Food & Beverages (FMCG) • Lagos, Nigeria • 24/7 Manufacturing Operations
How a leading Lagos beverage manufacturer eliminated nighttime theft and enforced accountability across factory, warehouse, and distribution operations using verifiable patrol management
Nighttime Pilferage Creating Six-Figure Monthly Losses
Cartons of drinks, packaging materials, diesel, and spare parts disappeared regularly during night shifts. Losses were only discovered during morning inventory counts—too late to investigate, prevent, or hold anyone accountable.
The company faced multiple vulnerability points across its operations:
• Factory floor: Finished goods—cartons, sachets, canned items—moved quickly after hours with minimal oversight
• Warehouse: High-demand, easy-to-resell products accessible during unsupervised periods
• Operations area: Diesel for generators and forklift spare parts depleted faster than justified by usage
• Distribution staging: Pre-loaded delivery trucks left overnight became repeated theft targets
Security guards recorded patrols as “completed” in manual logbooks, but theft continued unabated. Management had no way to verify guard presence at checkpoints, patrol frequency, or response times to suspicious activity. The system relied entirely on trust—and the losses proved that trust wasn’t enough.
✓ Verification Engine
Tymer enforced verifiable patrol execution using QR checkpoints and GPS validation. Guards were required to physically scan checkpoints at unpredictable intervals, proving presence instead of logging assumed patrols.
✓ Proof Points
Every patrol and incident generated timestamped, GPS-verified records. Guards captured photo evidence of theft attempts, damages, broken locks, and suspicious behavior directly from the mobile app—creating an immutable audit trail.
✓ 24/7 Supervision
Management monitored patrol completion, checkpoint timing, and guard location in real time. Automated alerts flagged missed checkpoints within minutes, enabling supervisors to intervene immediately instead of discovering failures the next morning.
Reduction in Security Incidents
📅 30 days
Patrol Compliance Rate
📅 14 days
Incident Detection & Alerts
📅 Immediate
Nighttime Losses After Deployment
📅 30 days