Pilferage does not always look like a broken lock. At a manufacturer, some of the cleanest internal theft walks out the scrap door. The pattern is simple. Good product is written off as damaged, rework, or recycling. The inventory system is now clean. The floor count matches. Then the same product leaves through the dumpster lane, the recycling dock, or a contractor’s van. Nobody is looking for a shortage because the plant already agreed the goods were trash. That is why th