Loss Prevention · All retail

Shrink Investigation

Shrink above baseline. Attributes dock, floor, or admin and opens the case.

Target KPI Shrink %
Executes in ≤ 48 hours
System of record LP case mgmt · WMS · POS
Trigger condition

Store shrink exceeds estate baseline by 1.5×, or a single cause crosses threshold. Dock-receipt mismatches above 3 a week, for example.

Write-back

LP case created with evidence chain attached; corrective-action task assigned.

Every write is gated on an approver role you name. Nothing runs unattended.

Procedure
  1. Decompose shrink into theft, damage, spoilage, dock-receipt mismatch, and admin error.
  2. Isolate the dominant cause and its interval: day, daypart, dock or floor.
  3. Pull the matching transactions, GRN events, POS exceptions, and camera windows.
  4. Open an LP case with the evidence chain pre-filled and the next step named.
  5. Close when corrective action is logged and shrink trends to baseline for 14 days.
Outcome metric

Shrink over 30 days post-action vs. the pre-action baseline. Positive if half the gap to estate baseline closes.

The case closes on this number, not on the action being taken. A playbook without a close condition is a dashboard.

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