Difficult to save on security
The Healthy Agriculture Company (Agrisal), located in Valverde Vega, decided to implement electronic security devices such as cameras and intercoms to reduce spending on security.
Thus avoid the hiring of a guard, whose cost is higher, said general manager Alvaro Valverde.
The employer said that it is virtually impossible to completely eliminate spending in this area. What we achieved with the electronic equipment was a decrease in your bill.
Other companies lack the capacity to download this item and instead have had to increase.
Security has become a sensitive issue for companies, to the point that several firms surveyed by the EF refused to provide details of their strategies, such as Dos Pinos Cooperative.
According to a study by the Chamber of Commerce in 2008, this sector lost ¢ 7.912 million per year for criminal acts and ¢ 64.298 million spent on private security contracting.
Miguel Miranda, general manager of Mondaisa (producer of teas), said his company doubled security spending this year, distributed monitoring of the physical plant, television cameras and hiring guards for guarding their trucks dealers.
He acknowledged that this resulted in increased costs and the decision to prevent distribution in certain areas of the country, which has affected a decline in sales.
At British American Tobacco (BAT) feel that security is an increasing expenditure and therefore chose to maximize the use of the service.
“The increase in the levels of security will always be associated with a major expense, however, we must seek greater efficiency in spending without sacrificing our goal of security,” said Gerardo Lizano, manager of corporate affairs at BAT.