ - 100 minutes of second-by-second movement data – 6,000 data logs] is available in real ti me allowing for the accident to be managed remotely if required.

From a maintenance perspecti ve the GO Engine™ range of devices allows for the remote viewing and management of engine data, collected from the vehicles’ On-Board-Diagnosti c computer [OBD]. This allows for the management of each vehicle’s preventati ve maintenance programme without the need to visit each vehicle.

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