MANILA, Philippines - Every year, businesses lose billions due to shrinkage. Whether through office theft or lost man-hours brought on by a laggard work crew, shrinkage in any form costs retailers a lot of profit.
The problem is that keeping an eye on day-to-day business operations can be expensive and cumbersome. This is often the case especially with small and medium enterprises (SMEs), what with their limited financial resources.
To help businesses cope with this problem, PLDT SME Nation offers PLDT Watcher. This video monitoring solution allows business owners to monitor multiple sites simultaneously in real-time. It takes surveillance a notch higher by making good use of wired and wireless internet technology to keep a close eye on businesses anytime, anywhere.
Stop shrinkage, increase profits
“At a time when many firms are seeking to reduce their expenses, PLDT Watcher is a cost-effective way for business owners to make sure that their employees are working productively,” says SME marketing head Amil Azurin.
Employees taking unscheduled and excessively long work breaks, texting, and office gallivanting and other unproductive employee activities eventually add up and rob companies of expected output. With PLDT Watcher, business owners can check if their employees are doing what they’re supposed to be doing, and whether they’re adhering to company policies and safety procedures to prevent accidents.
Instances of office theft are also easier to prevent with PLDT Watcher. Knowing that there are cameras watching them, people will think twice about doing something illegal.
“By making surveillance easy for business owners, they can focus on the more pressing parts of their operations,” Azurin adds.
PLDT Watcher features
The PLDT Watcher service comes equipped with an IP camera, monitoring software, and data Internet access for connecting to the camera.
PLDT Watcher’s IP-based camera allows business owners to conveniently view and operate the Watcher camera through any broadband Internet connection. PCs, laptops, and even 3G mobile phones can be used to access the installed cameras.
PLDT Watcher may also be configured for motion detection, which is useful in preventing office burglary. Every time the motion-detect feature is triggered, the user is alerted. Users also have the option of automatically receiving snapshots before, during and after the event via email.
PLDT Watcher likewise has a password-protect feature so business owners can restrict access to authorized users only.
Advantages of PLDT Watcher
There are other options for monitoring the workplace, but they have proven to be more expensive or less effective. Hiring additional supervisors, for example, entail higher costs, and they may not be able to catch everything. Furthermore, there’s no complete assurance that their word could be trusted.
Using conventional, closed-circuit television cameras, on the other hand, can be quite impractical and less convenient to operate.
Serving as business owners’ eyes in the workplace 24/7, PLDT Watcher is the easier and more cost-efficient way to do business.
For more info on PLDT SME Nation, please call 101888 or 171, or you may log on to www.pldtsme-nation.com.ph.