StopLift Checkout Vision Systems

idents are detected. Typical solutions—like exception based reporting systems—point users in a particular direction and require further investigation, i.e., “looking for a smoking gun”. ScanItAll™ identifies the incident where suspicious activity occurs and reports it to you within 24 hours. (A number of users have referred to this as having incidents “handed to us on a silver platter”.) StopLift’s mission is to create less work, not more. OPERATIONAL BENEFITS

Grocers/retailers who implement ScanItAll™ see a positive impact throughout their companies’ areas of operation:

HUMAN RESOURCES: ScanItAll™ identifies checkout loss the first time it occurs. By sniffing out the good employees from the bad, grocers/retailers can take a proactive approach by either hiring good people or promoting training. The solution also encourages your cashiers to behave more honestly and conscientiously, when they know they're constantly being watched. FINANCE: Less shrink means better prices for customers, more traffic in your store, and an improved bottom line. Grocers/retailers who implement ScanItAll™ notice an increase in profitability—revenue assurance enabled by computer vision. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: ScanItAll™ is PCI compliant and supports protocols and topologies to ensure secure communications. LOSS PREVENTION: ScanItAll™ is the only solution of its kind on the market. Grocers/retailers who are using the system praise both the technology and the web interface for its ability to quantify the true nature of POS shrink, while freeing up their time. OPERATIONS: Your operational deficiencies and costs will shrink, not your merchandise. Problems and training error can be addressed as soon as they occur, improving work force productivity. RETURN ON INVESTMENT

What if your checkout system could improve your bottom line? Rather than require a substantial upfront investment followed by the hope that it will eventually pay for itself, StopLift’s subscription model allows grocers/retailers to spread out payments and pay for the system as they realize value. In addition, StopLift provides its DVA (Digital Video Analyzer) hardware at or near cost. This model is well suited to the cash flow profile of the grocery/retail industry. Moreover, the subscription model “keeps us honest”, as it requires StopLift to continually demonstrate value rather than to sell the system and disappear. INTELLECTUAL LEADER

StopLift Checkout Vision Systems has patented the only technology that successfully detects sweethearting. Prior to the development of ScanItAll™, sweethearting theft was impossible to detect. StopLift strives to maintain its reputation as the leader in developing new cutting-edge solutions that will boost its customers’ profitability. Rather than take a one-size-fits-all approach, StopLift has developed targeted applications to address the specific needs of retailers from different sectors, including general merchandise, grocery, and specialty retail. StopLift grew out of a Harvard Business School field study on Retail Loss Prevention entitled “Project StopLift”. One of the study’s major findings was that, while CCTV is the most widespread of all loss prevention technologies, it is often the most underutilized--it is just too expensive and time-consuming for humans to monitor or review video comprehensively. With engineering talent and computer vision research insights from MIT, the Project StopLift team realized that video recognition could be used to automate and, thus, make possible the comprehensive examination of surveillance video.